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[Nairnb]

Guys,

Sorry if this is the wrong forum for asking but I've a quick couple of questions.

I've been gifted a collection of Verlinden magazines in like-new condition from volume 1 number 1 to volume 9 number 3 as well as Verlinden catalogs 4, 5, 5 (updated), 7, 9 and 13.

How many magazines were there in the run before they stopped being produced and are these now worth anything to the collector?

Many thanks,

Nairn Barclay

IPMS Dundee, UK

[atdb27]

Guys,

Sorry if this is the wrong forum for asking but I've a quick couple of questions.

I've been gifted a collection of Verlinden magazines in like-new condition from volume 1 number 1 to volume 9 number 3 as well as Verlinden catalogs 4, 5, 5 (updated), 7, 9 and 13.

How many magazines were there in the run before they stopped being produced and are these now worth anything to the collector?

Many thanks,

Nairn Barclay

IPMS Dundee, UK

Hi Nairn,
I used to have this publication some moons ago. But sold them on once I moved away from AFV modeling.

It was If I recall qtly. Covering builds & use of Verlinden products, was a good publication.
Catalogues! Well just an advert for what they produced.

Worth anything?
the 64m$ question. There will be those who may want to complete a collection? Others may want certian articles contained within.
Verlinden in it's early stages produced 'sets' for Aircraft/AFV's that some makers now produce
i.e Challenger 3, Various M113 Isralei variants, Sturmtiger etc.

Adrian

[Nairnb]

Hi Adrian,

Thanks for the reply - I was just curious about these as, many moons ago, I used to buy them from Brian Sherriffs modelshop here in Dundee before life intervened and I moved away from scale modelling for a number of years. It really is quite nostalgic to flick through them and have a look at what was considered 'state of the art' back in the mid to late 80's.

As to the catalogues - I think that all of them are purely for the purpose of advertising for sale whichever manufacturer produces them - but these certainly look fantastic being, as they are, photos of the built, painted and weathered products as opposed to a gathering of boxtop illustrations.

Again, many thanks for replying.

Nairn