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FineScale Modeler Essential Techniques for the Model Builder

FineScale Modeler

Issue

Magazine:
FineScale Modeler
Number:
Essential Techniques for the Model Builder | 2009
Language:
English
ISSN:
72262746779996

Table of contents

Tips & Tricks | Page 5
Opening stubborn paint bottles

by Matthew Usher
Come unstuck, not unglued
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 6
Focus on a photo Lightning

by Pat Hawkey
Building Monogram's old kit as an F-5B reconnaissance plane
PA97-200
P-38 Lockheed Lightning WORLD WAR II TWIN BOOM FIGHTER
Monogram 1:48
PA97-200 1964 New tool
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 13
A first-aid kit for modelers

by Matthew Usher
Tools to fix damaged models
 

Build Report, 1:700  | Page 14
Resin ship modeling

by Jeff Herne
Building the USS Brooklyn and putting it to sea
7038
USS Nashville CL-43 1944
Niko Model 1:700
7038 2007 New parts
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 18
Secrets of resin casting

by Matthew Usher
Make one part or a whole pile with this easy-to-learn technique
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 24
10 tips for powerful small-scale armor

by Steve Hustad
Take on the challenge of 1/72 and 1/76 scale armor
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 28
Get started airbrushing

by Matthew Usher
A guide to choosing and using your first airbrush
 

Tips & Tricks, 1:72  | Page 32
Motorizing a Mediterranean Spitfire

by Paul Boyer
Animation in small scale
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 36
Masking canopies

by Matthew Usher
Tips and tricks for razor-sharp finishes and framework
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 40
Model a Falklands War Mirage

by Ricardo Dacoba
How to update Heller's 1970s kit
599
AMD Mirage III C/B
Heller 1:48
599 1979 New tool
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 45
Brush cleaning do's and don'ts

by Matthew Usher
How to maintain a fleet of long-lasting paintbrushes
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 46
Modeling snow

by Karl Logan
Working in a winter diorama
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 49
Dynamite decals

by Paul Boyer
The delights and disasters of decaling
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 54
Build your first diorama

by Matthew Usher
This eye-catching project helps showcase smaller armor models
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 60
Working with raised surface details

by John Adelmann
"Old fashioned" panel lines can be a boon
5508
A/B-26C Invader
Monogram 1:48
5508 1993 New tool
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 64
Working with clear parts

by Matthew Usher
Essential tools and techniques for easy handling
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 66
Airbrush gallery: top tips

by Mark Hembree
Master modelers share their work and offer advice on techniques and equipment
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 72
Building a German pillbox diorama

by Glenn Bartolotti
A Panther turret gives this emplacement extra punch!
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 76
Poster-paint panel lines

by Mark Buchler
Tempera makes an easy-to-use, water-based wash
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 78
Glue basics

by Matthew Usher
Modeling is a lot more easy - and fun - with the right glue
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 81
Make a basic vacuum-forming machine

by John Myszka
You only need simple materials and homemade tools