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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NEW PRODUCTS • Compiled by Monica Freitag & Aaron Skinner

Make a C-27 look less SPARTAN • How to apply faded and worn paint effects to a cargo lifter

Two vehicles, five figures, ONE SCENE • It doesn’t take special skills to build a 1/35 scale Normandy diorama

Attack the Dendrobium! • Build and paint an enormous Gundam kit

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TAKE A BREAK with an AB-41 • No aftermarket, just a few scratchbuilt details improve a 1/72 scale AFV

Motorize a Betty • Power-up a small-scale bomber

PASSION feeds passion • An appreciation for racing fuels a devotion to scale car modeling

HANG THAT KIT you’ve been hanging on to • Repurpose an outdated kit for a unique display

ICM Martin B-26B Marauder • FSM experts build and evaluate new kits

AMT 2021 Dodge Charger Pursuit

Academy Panzer I Ausf B & Motorcycle

Tamiya Ford Sierra XR-4i • A popular model manufacturer showed love for an unlikely car with a 1/24 scale kit