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Do you keep your old modeling magzines?

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#1 Post by kevtk135 »

I guess this could go here. It's not about collecting garage kits, but collecting the magazines.

With a ton of info on forums and YouTube etc... does anyone still keep the old magazines anymore? I have a ton of years of FSM, Amazing Figure and going all the way back to Kitbuilder and Modelers Resource - but they take up a lot of room I could use for something else.

I'm afraid I'll get rid of them, only to have junkers remorse and then try to buy some back.

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#2 Post by Avall15 »

I still keep them but I wish someone would organize it for me based upon tips, style, and other categories...lol

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#3 Post by lorigrey »

As someone who left my magazines behind in a move, I can honestly say I regret it. I even had a copy of AFM #0.

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#4 Post by btbrush »

I take my really old ones and leave them in the waiting room at my doctor and dentist. Spreads the word.

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#5 Post by Heavy Metal Spike »

I totally think you should sell them to me. Nasty magazines - you SO don't need them.

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#6 Post by derekc62 »

I have my AFM's from 1-current plus a few Kitbuilders and and good run of Modelers' Resource and refer to them frequently.
In fact, the first 15 issues of AFM are sitting on my dining room table as I write because I've been revisiting old articles.
I'm seriously considering creating a data base/cross reference in September when I have a bit of time so I can find specific articles quickly.
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#7 Post by PROFESSOR JARROD »

Yah, I'm guilty of hanging onto them!
I have them all way back to when the first issues of kitbuilders, Amazing Figure Modeler, Modelers Resource, and Model Scenes magazines were published. "Heck," I even have a stockpile of the old John Green model kit lists from California, Lunar Models, Skyhook, and Monsters In Motion sales catalogues, plus a pile of old Fine Scale Modeler magazines dating back to the early 1990's which I haven't even looked at since the mid 90's!

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#8 Post by yellowcat »

Yes, I keep them because I bought them with my hard earn money. I also keep good old mail order catalogues like Q-box.

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#9 Post by Stewart Jackson »

I still use them all the time to reference kits and techniques. Each time I find an article that I may use at a later date, I keep a list of the topic, issue and page numbers to refer back to.

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#10 Post by kitbuilderman »

I still use them all the time to reference kits and techniques. Each time I find an article that I may use at a later date, I bought two clear tubs to hold all of them. AFM, Model resource ,kitbuilders,Glue Sniffers ,Fine Scale and a few others also.

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#11 Post by raydrz »

got ALL AFMs, ALL Kitbuilders, ALL model maniacs...

seller's remorse for selling my COMPLETE set of Modeler's Resource :cussing:

SOMEONE was working on a comprehensive database for the mags...haven't heard news in a few years, though...i think it was Norm Piatt or Jim Bertges but the ol' braincell might not be clicking yet :morning:
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#12 Post by Buc Wheat »

better poll would be, 'do you ever open um again or are they sitting in
mag boxes stuffed somewhere?'

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#13 Post by scubasteve »

I keep them organized in clear tubs. On occasion I will rummage through them trying to find an example of something I am working on. I have my airbrush magazine articles listed in a spreadsheet and a similar spreadsheet for my comics but have not done it for my AFMs yet.
My R/C magazines hit the recycle bins.
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#14 Post by kevtk135 »

Thanks for the replyies so far.

Buc Wheat wrote:better poll would be, 'do you ever open um again or are they sitting in
mag boxes stuffed somewhere?'

Hehe. Thats it. I have many years of the magazines in those cardboard magazine holders in the storage room, and I haven't looked at them in some time.

The plan is to move in a few short years and I rather throw out/ sell stuff a little at a time rather than be a mad man 6 months before.

But as others have said I'm afraid I'll be kicking myself for getting rid of them. Being a "semi-recovering" completist I want them but also want to get rid of them. ](*,)
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#15 Post by dmorrissette »

Yes for AFM, Kitbuilders and Modelers Resource

Others , I keep some
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#16 Post by Heavy Metal Spike »

kevtk135 wrote:Thanks for the replyies so far.
Buc Wheat wrote:better poll would be, 'do you ever open um again or are they sitting in
mag boxes stuffed somewhere?'
Hehe. Thats it. I have many years of the magazines in those cardboard magazine holders in the storage room, and I haven't looked at them in some time.

The plan is to move in a few short years and I rather throw out/ sell stuff a little at a time rather than be a mad man 6 months before.

But as others have said I'm afraid I'll be kicking myself for getting rid of them. Being a "semi-recovering" completist I want them but also want to get rid of them. ](*,)
Like I said - NASTY NASTY magazines - you doesn't want the precious! :)

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#17 Post by raydrz »

anytime i've tried to sell, the postage DESTROYS the deal...Modeler's Resource sold in person delivery @ either WF or G-Fest...
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#18 Post by kevtk135 »

Heavy Metal Spike wrote:
kevtk135 wrote:Thanks for the replyies so far.
Buc Wheat wrote:better poll would be, 'do you ever open um again or are they sitting in
mag boxes stuffed somewhere?'
Hehe. Thats it. I have many years of the magazines in those cardboard magazine holders in the storage room, and I haven't looked at them in some time.

The plan is to move in a few short years and I rather throw out/ sell stuff a little at a time rather than be a mad man 6 months before.

But as others have said I'm afraid I'll be kicking myself for getting rid of them. Being a "semi-recovering" completist I want them but also want to get rid of them. ](*,)
Like I said - NASTY NASTY magazines - you doesn't want the precious! :)

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#19 Post by Scooke123 »

I still have them all - Model & Toy Collector, Kitbuilders, Modelers Resource, AFM, Model Scene, Original run of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Modeller. I still look at them occasionally - brings back some great memories in the older issues.
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#20 Post by raydrz »

Scooke123 wrote:I still have them all - Model & Toy Collector, Kitbuilders, Modelers Resource, AFM, Model Scene, Original run of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Modeller. I still look at them occasionally - brings back some great memories in the older issues.
WOW! i forgot about model&toy! sold all them too :( ...

is "model scene" like a 10-12 pager? no real "cover"? i think i have them punctured and together in a huge 3 ring binder or i may have sold them too but made Xerox copies for the binder :-k

now i gotta go look and spend the better part of the day strolling down memory lane... 8)
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