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FineScale Modeler Great Scale Modeling 2003

FineScale Modeler

Issue

Magazine:
FineScale Modeler
Number:
Great Scale Modeling 2003 | 2003
Language:
English
ISSN:
07485108285035

Table of contents

Build Report | Page 6
Contest dioramas

by Lawrence Hansen
Spectacular dioramas by top modelers from model shows across the country.
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 18
Showcase: Shep Paine diorama

by Jim Haught
Here's the crash scene of a fabled B-24D in Shep Paine's Lady Be Good diorama.
6385
B-24J Liberator
Monogram 1:48
6385 1993 New decals
 

Build Report | Page 20
Portfolio: Amazing metal ships

by Elizabeth Dooley
Brass is Steve Dunn's material of choice for his breathtaking large-scale ships.
 

Build Report | Page 28
Portfolio: Incredible small aircraft

by Paul Boyer
Carl Knable builds many of his pristine models from old box-scale kits.
 

Build Report | Page 34
IPMS/USA National Convention

by Paul Boyer
The best of the best: Models from across the country and around the world.
 

Build Report | Page 44
Portfolio: Gerald Wingrove's cars

by Jim Haught
Real wood - and thousands of brass rivets - went into these models of the Hispano-Suiza H6C roadster from the Roaring '20s.
 

Build Report | Page 48
AMPS Nationals

by Chris Appoldt
For three days Aberdeen, Maryland, was the armor modeling capital of the world.
 

Build Report | Page 56
Showcase: Large-scale USS Yarnall

by Paul Boyer
Eddie Ange modeled the destroyer his neighbor served on during World War II.
 

Build Report | Page 58
Contests across the U.S.


Highlights of the many superb models - and dioramas - we saw at four big shows.
 

Build Report | Page 68
Portfolio: "Those are models?"

by John Adelmann
A master aircraft modeler photographs his models in strikingly realistic settings.
 

Build Report | Page 74
MMSI Chicago Show

by Lee Vande Visse
Military figure modeling at its best.
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 80
Showcase: The Frozen Chosin

by Lawrence Hansen
Lynn Kessler captures this Korean War battle's tragedy in a striking diorama.
9009
M4A3E8 'Easy Eight' Korean War
Dragon 1:35
9009 1994 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 82
Showcase: Superdetailed Stringbag

by Nicolas Poncini
How to turn an old 1/72 scale Fairey Swordfish kit into a model fit for a prince.
F258
Fairey Swordfish Mk.I
FROG 1:72
F258 1973 New tool
 

Build Report | Page 84
Tamiya/Con 2002

by Dick McNally
Tamiya America's annual show brings out dazzling displays.
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 94
Showcase: Beautiful Bf 109G-12

by Paul Boyer
Ricardo Dacoba superdetailed the two-place trainer version of the famous fighter.
09363
Messerschmitt Bf109G-6 `Barkhorn´
Hasegawa 1:48
09363 2000 New decals
 

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