Sad to see one of the last of the stalwarts going away - Magazine as well as website - with Military Modeling ceasing existence as of tomorrow. I suspect most of us have a soft spot for them in one form or another - much of my early knowledge of the 'secret world of flats' came from that magazine and articles by Graham Dixey. They seemed to always be about and apparently just missed celebrating 50 years.
As a hobby it difficult to not wax nostalgic at times as designers, manufacturers and magazines of our youth come and go. I have collected books on the hobby for years and had a large collection of catalogs at one point which became somewhat of a 'graveyard' of old companies. (Of course I also at one time had a large collection of buttons from computer companies that are no longer in business so we are not unique.)
Ironically we are in the renaissance of our hobby with more variety and easy availability than ever before not to mention a wealth of easily available information.
A toast to a fine magazine with some great contributions over the years!
mark