FineScale Modeler Volume 26 Issue 3

Issue

Magazine:

FineScale Modeler

Number:

Volume 26 Issue 3 | March 2008

Language:

English

ISSN:

07224646779403

Table of contents

Review, 1:48  | Page 10

Tamiya's milestone Storch lands in hobby shops

by Aaron Skinner
Latest 1/48 scale aircraft kit raises the bar for Tamiya's models with great engineering and options

Fieseler Fi 156C Storch

Tamiya 1:48

61100 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:8  | Page 11

Raising the dead in plastic

by Aaron Skinner

Nosferatu Glows in the Dark

Monarch 1:8

452-150 2007 Changed ???

 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 32

Correct a MiG-19 fighter

by Yufei Mao
Fixing up Bilek's 1/72 scale Cold War classic.

MiG-19PM "Farmer-E" "Farmer E"

Bilek 1:72

958 2000 New parts

Mig-19PM Farmer E for Bilek Kit

Extratech 1:72

EX 72130

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 42

Sprucing up Tamiya's Ford GPA

by Bart Cusumano
The 1/35 scale amphibious jeep gets an aftermarket makeover.

Ford G.P.A. Jeep U.S. Amphibian ¼ ton 4x4 Truck

Tamiya 1:35

MM143 (43) 1974 New tool

Ford G.P.A. Jeep for Tamiya 35043

Eduard 1:35

35391 2001 New tool

US Internal Stencilling 1940s/1950s

Fingerprint Designs 1:35

FPD 35/010 2001 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:126  | Page 48

Making Hawk's C-131 Samaritan good

by Frank Cuden
Simple fixes update a 1950s kit.

Convair C-131 Military Air Transport Service

Hawk 1:126

622-50 1959 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 54

Workbench Reviews

by Jim Zeske
Academy 13210, M7 Priest

U.S.

Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 Priest

Academy 1:35

13210 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:32  | Page 56

Workbench Reviews

by Matthew Usher
Special Hobby SH32022, X-15A-2

North American X-15A-2

Special Hobby 1:32

SH32022 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 57

Workbench Reviews

by Al Jones
Roden 434, Junkers D.1

World War I

Junkers D.I short-fuselage version

Roden 1:48

434 2007 New parts

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 58

Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
Hasegawa 00860, F-15C Eagle "Aggressor USAF"

F-15C Eagle `Aggressor U.S.A.F.´

Hasegawa 1:72

00860 2007 New decals

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 59

Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
Tamiya 32551, M8 Greyhound

U.S.

M8 Light Armored Car Greyhound

Tamiya 1:48

32551 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 60

Workbench Reviews

by Aaron Skinner
Bandai 0148085, E.F.G.F. MS9G) Platoon Briefing Set

U.C. Hard Graph

E.F.G.F. MS [G] Platoon Briefing Set

Bandai 1:35

0148085 (03) 2007 New tool Multi-topic (3)

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 61

Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
Trumpeter 01632, Curtiss P-40B/C

P-40B/C Warhawk

Trumpeter 1:72

01632 2007 New tool