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FineScale Modeler Volume 20 Issue 5

FineScale Modeler

Issue

Magazine:
FineScale Modeler
Number:
Volume 20 Issue 5 | May 2002
Language:
English
ISSN:
07482008285005

Table of contents

Tips & Tricks | Page 22
Create your own Zimmerit

by Robert Oehler
Learn six ways to apply realistic homemade Zimmerit patterns to your German armor models.
 

Editorial | Page 30
Tiger kit roundup

by Bob Collignon
There are plenty of good Tiger kits on the market these days - here's our guide to choosing the pick of the litter.
 

Build Report, 1:192  | Page 34
Scratchbuilt USS Baltimore


Get a close-up view of the superdetailing on Don Preul's 1/192 scale World War II cruiser.
 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 38
Lit-up Lockheed Constellation

by Jim Fullingim
Backdate Heller's 1/72 scale kit to model a gorgeous 1950s Braniff airliner - complete with working interior lights.
310
Lockheed L-749 Constellation Air France
Heller 1:72
310 1982 New tool
 

Review | Page 52
The Space Station: a modeler's guide

by Mat Irvine
It's still being built, but you can model it now! We compare three kits of the International Space Station and demonstrate how to paint those tricky solar arrays.
04841
International Space Station "ISS"
Revell 1:144
04841 2000 New tool
80444
Station Spatiale Internationale (International Space Station; ISS)
Heller 1:125
80444 1999 New tool
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 58
Great finishes - with a brush!

by Jeff Wilson
You don't need an airbrush for a great finish, just tools, techniques, and practice. Here are the techniques - the rest is up to you.
 

Build Report | Page 62
Build a simple vac-form rig

by John Myszka
Want to make your own custom canopies? If you have a stove and a vacuum cleaner, you have what it takes to make a basic vacuum-forming machine.
 

Review, 1:32  | Page 66
Workbench Reviews

by Jim Zeske
Hasegawa ST17, Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
08067
Messerschmitt Bf109G-6
Hasegawa 1:32
08067 (ST17) 2001 New tool
 

Review, 1:48  | Page 68
Workbench Reviews

by Randal Dieck
Special Hobby SH 48008, X-15A-2
SH48008
North American X-15A-2
Special Hobby 1:48
SH48008 2001 New tool
 

Review, 1:16  | Page 69
Workbench Reviews

by Terry Thompson
Tamiya 56014, M4 Sherman 105mm howitzer
56014
M4 Sherman 105mm Howitzer RC Full Option Kit
Tamiya 1:16
56014 2001 New parts RC
 

Review, 1:72  | Page 70
Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
Roden 701, IS-3 Stalin
701
IS-3 "Stalin"
UA Roden 1:72
701 2002 New tool
 

Review, 1:24  | Page 71
Workbench Reviews

by Mat Irvine
Revell-Monogram 2995, Mini Cooper (R35)
85-2995
MINI Cooper (R53)
Revell 1:24
85-2995 2001 New box
 

Review | Page 72
Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
North Coast Hobbies, Compact spray booth
 

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