Robbie,
Bill Winter, longtime editor of American Modeler (and no relation that I know of), once admitted that "advertising affects magazine content the way rails affect trains." Those gatekeepers to the magazines may shut us out, but they can't forbid one thing:
A BOOK!
Maybe the way to go is to follow the route of Mike Arman -- Arman for the techie side, Putt-Putt for the fun side!
Ready, pilots? a one, a two ...
BOOK! BOOK! BOOK!