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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ABANDONED • Kitbash a 1/72 scale Iraqi BMP-1
Kitbash a LINEBACKER PHANTOM • Combine vintage 1/72 scale ESCI and Monogram kits to create a Navy F-4J bomber
GLITTER bomb • Replicate a heavy metallic-flake paint job
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Detail HOBBYCRAFT’S GRASSHOPPER • Build a U.S. Navy NE-1 in 1/48 scale
MASTERFUL MUTANT • Careful construction and paint perfect Atlantis’ movie monster
FIRE IT UP! • Planning, tools, and creative thinking motorize a 1/32 scale Spitfire
Try your hand at SCRATCHBUILDING • Simple techniques convert an inexpensive kit into a unique vehicle
Airfix de Havilland Mosquito B.XVI • FSM experts build and evaluate new kits
ICM Unimog S 404
Monogram Callaway Corvette Speedster • A steal, if you can find it