FineScale Modeler Volume 24 Issue 9

Issue

Magazine:

FineScale Modeler

Number:

Volume 24 Issue 9 | November 2006

Language:

English

ISSN:

72527446779211

Table of contents

Build Report, 1:16  | Page 16

Frank Helmling's superdetailed Tiger I

After more than 530 hours of building and detailing, Frank's 1/16 scale Tiger is ready to roll

German

King Tiger Production Turret

Tamiya 1:16

36204 2002 New parts RC

 

Build Report, 1:32  | Page 22

D-day Spitfire

by Jeff Herne
Convert Hasegawa's 1/32 scale Spirfire Mk.V to a late-war Mk.XIV

Spitfire Mk.VB

Hasegawa 1:32

08052 (ST2) 1992 New box

 

Build Report, 1:28  | Page 28

Dan Jayne's look into the Dr.I

Dan shares his intricate cutaway model of the famous WWI triplane

Fokker Dr.I Manfred von Richthofen

Revell 1:28

04744 1994 New box

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 30

"Top Gun" + 20

by Darren Roberts
Darren recreates "Maverick's" Tomcat to mark the 20th anniversary of "Top Gun"

F-14A Tomcat

Monogram 1:48

5803 1981 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 38

Dressing up Trimaster/Dragon's Ta 152H-O

by Francisco Carlos Alfaro
Paint and detail a late-war Focke Wulf

Focke-Wulf Ta 152 H-1

Dragon 1:48

5501 1991 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 52

Christian Jakl's Do 335 diorama

by Mark Hembree
Imagining an amazingly fast aircraft in service

Dornier Do 335A Pfeil

Tamiya 1:48

61074 2000 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 54

Building and painting an F-15B Eagle

by Juan Jose Dominguez Calvo
Adding an aviation artist's scheme to the record-setting F-15B Eagle

F-15E Strike Eagle

Revell 1:72

04627 2001 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 62

Sure-fire Sherman

by Liejon Schoot
Sherpening a new 1/48 scale armor kit

M4 Sherman Early Production

Tamiya 1:48

32505 2004 New tool

 

Review, 1:32  | Page 70

Workbench Reviews

by Scott Weller
Trumpeter 02241, SBD-1/2 Dauntles

U.S.Navy SBD-1/2 "Dauntless"

Trumpeter 1:32

02241 2006 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 72

Workbench Reviews

by Mike Scharf
Tamiya 35282, French battle tank B1 bis

French Battle Tank

B1 bis

Tamiya 1:35

35282 (282) 2006 New tool

 

Review, 1:32  | Page 73

Workbench Reviews

by Jim Zeske
Pacific Coast Models 32002, Regia Aeronautica Macchi C.202

Regia Aeronautica Macchi C.202

Pacific Coast Models 1:32

32002

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 74

Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
AFV Club 35100, Australian Centurion Mk.5/1

Royal Australian Armoured Corps

Centurion Mk 5/1 (Vietnam Version)

AFV Club 1:35

AF35100 2006 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 75

Workbench Reviews

by Matthew Usher
Tamiya 61097, Heinkel He 162A-2

Heinkel He 162 A-2 "Salamander"

Tamiya 1:48

61097 2006 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 75

Workbench Reviews

by Tom Foti
Tamiya 32528, British Cromwell Mk.IV

British Cruiser Tank Mk.VIII, A27M

Cromwell Mk.IV

Tamiya 1:48

32528 2006 New tool

 

Review, 1:96  | Page 76

Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
Glencoe Models 06501, Vickers Viscount

Vickers Viscount Air France & Northeast Airlines

Glencoe Models 1:96

6501 2006 New decals

 

Review, 1:240  | Page 90

Kit Classics

by Jim Lyzun
Monogram's Air Power

U.S. Air Force

Air Power

Monogram 1:240

PA56 1959 New tool Multi-topic (18)