Goodbye to Michael Benolkin

A quick look at the contents of this issue will show one major change over the past five years. Michael Benolkin is missing. Doing a monthly magazine as well as travelling around the country for his day job has reduced the amount of time available to actually do any modelling and he has decided to step down from the editorship of Internet Modeler.

In the past five years Michael has managed to spread the name of IM at many hobby shows around the USA – as well as make numerous industry contacts – all of which has benefited us immensely. Add to this the reviews, builds, trade show reports and walkarounds he has provided and it is obvious that he will be missed.

Fortunately his departure from the top of IM will now allow him to concentrate on the 'fun' side of the hobby - building - and we all can look forward to seeing the results of this change in the the future.

It is one of the interesting benefits of the internet that it is possible to work with someone for years without actually meeting face to face. So far everyone I have met in person has turned out to be as nice in the flesh as onscreen, therefore I think of Michael as a friend and I look forward to meeting him in the future.