Modeler’s Resource Magazine is geared more towards Sci-Fi vehicles and figures. It is a very fine magazine full of useful information and techniques. Amazing Figure Modeler is an excellent magazine featuring the world of figure modeling. The emphasis is toward monsters, horror, super-heroes and girl kits. Each issue provides superb articles and photography. If it is in plastic (vinyl or resin), it can be found within the pages of AFM. Co-editor. David Fisher also produces an excellent line of video tapes, detailing building and painting techniques for figures and bust. The series is called “Model Mania” and there are currently 4 volumes with another on the way. There is also a magazine called Kit Builders and another called Model Maniacs available through the CultTVman site.
Don’t get me wrong - I’ve picked up plenty of info from FSM’s articles on aircraft and tanks, but eating filet mignon every night eventually makes you hate filet mignon.
I agree totally. Diversity is the key to happiness, I believe.
Personally, I enjoy almost all genres of modeling (as you can probably tell from my peppering of posts at almost all the forums here!) , and certainly learn a lot of things from each that are applicable to the others.
It’s all good!
You can learn from every type of modelling! Sure, I enjoy building Star Wars models, but I also do cars, planes, and miniature gaming figures. Eventually I want to get into armor modelling, but my pile of unbuilt kits is getting a bit out of hand (or so the wife thinks!).
