FineScale Modeler Volume 36 Issue 1

Issue

Magazine:

FineScale Modeler

Number:

Volume 36 Issue 1 | January 2018

Language:

English

ISSN:

72527401260201

Table of contents

Build Report, 1:350  | Page 15

Small details tell big story

by Aaron Skinner
Paint, weathering, and animated aircraft and figures capture a moment in time

IJN Aircraft Carrier

Akagi 赤城 1941

Hasegawa 1:350

40025 (Z25) 2008 New box

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 18

Giving your figure a hand

by Joe Hudson
Useful tips for getting a grip

Wehrmacht Tank Crew Set (8 figures)

Tamiya 1:35

35354 (354) 2017 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 20

How to build an oddball Tiger

by Bill Plunk
Aftermarket Zimmerit and add-ons for the mismatched F13

Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf.E Sd.Kfz.181 Tiger I GRUPPE FEHRMANN

Cyber Hobby 1:35

6335 (03) 2008 New parts

7.92mm MG34 Tank Version (2 Pcs.)

RB Model 1:48

48B32 2012 New tool

Tiger I Ausf.E Late Model Track Set (workable)

Modelkasten 1:35

SK-1 1993 New tool

Zimmerit

Sd.Kfz.181 Tiger I Late Production (for Dragon 6253 kit)

Atak Model 1:35

35032

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 24

Relax and build a Mustang

by Raúl Corral
Easy details and weathering for Tamiya's 1/48 scale P-51D

North American P-51D Mustang 8th AF

Tamiya 1:48

61040 1995 New tool

Checkertail Clan Pt. I

Eagle Strike Productions 1:48

48090 2002 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 38

Decking out a Nimitz-class carrier

by Hugo Petiers
Cut up and correct Italeri's carrier-deck section

Carrier deck section

Italeri 1:72

1326 2012 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 42

Building Hasegawa's Skywarrior

by Steve Evans
A few improvements and nice paint for an A-3B

A-3B Skywarrior

Hasegawa 1:72

04041 (K41) 1997 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:12  | Page 46

Modeling New Horizons

by Robert F. LaPorta
3-D printing opens up the hobby's frontiers

New Horizons

RealSpace Models 1:24

201* New tool

 

Build Report, 1:144  | Page 50

Revive an Airfix relic

by Frank Cuden
Replacement decals and a new nose shorpen a BAC-111

BAC 1-11

Airfix 1:144

03178 2000 New box

Window & Windscreen Decal - BAC VC10, BAC1-11, Fokker F.28

ATP Airliners America 1:144

AD5029 1972 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 52

Whitewash, rinse, and repeat

by Jonathan Campbell
Lighten up with an easy camouflage technique

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G LAH Division Kharkov 1943

Dragon 1:35

6363 2007 New parts

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 56

Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
Trumpeter 01015, M915 tractor and M872 trailer

M915 Truck

Trumpeter 1:35

01015 2017 New tool

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 56

Workbench Reviews

by Tom Foti
Revell 03953, Spitfire Mk.IIa

Supermarine

Spitfire Mk. IIa

Revell 1:72

03953 2016 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 58

Workbench Reviews

by Chris Cortez
Takom 03.03.2050, Maus V2

WWII German Super Heavy Tank

Maus V2

Takom 1:35

2050 2017 New parts

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 58

Workbench Reviews

by Chris Oglesby
Tamiya 32592, M1A2 Abrams

U.S. Main Battle Tank

M1A2 Abrams

Tamiya 1:48

32592 2017 New tool

 

Review, 1:10  | Page 59

Workbench Reviews

by Jeff LaMott
Moebius 961, Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer

Frazetta

Death Dealer

Moebius Models 1:10

961 2017 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 60

Workbench Reviews

by Matthew Walker
Kitty Hawk 80144, HobbyBoss 81758

Su-17 M3/M4

Kitty Hawk 1:48

KH80144 2017 New tool

Su-17M4 Fitter-K

HobbyBoss 1:48

81758 2017 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:150  | Page 66

Final Details

by Mark Hembree
A season of giving

Susquehanna

Monogram 1:150

3702 1979 New box