Following lengthy discussions by various members of the MAFVA membership relating to the Tankette A4 debate. A meeting was held to discuss the feasibility of going to an A4 Tankette after the positive feedback from the membership for the increased size. One of the major concerns has always been, could we afford to cover the extra cost involved. Gary & Heather Williams produced a financial statement which showed that MAFVA is in a good financial position at the meeting.

The discussions then centred on the feasibility of being able to produce an A4, 20 page Tankette with, initially, limited colour content. Being the Editor, my view was that the idea was do-able and would give the MAFVA members a better quality of magazine, with more scope towards the types of article being printed. This larger size would allow photographs to be reproduced larger allowing more detail of the subject to be seen. Also this would not limit to the types of vehicles plans in 1/35th scale that could be printed, which has been the case with the current half foolscap format has.

To necessitate these improvements to Tankette an increase in subscriptions will be required; however the gains far out weight the extra cost. Hopefully these changes will entice more people to join MAFVA. It is planned to start this new format with the next volume, number 44 which is due out in the New Year and the initial layouts are well in hand.