FineScale Modeler Volume 27 Issue 2

Issue

Magazine:

FineScale Modeler

Number:

Volume 27 Issue 2 | February 2009

Language:

English

ISSN:

07224646779402

Table of contents

Review | Page 10

Spotlight

by Aaron Skinner
Hot Italian makeovers from Tamiya

Carro Armato M13/40

Tamiya 1:35

35296 (296) 2008 New parts

Italian Self-Propelled Gun

Semovente M40 da 75/18 Semovente M41 da 75/18

Tamiya 1:35

35294 (294) 2008 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:400  | Page 20

Modeling a Cold War icon

by Kelly Shaw
A master goes deep on this Typhoon-class sub

Submarine Typhoon Class

Revell 1:400

5066 1990 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:32  | Page 22

Make your models indestructible

by John Ferdico
Innovative techniques for sturdier models

Nakajima Ki84 Type 4 Fighter Hayate (Frank) Prototype

Hasegawa 1:32

08154 2005 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 30

Kitbash a Sherman Firefly

by Colin Shea
Plastic, resin, photoetched metal, and three kits!

British Tank Destroyer

Achilles

Academy 1:35

1392 2001 New tool

Sherman Vc 'Firefly'

Dragon 1:35

6031 1995 New tool

U.S. Medium Tank

M4 Sherman Early Production

Tamiya 1:35

35190 (190) 1995 New parts

Detail Set for DML Sherman Firefly Vc

Formations 1:35

F021 2004 New tool

M-4 Sherman Tamiya

Eduard 1:35

35351 2001 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 40

Improve a multimedia Super Corsair

by Frank Cuden
Aftermarket details soup up Special Hobby's kit

F2G-1/2 Super Corsair

Special Hobby 1:72

SH72071 2004 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 46

Desert weathering for a Bf 109

by Francisco Carlos Soldan Alfaro
A unique look for the ubiquitous German fighter

Messerschmitt Bf109G-2

Hasegawa 1:48

09129 (JT29) 1994 New box

 

Build Report, 1:144  | Page 50

Shorten a 737

by Ben Brown
Saw your way through a simple conversion

Hapag-Lloyd

Boeing 737-800

Revell 1:144

04238 1999 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 58

Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
HobbyBoss 82430, German Land-Wasser-Schlepper (LWS)

German

Land-Wasser-Schlepper (LWS)

HobbyBoss 1:35

82430 2008 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 58

Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
Bronco CB-35015, Land-Wasser-Schlepper (Mid-Production)

Land-Wasser-Schlepper (Mid Production)

Bronco 1:35

CB35015 2008 New tool

 

Review, 1:200  | Page 60

Workbench Reviews

by Chuck Davis
Hasegawa 10735, 373-700

ANA

Boeing 737-700

Hasegawa 1:200

10735 (35) 2008 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 61

Workbench Reviews

by Al Jones
HobbyBoss 80334, MiG-17F Fresco C

MiG-17F Fresco C

HobbyBoss 1:48

80334 2008 New tool

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 62

Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
Accurate Miniatures 0412, Predator UAV

Predator UAV

Accurate Miniatures 1:72

0412 2008 Changed ???

 

Review, 1:32  | Page 64

Workbench Reviews

by Jim Zeske
Dragon 3203, Messerschmitt Bf 110C

Bf110C-7 Warbirds Series

Dragon 1:32

3203 2008 New tool

 

Review, 1:24  | Page 66

Workbench Reviews

by Mark Hembree
Moebius 82430, "Lost in Space" Chariot

The Chariot

Moebius Models 1:24

902 2008 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 67

Workbench Reviews

by Matthew Usher
Tamiya 48206, Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf J

Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J Sd.Kfz. 161/2 RC-Model

Tamiya 1:16

56026 2008 New tool RC

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 68

Workbench Reviews

by Chris Oglesby
Bronco 35058, Fieseler V-1 Flying Bomb

German

V-1 Fieseler Fi103 A-1 Flying Bomb

Bronco 1:35

CB35058 2008 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 74

Kit Classics

by Matthew Usher
Aurora's Fokker Dr.I triplane

World War I

Fokker Dr.1 Triplane

Aurora 1:48

105-69 1957 New box

 

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