Ballast for your base

Here's an easy way to give Polar Lights' stand greater gravitas Pg. 52

By Jeff Pollizzotto

Final Details: Nobody wants disasters, but everybody has them

Pg. 66

By Mark Hembree

Form & Figure: Painting Faces

Blending color for skin tones Pg. 20

By Joe Hudson

FSM Forum Group Build: Orphaned armor

Ex-pat vehicles on parade Pg. 44

Paying it forward

Dad teaches son modeling skills … patiently. Here's how you can do it, too! Pg. 30

By John And Maximillian Brosnan

Rare bird

Mimicking a Hawk's Norwegian, Persian color schemes can expand a builder's painting skills Pg. 24

By Darren Roberts

Resin conversion and diversion

Hasegawa's F-16B becomes an F via the XL Pg. 48

By Tim Mclaughlin

Airbrushing & Finishing: "Used future," layer colors

Vintage "Star Wars" X-wing shines with careful masking and weathering Pg. 18

By Aaron Skinner

Weathered whitewash

Modeling the VK1602 — a Leopard that never was Pg. 40

By Federico Collada

Airfix Hawker Hurricane

Freedom Model Northrop F-20A Tigershark

MiniArt Caterpillar D7 bulldozer

Roden Heinkel He 51

Zvezda King Tiger