ORIGINAL: tinner1
KidEpoxy,
so editors ARE fully capable of rejecting an article about Silk that doesnt actually talk about silk
Did anyone complaining about this article actually read it?! For those that don't get MA or haven't read the article, here is the first line of the first paragraph
word for word, INCLUDING the ''bolded'' as was published in the original article, immediately after the title...
''
SILKSPAN IS A unique variety of tissue paper made from carefully selected plant fiber''....
Regardless of the TEXT, first or last or in-between, the article is TITLED in BIG BOLD BLACK and even LARGER shaded blues and gray, "
Secrets of SILK."
An editor should have caught the difference, especially the bold "SILKSPAN" first word of first paragraph. Just because I READ the article does not mean the editor did so. Of course I read it and caught the error, however I wasn't on the payroll to do so. Where was the editor?
All this hoopla over a ''title''? Come on guys can't you find better things to rant about? ''Silkspan'' was the FIRST word in the article! I too think this was a VERY basic beginning article about silkspan, and a lot of things were missed, for example ''grain''. Cover a wing with silkspan and don't pay attention to the grain of it and you will be sorry, and your wing will show you didn't know silkspan has a ''grain''..
Very good points and I have found other omissions to what I think such article should cover, but what the devil? I would bet that if such could be factually known, less than 1/10th of 1 percent of the readers even noticed the flaw, much less read it.
So go through the magazine. You just maybe will notice that the entire magazine is being changed to eye-catching colorful and standout artistic articles and event items.
Isn't that the way of the world today? The BIG-SPLASH and then be gone. Look at the articles, Miss-E, Mister-E, and the Electrified Stunter.
Even I have to say that these are GREAT articles especially for those modelers of today that have no clue about how to build an airplane from wood, covering, whatever. The only thing that could have been added is the application of these models to glow power. Miss-E did say that the original was once a glow power, and even wings for 3-channel or 4-channel were displayed. How much better could it get?
Mr. E could be quickly built using foam-board or cardboard fuselage and with a .15-.29 be a great little RC or CL sport flier. Approximate some dimensions onto some shelf-paper and one don' need no stinkin' plans.
Same for the Apache, "Electrified Stunter". An airplane is an airplane. It follows the control demands and does not care if it is from Control Lines or Radio Control. RC has more demand-options but the model doesn't know that. It follows control-central and that is what it does, be the demand right or wrong.
Now look at all the picture applications for these 3 models. Have you ever seen such a fine presentation displaying so much information and HOW-TO in MA before? If so I don't remember when. Guys it's OK to be critical and I certainly am, however over-all it's also OK to point out the good stuff.
Now here is a picture of some years ago, a Genuwine Warp Bird that I built from foam wings and foam board. 52" wingspan, and heavy with piped OPS .60. Had a lot of fun with it. Once a modeler gets into building he can really enjoy this hobby, but those with little spare time do need the ARFs. Glad to see AMA's MA moving in the right direction. Don't forget that explanation of dope. My bet say that 80% of today's population have never heard "dope" applied to a paint. Speaking of nitrate, I still have some that I
liberated from Nouressieur (sp?) AFB in Morocco back around the 1960 period when I was pulling Alert there in the B-47s.