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Airbrushing & Finishing: Sometimes masking is just hard work

Two rolls of tape, 40 hours of work

By Aaron Skinner

Online extra: Download desktop wallpaper featuring an F-16 in digital camouflage

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Airbrush problems and how to fix them

Working through common woes

By Aaron Skinner

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How to date a Viper

Backdating details for a Block 30 F-16

By Pete Fleischmann

Video issue preview

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Give a T-34 an interior and winter camo

Reference photo inspires a unique tank

By Ro Annis

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Build an NB-52A mother ship

Converting Monogram's 1/72 scale behemoth to launch an X-15

By Jeff Thomsen

Online extra: To the frontier of space, X-15 and mother ship

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Creating realistic groundwork

French and Indian War woodlands

By Joe Hudson and Carissima M. Hudson