A few suggestions:
1. If you live near Dundee you might consider asking Scots Magazine whether it would be possible to visit their offices to search through their printed archives yourself.
2. It's possible that Argyll and Bute Library Services will have kept copies of the magazine (or specific articles from it, relating to local issues) either in their stack room or on microfiche. Try an email to
[email protected] or phone Eleanor McKay, the Information and Local Studies Librarian, on her direct line: 01369 708663.
3. By law, a copy of every issue of Scots Magazine has to be deposited with the National Library of Scotland and the British Library. Perhaps you could seek a reader's card to search their records?
http://www.nls.uk/
and
http://www.bl.uk/
Chris