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'Aerospace Review'
[? publisher, ISSN n/a]
Publication concentrating on airliners and commercial aviation. Illustrated with b+w photos. Only survived for 5 or 6 issues in 1971. No further information.
Ceased publication
[*] Contents Listing, Issues 1-6
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'Aircraft Modeller International'
[Guildhall Publications, ISSN 5036-3190]
Bi-monthly scale aircraft modelling magazine. 'Aircraft Modeller International' is an amalgamation of the earlier 'Quarter Scale Modeller' and '72nd Scale Modeller' magazines. The magazine features a high quality, heavy gloss cover and the print quality is carried over onto the remaining 48 A4-size pages, with full colour on every page. Typical contents comprises 7 pages of initial reviews, followed by series of modelling articles. The articles are a mixture of in-depth reviews, super detailing features, reference photos and national championship reports. All the model photographs are of the completed model and not during it's construction. At least one issue experienced problems with the print quality of the text. The first issue was dated January-February 1999 and the last was issue 18.
Ceased publication
[*] Contents Listing, Issues 1-18
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'Air Enthusiast'
[Key Publishing Ltd, ISSN 0143-5450]
'Air Enthusiast' was first published in July 1974 under the title 'Air Enthusiast Quarterly', as a historical aviation title to complement the monthly 'Air International', (which was called 'Air Enthusiast' at the time). It was renamed 'Air Enthusiast' with issue No.5, when 'Air International' adopted it's present title. During the 1980's the publication frequency declined to three times per year, but increased back to quarterly following transfer of the title to Key Publishing and further increased to bi-monthly from July 1995, with issue No.58. Ceased publication with issue No.131 in September 2007.
The magazine featured a design style and layout similar to 'Air International', but contained longer in-depth articles on historical aircraft types and civil/military aircraft operators. When, in about 1998, 'Air International' ceased publishing historical features, this magazine took over as the flagship historical title for Key Publishing.
Current issues are A4 size with 80 pages each, illustrated by many b+w and colour photos, colour profiles and 3-view line drawings. Earlier issues featured a cutaway line drawing in each issue, but these have been gradually discontinued. The original and well-researched feature articles cover a broad range of time periods and topics from around the world. Highlights include features on the un-built aircraft projects of various companies, and a history of the Mongolian Air Force. Lowlights include a number of so-called 'production history' articles on famous aircraft which didn't often even mention the factories where they were built.
Publishers: Finescroll Limited 1974-May 1989, Tri-Service Press May 1989-late 1990 (Issue 39-Issue 41), Key Publishing Ltd May 1991-present (Issue 42 onwards).
Editors: William Green and Gordon Swanborough 1973-late 1990, Ken Ellis May 1991-present (Issue 42 onwards).
Ceased publication
[*] Contents Listing, Issues 1-131
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'Airliners'
[Key Publishing Ltd, ISSN 0968-4180]
Subtitled The World's Airline Magazine. From the early 1990s until 1999 Key Publishing produced a UK edition of the popular US publication dedicated to commercial aviation. With the launch of Key Publishing's own title 'Airliner World' in 1999 the UK edition was discontinued, although Key continued to act as European distributor. Covered airlines and airliners past and present, from around the world. The contents included news, aircraft features, articles on places and personalities connected with the airline world. Illustrated with many b+w and colour photos.
Ceased publication (UK edition)
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'AIR Modeller'
[AFV Modeller Ltd, ISSN 1747-177X]
AIR Modeller is a high quality magazine focusing on modelling military aircraft. Each issue comprises 64 pages, printed in full colour on matt finish heavy paper. There are no advertisments at all, which means the cover price is relatively high. The feature articles are in-depth 'how I built...' descriptions illustrated with high quality photographs and often accompanied by colour profile drawings or reference photos of the actual aircraft. An in-depth feature called Xtreme Detail appears in each issue, providing a comprehensive reference to a single subject. It includes the aircraft history, colour profiles, contemporary photos and a walkaround with detail photos of the aircraft's innards. There are no kit or decal reviews, but a column does keep track of new releases. Issue No.1 was dated August/Sept 2005.
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Further information: AIR Modeller
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'Air Power International'
[Enterprise Aviation Publishing, ISSN 1355-0705]
'Air Power International' was originally launched as a monthly magazine, but went bi-monthly from issue 20 (April/May 1996). Illustrated entirely in colour, it was a largely pictorial magazine concentrating on modern military aviation worldwide. Following a well-illustrated news section, each issue comprised a series of short 2-5 page articles with several photographs and the minimum of text plus a longer article across the centrespread of 10-15 pages. The feature articles mostly comprised photographic reports from airshows, military exercises, base visits and other newsworthy events. A high-quality glossy A4 size full colour magazine with 48 pages and more than 80 colour photographs in each issue. The first issue was dated September 1994. Reached at least Issue 24 (December 1996/January 1997).
Ceased Publication
[*] Contents Listing, Issues 1-24
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'Tamiya Model Magazine International'
[ADH Publishing, ISSN 0912-9715]
Scale modelling magazine, which uses Tamiya models as the starting point for demonstrating more advanced techniques. Covers cars, AFVs, aircraft, figures etc. The feature articles are mainly concerned with finishing and super-detailing the models, rather than kit major conversions. Reference photos of the full-size article are sometimes included. A glossy 60 page A4-size magazine with a colour photos on every page. No.87 was dated August 2001.
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Further information: ADH Publishing, e-mail: modmagint@aol.com, website: Tamiya Model Magazine
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'Wingspan International'
[AOB Publishing Ltd, ISSN 1471-2760]
First issue dated July/August 2000. A very glossy A4 size publication with 82 pages each, devoted to aircraft preservation, classic aircraft and aviation history. Well illustrated with large clear colour/b+w photos and colour artwork. For some reason, this magazine is printed in an unusually large typeface. This means that, with the large pictures and the fact that feature articles are typically only 4-5 pages long, the amount of information in each article is pretty small.
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Further information: Wingspan International
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