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FineScale Modeler Volume 4 Issue 3

FineScale Modeler

Issue

Magazine:
FineScale Modeler
Number:
Volume 4 Issue 3 | May-June 1986
Language:
English
ISSN:
0748200828506

Table of contents

Review, 1:35  | Page 14
FSM WORKBENCH REVIEWS

by Jim Zeske
Testors 820, Leopard II
820
Leopard II
Testors/Italeri 1:35
820 1986 New box
 

Review, 1:72  | Page 14
FSM WORKBENCH REVIEWS

by Paul Boyer
Raccoon Models 1, Bell X-1
72-1
Bell X-1
Raccoon Models 1:72
72-1 198x New tool
 

Review, 1:72  | Page 16
FSM WORKBENCH REVIEWS

by David Veres
KPL Models, Commonwealth Aircraft CA-11 Woomera
Commonwealth CA-11 Woomera
KPL Models 1:72
1984 New tool
 

Review, 1:144  | Page 17
FSM WORKBENCH REVIEWS

by Dennis Moore
Minicraft Models 1601, Tupulev Tu-26 Backfire B
1601
Tupolev Tu-22M
Backfire-B
Minicraft Model Kits 1:144
1601 1985 New tool
 

Review, 1:72  | Page 17
FSM WORKBENCH REVIEWS

by David Veres
Airmodel, Arado Ar 197
48
Arado Ar 197
Airmodel 1:72
48 (AM-048) 1984 New tool
 

Review, 1:144  | Page 19
FSM WORKBENCH REVIEWS

by Dave Hogston
Ceji/Revell 4537, A-310 Airbus
4537
Pan Am A-310 Airbus
Revell 1:144
4537 1985 New decals
 

Build Report, 1:12  | Page 22
FSM SHOWCASE: Al Kalbfleisch's 1/12 scale samurai general vignette


A challenging project for a beginning figure painter!
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 24
Converting Historex soldiers - into just about anything!

by Ray Anderson
Step-by-step techniques for posing and detailing plastic figures
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 34
Grumman's forward-swept X-29

by Jamie Pye, Denis Skora
Scratchbuilding the radical experimental jet in 1/48 scale
06101
General Dynamics
F-16A Fighting Falcon
Hasegawa 1:48
06101 (V1) 1983 New tool
5807
A-18 Strike Fighter
Monogram 1:48
5807 1991 New box
5423
F-5E Freedom Fighter
Monogram 1:48
5423 1981 New decals
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 42
Detailing Israel's Merkava main battle tank in 1/35 scale

by Terry Sunday
Techniques you can apply to any vehicle, particularly if you lack good reference material
35127
Merkava Israeli Main Battle Tank
Tamiya 1:35
35127 (127) 1988 New box
 

Build Report, 1:285  | Page 50
Macro-scale modeling techniques

by Walter Vail
Scratchbuilding tiny science-fiction models
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 58
Improving starship models with paint

by Gino Dykstra
Implying intricate detail in two dimensions
 

News | Page 6c
1986 New kit releases


FSM Staff Report
 

Reference | Page 70
Sergeant, 4th Marine Brigade, American Expeditionary Forces, France, 1918

by Ron Rudat
Number 11 in the AMERICAN DRESS AND DETAIL series
 

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