FineScale Modeler teaches you to build models of aircraft, armor, ships and more. Clear articles show you how to assemble, paint, and finish the latest model kits. Every issue includes unbiased reviews of kits that were built and tested for accuracy, product announcements, tips from the experts, and a gallery of readers’ models.
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Czech out this HIND • A hidden canopy issue almost crashes Mi-24 build
Model the world’s first REUSABLE SPACECRAFT • Build a better, more accurate space shuttle orbiter
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MAKING DO • Building a repurposed vehicle with what was in the box
GO, SPEED RACER, GO! • Learn scratchbuilding techniques while improving a Polar Lights 1/25 scale Speed Racer Mach 5
VETERAN WEARING CIVVIES • Modifying a 1/48 scale HobbyBoss LCM for a logging company
Revell ’71 Ford Mustang Boss 351 • FSM experts build and evaluate new kits
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Two complete trucks • AMT loads a 1/43 scale kit with a Peterbilt 359 conventional tractor and wrecker