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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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Hand-painted camo on a RAG boat • Breathe new life into Monogram’s decades-old Vietnam War river patroller
DAMAGED Medic at arms! • Weather the armor of a sci-fi doctor
THE MALTESE LIGHT TANK • Paint a World War II British Mk.VIB with peculiar camouflage
ACCURIZE AN ADVERSARY • How to improve Kitty Hawk’s big F-5E
READER GALLERY
STREETWISE • The road to building a 1/25 scale TV legend sometimes takes unexpected turns
Paint a smashing BLOCKADE RUNNER • Step-by-step finishing for Bandai’s 1/1000 scale Star Wars corvette
BUFF in the buff • Using foil to shine an X-15 mothership
Zvezda delivers with all-new C-130
Don’t Panic • If you never could get the hang of Thursdays, then this model is for you
