FineScale Modeler Volume 36 Issue 5

Issue

Magazine:

FineScale Modeler

Number:

Volume 36 Issue 5 | May 2018

Language:

English

ISSN:

07148601260305

Table of contents

Build Report | Page 16

Form & Figure

by Joe Hudson
Convert a metal Spock figure

Space Officer

Andrea Miniatures 54mm

SG-F68 2002 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:144  | Page 18

Detail the Millenium Falcon

by Aaron Skinner
Turn Bandai's 1/72 scale kit into a beautiful hunk of junk

Millennium Falcon The Force Awakens

Bandai 1:144

0202288 (2291096) 2015 New tool

YT-1300 "Millennium Falcon" Detail Set Photoetch Detail Set for Bandai The Force Awakens

Greenstrawberry 1:144

01616-1/144 2016 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:350  | Page 23

Paint a Klingon Bird-of-Prey

by Jay Laverty
Contrasting color, deep weathering

Star Trek The Next Generation

Klingon Bird of Prey Plus Pack

AMT/ERTL 1:350

8015 1997 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:12  | Page 26

Use decals for camo

by Steve McNaughton
Too complicated to paint? Do with decals!

Class II Power Loader with Ripley Figure

Halcyon 1:12

HAL03 1991 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:20  | Page 28

Lighting up a Fly

by Alfonso Pereira
Shuffling parts and adding LEDs

Fliege Panzer Kampf Anzug Space Type

Nitto 1:20

Ma.K Series 15 1999 New box

 

Build Report, 1:32  | Page 32

Fire up a Viper

by Aaron Skinner
Lights for a Battlestar Galactica fighter

Colonial

Viper

Moebius Models 1:32

940 2013 New tool

Battlestar Galactica

TOS Viper Photoetch Set

ParaGrafix Modeling Systems 1:32

PGX175 2013 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 44

Build a brand-new Tomcat

by Darren Roberts
Make it a preproduction F-14

Grumman

F-14A Tomcat

Tamiya 1:48

61114 2016 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 50

This Pershing can take a hit

by John Maher
Build, detail, and weather an M26

U.S. Medium Tank

M26 Pershing (T26E3)

Tamiya 1:35

35254 (254) 2002 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 56

Finish a Thunderbolt in a flash

by Frank Cuden
Play checkers with Tamiya's P-47D

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Razorback"

Tamiya 1:72

60769 (69) 2004 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 64

Workbench Reviews

by Jim Zeske
Tamiya 61117, Messerschmittt Bf 109G-6

Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6

Tamiya 1:48

61117 (117) 2017 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 66

Workbench Reviews

by Mike Scharf
Panda Hobby 35030, M1 Abrams

M1 Abrams MBT

Panda Hobby 1:35

PH-35030 2017 New tool

 

Review, 1:32  | Page 67

Workbench Reviews

by Chuck Davis
Wingnut Wings 32058, Jeannin Stahltaube

Jeannin Stahltaube (1914)

Wingnut Wings 1:32

32058 2017 New tool

 

Review, 1:350  | Page 68

Workbench Reviews

by Mark Karolus
HobbyBoss 86513, USS Alaska

USS Alaska CB-1

HobbyBoss 1:350

86513 (26513) 2017 New tool

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 68

Workbench Reviews

by Mike Klessig
Airifx A03088, Messerschmitt Me 262A-1A

Messerschmitt Me 262A-1A

Airfix 1:72

A03088 2017 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 70

Workbench Reviews

by Chris Oglesby
Kitty Hawk KH50003, AH-6J/MH-6J Little Bird

AH-6J/MH-6J Little Bird Nightstalkers

Kitty Hawk 1:35

KH50003 2017 New tool