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FineScale Modeler Volume 21 Issue 10

FineScale Modeler

Issue

Magazine:
FineScale Modeler
Number:
Volume 21 Issue 10 | December 2003
Language:
English
ISSN:
07189646779612

Table of contents

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 16
Incredible British gun truck


Spectacular scratchbuilt detail and great weathering turned an old Peerless kit into this fabulous World War II Bedford QL gun carrier.
3509
Bedford QL Gun Portee
Peerless Max 1:35
3509 1974 New tool
 

Editorial | Page 19
From Kitty Hawk to Mach 3

by Paul Boyer
A brief overview of powered flight's first century.
 

Build Report, 1:39  | Page 20
Accurizing the Wright Flyer

by Mitsuo Kasiwagi
Monogram's old box-scale kit from the 1950s is still a good kit. Make it a showpiece with scratchbuilt details and replacement parts.
PA30
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk First Powered, Man-Carrying Plane to Fly
Monogram 1:39
PA30 (PA30-98) 1958 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 26
Kitbash an early Blackbird

by Paul Boyer
Before the SR-71, there was the A-12. We show you how to use two Italeri kits to model the famous Lockheed spy plane's predecessor.
145
Lockheed SR-71 Black Bird
Italeri 1:72
145 1994 New box
141
YF-12 / YF-12A "The Thing"
Italeri 1:72
141 1985 New parts
 

Editorial | Page 31
100 most significant aircraft

by Paul Boyer
FSM readers voted for the most important aircraft of the first century of flight. And the winners are ...
 

Build Report, 1:24  | Page 36
Super gloss paint jobs from a rattle can

by Matthew Usher
We demonstrate the tricks for getting contest-winning gloss finishes on a spiffy Jaguar Mk. II.
24151
Jaguar Mk.II Saloon
Tamiya 1:24
24151 1995 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 54
Sherman surgery

by Brian Penny
Simple corrections, scratchbuilt details, and a resin turret turn Dragon's 1/35 scale M4A4 into a sharp Canadian-service Sherman V.
6035
M4A4 Sherman
DML 1:35
6035 1995 New box
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 58
Set the stage for award-winning realism

by George DeWolfe
These simple design concepts will help take your dioramas to the next level.
 

Review, 1:24  | Page 66
Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
Hasegawa MV1, Willys Jeep MB
24501
Jeep Willys MB
Hasegawa 1:24
24501 (MV1) 2003 New tool
 

Review, 1:48  | Page 68
Workbench Reviews

by Randy Dieck
Italeri 2620, SH-60B Seahawk
2620
SH-60 B Seahawk
Italeri 1:48
2620 2003 New parts
 

Review, 1:20  | Page 69
Workbench Reviews

by Mark Melchiori
Tamiya 20055, Williams BMW FW24
20055
2002
Williams F1 BMW FW24
Tamiya 1:20
20055 2003 New tool
 

Review, 1:72  | Page 70
Workbench Reviews

by Ross Whitaker
Roden Ro 014, Felixstowe F.2A
014
Felixstowe F.2A Late version, Saunders-built
UA Roden 1:72
014 2003 New tool
 

Review, 1:32  | Page 72
Workbench Reviews

by Jim Zeske
CraftWorks 32109, Bf 109K-4/K-6 "Kurfurst"
 

Review, 1:72  | Page 73
Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
Roden 708, SdKfz 263 (8 rad)
708
Sd.Kfz. 263 schwerer Panzerfunkwagen (8 Rad)
UA Roden 1:72
708 2003 New parts
 

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