Lider (Spanish for “leader”) began as the house publication of the Maquetismo y Simulación (Modelling & Simulation) Club of Barcelona in the 1980s. In its first incarnation, it was called M&S and ran for 17 issues (1981-1985). In 1986 it improved its quality and changed its name to Lider, restarting its numbering system (which ran for 5 issues). Lider then once more reinvented itself; its third incarnation lasted 62 issues until January 1998.