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.

FROM THE EDITOR

FineScale Modeler

SCALE TALK • Your voice in FSM

NEW PRODUCTS

OUTBACK GUARDIAN • Mark a Takom 1/35 scale AH-6E Apache for Australian service

BUILD A PEARL HARBOR FLYING FORTRESS • Subtle improvements bring an unlikely subject to life in this 1/72 scale B-17C

VACUUM-FORMING your own parts • Flawed kit turrets encourage a modeler to try something new

NNL WEST

OPEN IT UP! • Kitbash a 1/25 scale Ford Model A roadster pickup that might have been … or could be

FLYING HIGH • Improve a Wingnut Wings 1/32 scale LVG C.VI observation biplane

MAKING YOUR OWN WOODEN PROPELLERS • Nothing says wood like the real thing

Eduard Bf 109G-6/AS and G-14/AS ‘Gustav Pt.3’ Dual Combo • FSM experts build and evaluate new kits

Tamiya Toyota GR Supra Custom

Academy USN F4F-4 Wildcat ‘Battle of Midway’

Gaahleri Premium Series Mobius 0.2mm dual-action airbrush

ICM SdKfz 3b with Flak 38

Rebranding a convertible cat • MPC tried a different approach with its 1970 Mecury Cougar Open Sportster