FineScale Modeler Volume 26 Issue 5

Issue

Magazine:

FineScale Modeler

Number:

Volume 26 Issue 5 | May 2008

Language:

English

ISSN:

07224646779405

Table of contents

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 18

Convert an F-86F to an early A

by Ben Brown
Shop the aftermarket to backdate a Sabre.

F-86F-30 Sabre

Academy 1:48

12276 2005 New box

F-86F-30 Cockpit set

Legend Productions 1:48

LF4029

F-86A Conversion for Academy or Hasegawa F-86F-30 kits

Cutting Edge Modelworks 1:48

CEC48196 2000 New tool

F-86 Sabre Stencils Ver 1.0

HobbyDecal 1:48

ST48024V1

 

Build Report, 1:12  | Page 24

Steve Cote's Paul Newman Porsche

by Matthew Usher
Steve's 1/12 scale 935 is big on detail.

Porsche 935 "Martini" 1976

Tamiya 1:12

12038 2009 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 26

Pulling off the perfect Marder

by Bill Plunk
Top techniques from a master modeler make the most of Tamiya's tank destroyer.

Sd.kfz. 131

Marder II German Tank Destroyer

Tamiya 1:35

35060 2001 New box

German

Marder III M Brass 7.5cm Projectiles for PaK 40 & Marder III M

Tamiya 1:35

35258 2002 New tool

Marder III Ausf.M Tamiya

Eduard 1:35

35528 2002 New tool

Update Set for MARDER III M

Blast Models 1:35

BL35007K

PRAGA 38(t) Track Links (workable)

Modelkasten 1:35

SK-30 199x New tool

 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 34

Revamp a rugged Staghound

by Steve Guthrie
RPM's 1/72 scale gets the Canadian treatment.

Staghound Mk I early Italy 1944

RPM 1:72

72308 2005 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 44

Try a Tamiya Fw 190

by Fraser Gray
Learn the basics of building a Butcher Bird.

Focke-Wulf Fw190 F-8

Tamiya 1:48

61039 1995 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:32  | Page 50

Don Jayne's cutaway Wildcat

by Matthew Usher
See the inside story on a legenday fighter.

Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat

Trumpeter 1:32

02223 2002 New tool

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 54

Workbench Reviews

by Chuck Davis
Revell 04300, Avro Lancaster Mk.I/III

Avro Lancaster Mk.I/III

Revell 1:72

04300 (80-4300) 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 56

Workbench Reviews

by Jim Zeske
Tasca 35010, M4A1 Sherman

1/35 U.S. Medium Tank

M4A1 Sherman (Mid Production)

Tasca 1:35

35-010 2007 New parts

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 57

Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
MPM 72539, A-20G Havoc "Southwest Pacific Warrior"

A-20G Havoc "South West Pacific Warrior"

MPM Production 1:72

72539 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:700  | Page 58

Workbench Reviews

by Phil Kirchmeier
Tamiya 31617, HMS Repulse

HMS Repulse

Tamiya 1:700

31617 (617) 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:144  | Page 59

Workbench Reviews

by Aaron Skinner
F-RSIN FR14063, Martin 4-0-4

Martin 4-0-4 Eastern AL - Ozark AW

F-RSIN 1:144

FR14063 20xx New tool

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 60

Workbench Reviews

by Tom Foti
Trumpeter 00379, PT-76 Model 1951

Russian

PT-76 Amphibious Tank Mod. 1951

Trumpeter 1:35

00379 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 61

Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
Special Hobby HS72160, X-1A/D "Second Generation"

X-1A/D "Second Generation"

Special Hobby 1:72

SH72160 2007 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 62

Workbench Reviews

by Al Jones
MPM 48046, Petlyakov Pe-3/Pe-2 Serie 1941

Petlyakov Pe-3/Pe-2 serie 1941

MPM Production 1:48

48046 2001 New parts

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 63

Workbench Reviews

by Tom Foti
Dragon 6439, Heuschrecke IVb "Grasshopper"

Heuschrecke IVb "Grasshopper" 10.5cm le.F.H. 18/6(Sf.) auf Geschüetzwagen III/IV

Dragon 1:35

6439 2007 New tool

 

Review | Page 74

Kit Classics

by Tom Graham
Pyro's Tyrant Dinosaur

Prehistoric Monsters

Tyrant Dinosaur Tyrannnosaurus

Pyro

274-98 1959 New tool

 

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