16mm Today magazine (SMT)
The first issue of “16mm Today” was published back in 1977. It
has been published once a quarter ever since then. We reached a
landmark in 2002 when issue number 100 was published.
During its long publishing history, “16mm Today” (or SMT as it sometimes affectionately called by our members) has evolved from a typewritten document a few pages long and distributed to a few score members to a full-colour glossy magazine, at least 72 pages long and packed with articles on all aspects of 16mm modelling as well as advertisements from a large number of 16mm traders and suppliers. And our print run has increased to 3,500 copies.
Andrew Charman was appointed editor in February 2008 in time for issue number 124. Andrew is a long-standing member of the 16mm Association and also a professional journalist, having in his career edited both regional newspapers and a number of national magazines.
Andrew has used the experience gained in his career to the benefit of SMT, including switching to a professional page makeup software package used widely in the publishing industry. This is helping to maintain SMT as one of the highest quality publications for any modelling association in the UK.
The articles in 16mm Today are written by our members, for the benefit of their fellow members. See how to write an article for 16mm Today for some pointers on how to do this.
Some examples of previous articles are available in PDF format (Click on the links below):
