Dear Stephen,

I would like to ask you something about the magazine(s) from the UK. This month in this magazine had published my article about the Soviet fighter. I don't know have you seen this issue but I have seen your article about Albatros and it is great job. My question is did they regulary pay to the authors? Please do not answer about fee and details, yes or no is good enough for me.

Last year I have published article in the one older magazine about the Focke Wulf 190D but I have never received payment even the sample of magazine. Editor of the first magazine is look very to be a nice man, he has posted to me several magazines, one book [for review on my web site] and my authors sample of 2007. In the meantime he had receive CD with three more articles. After damage with the second magazine I am a little bit scared about the paymment situation. It is not easy to be free lancer and work primary as the modeler, illustrator or article writer.

In friendship...

Dear Stephen,

first I would like to thank you for very fast and honest reply on my message. Special thanks for your very kind words about my web site... what to say, I work it from my hart and it had almost 2 million of visitors last year.

But your answer is really scare me. And the fact is that most publishers became group of friends who's looking for their own interest. Ones from France don't reply at all as well the magazines from Japan, America have it's own friends, magazine from UK try to force their own authors. That's maybe the answer why you after 19 articles still have no minimum of respect from their side. Also I have a feeling that the first magazine I mentioned had some problems with illustrators and draughtsman's.

With all of this mentioned it is almost of great interest to start one new magazine. Just look at the crew like this forum - this could be the best editorial core ever. But problem is who could start with financials for the magazine, distribution and other things. To begin something like this in my country is the same as making suicide. But the fact is that there is much of space and authors who could be engaged in creating of best text, color art, drawings...

So hard time is in front of me ...