FSM Reader's Choice Awards - 1999

I don't mean to disappoint, however, I don't think I've ever heard of your magazine. So I checked it out and think it's somewhat expensive. The preparation work for such an undertaking seems daunting and consequently the cost for producing your product seems expensive which reflects in the price of the subscription.

Thinking back to my earlier days, I can say my disinterest in the constant barrage of "old news", probably developed after reading month after month of the same old stuff! Ergo ..... lost subscription! I'm on the verge of approaching the model builders with the following idea: Take the current known information on something like the pyramids and turn it into a model you can "see-through". The same can be done for geological formations, wonders of the world and other things that one's imagination can provide.

I think a change in attitude, the conception of what you job actually is, and your desire to be profitable should be used to impact the model manufacturers. I can remember that one of my last truly enjoyable model builds was when I assembled the "see-through" V-8 engine. Not satisfied with it's stagnant display, I hooked it up to my erector set motor and experimented with different types of drive belts. Had a blast!

BTW, after spending my youth immersed in imaginative crazy projects of my own choosing, I spent the next 35 years in the Aero-Space business inventing and perfecting test, test equipment, devices like actuators, servo valves and "junk" for use in space ... like Cassini and countless other products!