FineScale Modeler

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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BLEND the rules • You asked paint questions and FSM takes a swipe at answering them

Build a GULF WAR NIGHTHAWK • Improve Tamiya’s 1/48 scale F-117 with a terrific finish

How-to Finnish a StuG • Paint and weather a 1/35 scale Sturmi assault gun in Finland

WHAT’S BLACK AND ORANGE and chipped all over? • Paint and weather Poe Dameron’s unique X-wing fighter

Bring the BLING • How-to paint gold-trim for your car model

When GROCERY-GETTERS go rad! • Or what happens when a kid with dreams of street racing is stuck driving a hand-me-down van

Camouflage a YUGOSLAVIAN THUNDERJET • Build Tamiya’s 1/48 scale F-84G as a Cold Warrior

Fine-tune an OLD-TIMER • Build Italeri’s vintage M109 out of the box

A HURRICANE in the DESERT • A few aftermarket parts and careful painting make a tidy desert Hawker Hurricane Mk.II

Paint your first GUNPLA • Tips and techniques for your first time airbrushing a Gundam model

WORKBENCH REVIEWS • FSM experts build and evaluate new kits

Cobra Motor Paints from Ammo by Mig Jimenez

AMT/Ertl takes a win • Perennial race-car favorite Monogram startled by Indy-car lineup