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FineScale Modeler Volume 37 Issue 6

FineScale Modeler

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Magazine:
FineScale Modeler
Number:
Volume 37 Issue 6 | July 2019
Language:
English
ISSN:
07436901260807

Table of contents

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 16
Marbling pre-shades a weathered Wessex

by Aaron Skinner
Working from a photo puts a helicopter in multiple shades of green
2720
Wessex HU.5
Italeri 1:48
2720 2012 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:144  | Page 18
Mercury-Atlas 9 launch

by Jonas Dahlberg
Light, sound create a dynamic diorama of a 1963 liftoff
Mercury Atlas
RealSpace Models 1:144
199x New tool Multi-topic (2)
 

Build Report, 1:8  | Page 22
Shades of white in moonlight

by Joe Hudson
Improving Revell's 1/8 scale Apollo astronaut, one small step at a time
04826
APOLLO: ASTRONAUT on the Moon
Revell 1:8
04826 2009 New box
 

Build Report, 1:70  | Page 26
Improve Tamiya's Apollo lunar craft

by Pete Malaguti
Added styrene gets this toy-like spacecraft mission ready
89788
Moon Landing 40th Anniversary
Apollo Lunar Spacecraft Display model
Tamiya 1:70
89788 2009 New parts
 

Build Report, 1:144  | Page 30
Scratchbuild launch pad 39A

by Frank McVeich
Combine wood, nails, paint, glue, and more for a convincing space shuttle diorama
4910
Shuttle Launch Tower
Revell 1:144
4910 1986 New tool
4544
Discovery Space Shuttle with Boosters
Revell 1:144
4544 1988 New decals
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 41
Heavy metal IS-2

by Rick Lawler
Aftermarket PE weighs down a battle-tested Red Army tank
35289
Russian heavy tank
JS-2 Model 1944 ChKz
Tamiya 1:35
35289 (289) 2007 New tool
35220
Soviet Heavy Tank
JS-2 Vol. 2 Additional Set - Fenders for Tamiya
Aber 1:35
35220 2008 New tool
ATL-54
JS-1 / JS-2 / JS-3 / JSU-122 / JSU-152 Light Type Tracks
Friulmodel 1:35
ATL-54 Multi-topic (4)
35L069
Armament for Soviet heavy tank IS-2:
122 mm D-25T gun barrel fit to Tamiya / Dragon
Aber 1:35
35L069 (35L69) 2008 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 46
Arm and weather a Harrier

by Aaron Skinner
The original V/STOL fighter turns 50 and we celebrate by detailing a GR.7 for Iraq service
1166
Harrier GR.7/9 Limited Edition
Eduard 1:48
1166 2016 New parts
648151
AGM-65 Maverick
Eduard 1:48
648151 2014 New tool
648415
BL755 cluster bombs
Eduard 1:48
648415 2018 New tool
48220
AV-8B Harrier Intake Plugs-Red for Hasegawa
Steel Beach 1:48
48220
 

Build Report | Page 52
Show Gallery


Jaxcon 2019
 

Review, 1:32  | Page 56
Workbench Reviews

by Chuck Davis
HK Models 01E010, Avro Lancaster B Mk.I
01E010
Avro Lancaster B Mk. I
HK Models 1:32
01E010 2018 New tool
 

Review, 1:35  | Page 58
Workbench Reviews

by Tom Foti
Tamiya 35365, M551 Sheridan
35365
M551 Sheridan Vietnam War
Tamiya 1:35
35365 2019 New tool
 

Review, 1:1000  | Page 59
Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
Polar lights POL952, Star Trek USS Defiant
952
Star Trek Deep Space Nine
U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205
Polar Lights 1:1000
952 2018 New tool
 

Review, 1:72  | Page 60
Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
Modelcollect UA 72200, B-52H Stratofortress
UA72200
B-52H U.S. Stratofortress Strategic Bomber
Modelcollect 1:72
UA72200 2018 New tool
 

Review, 1:48  | Page 62
Workbench Reviews

by Andy Keyes
Revell 03943, Bristol Beaufighter TF.X
03943
Bristol Beaufighter TF.X
Revell 1:48
03943 2018 New tool
 

Review, 1:72  | Page 63
Workbench Reviews

by Chuck Davis
Horizon 2005, Redstone launcher
2005
Redstone Launcher
Horizon Models 1:72
2005 2018 New parts
 

Editorial | Page 67
Building the bridge to the moon

by Elizabeth Nash
Each of the 10 manned Gemini missions brought us one small step closer
 

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