..remember the old Osprey "Elite" partwork ...? I'm sure there's a niche for a publication along those lines..

I guess the WH Smith thing is the big hurdle as you say..I believe it costs thousands to 'buy' shelf space....the answer must be to find a larger outfit to fund such a publication ...or

something like 'German War Machine' which is entirely net based as far as I can see and has done two issues, neither of which have appeared in Smiths..

perhaps net based, subscriber only is the way forward ..

.....wondering idly whether to start such a beast (not just like that obviously...but doing some research..)

..on second thoughts having just read this ..perhaps not !

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