Spectacular Overlord groundpounders
An impressive collection of Allied armored vehicles by some of FSM's master armor modelers.
Current Issue
July 2004
Features
Modeling "Gabby" Gabreski's P-47D
Detail and paint Hasegawa's 1/48 scale Thunder- bolt as the last Jug flown by the famous ace.
By Alfonso Martínez Berlana
Detailing a D-Day DUKW
Modify Italeri's 1/35 scale kit to represent one of the Ducks that hit the Normandy beaches.
By John Plzak
D-Day for modelers
A history professor and modeler gives a historical overview of the largest undertaking in WWII.
By John Guilmartin
Tips for taming clear parts
Get them off the sprue undamaged, remove scratches, and glue parts without fogging.
By Matthew Usher
Invasion stripes made easy
Painting those black-and-white stripes can be a pain – unless you use this simple technique.
By Larry Schramm
Overlord aircraft for modelers
Planning to commemorate D-Day by modeling an aircraft? Here's our guide to kits in all the popular scales.
By Paul Boyer
D-Day armor roundup
A modeler's guide to the ground vehicles that faced each other June 6, 1944.
By Cookie Sewell