FineScale Modeler Volume 26 Issue 1

Issue

Magazine:

FineScale Modeler

Number:

Volume 26 Issue 1 | January 2008

Language:

English

ISSN:

07224646779401

Table of contents

Review, 1:6  | Page 10

Supersize my Kettenkrad

by Aaron Skinner
German halftrack motorcycle gets big-scale treatment from Dragon

Sd.Kfz. 2 kleines Kettenkrad

Dragon 1:6

75001 2007 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 20

Stalingrad KV-I

by Tom Foti
A picture from the battlefield inspired this photo-realistic detailing project on Trumpeter's 1/35 scale tank kit.

Russia

KV-1 model 1942 Simplified Turret Tank

Trumpeter 1:35

00358 2005 New parts

KW-1/2/1S, SU-152

Friulmodel 1:35

ATL-10 Multi-topic (2)

KV-1 mesh Trumpeter

Eduard 1:35

TP084 2005 New tool

Russian 76,2mm F-34 tank Barrel for T-34/76 model 1941-43 (Tamiya)

Aber 1:35

35L-034

 

Build Report, 1:144  | Page 26

Build your first airliner

by Mark Hembree
FSM's Associate Editor adds detail and aftermarket decals to build an eye-catching jet.

Boeing 737-300 Continental Airlines

Minicraft Model Kits 1:144

14481 2013 New decals

Frontier Boeing 737-200

MASP Decals 1:144

4-7

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 30

Destruction construction

by Karl Logan
Turn a perfectly good armor kit into a blown-apart, burned-out casualty of war.

Early

Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J / Sd.Kfz. 161/2

Tamiya 1:35

35181 1994 New tool

Panzer IV Interior

Verlinden Productions 1:35

1534

German

Pz.IV Wheel Set

Tristar 1:35

35014 2005 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 34

Build a better Betty

by Carmine Mari
Careful painting and detailing gives Tamiya's 1/48 scale Japanese bomber a proper late-war heavily weathered appearance

Mitsubishi Isshikirikko Type 11 G4M1

Tamiya 1:48

61049 1996 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 46

Natural-metal magic

by Albert B.M. Tureczek
Albert's 1/72 scale B-58 Hustler gets an ultra-realistic second skin of real metal.

Convair TB-58A Boomerang

Italeri 1:72

147 1986 New parts

B-58 Hustlers

Fox One Decals 1:72

72-014 2003 New tool

 

Review, 1:350  | Page 60

Workbench Reviews

by Joe Simon
Trumpeter 05306, USS Massachusetts BB-59

USS Massachusetts BB-59

Trumpeter 1:350

05306 2010 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 62

Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
Tamiya 35285, JgPz 38(t) Hetzer

Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer Mittlere Produktion

Tamiya 1:35

35285 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:32  | Page 63

Workbench Reviews

by Jim Zeske
Special Hobby SH32002, P-39D Airacobra

P-39D Airacobra

Special Hobby 1:32

SH32002 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:32  | Page 64

Workbench Reviews

by Larry Schramm
Kinetic Model Kits K3201, F-86F-30 Sabre

North American F-86F-30 Sabre

Kinetic 1:32

K3201 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 65

Workbench Reviews

by Walt Fink
Academy 12410, Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a

Messerschmitt

Me 262A-1a

Academy 1:72

12410 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 66

Workbench Reviews

by Al Jones
Eduard 8203, Messerschmitt Bf 110E

Bf 110E ProfiPack

Eduard 1:48

8203 2007 New parts

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 68

Workbench Reviews

by Aaron Skinner
Bronco Models CB-35009, Humber Scout Car Mk.I

Humber Scout Car Mk.I

Bronco 1:35

CB-35009 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 69

Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
Trumpeter 01617, F-105D Thunderchief

F-105D Thunderchief

Trumpeter 1:72

01617 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 70

Workbench Reviews

by Tom Foti
Zvezda 4801, Lavochkin La-5FN

Lavochkin La-5FN Soviet Fighter

Zvezda 1:48

4801 2007 New tool