Create your own Zimmerit

Learn six ways to apply realistic homemade Zimmerit patterns to your German armor models.

By Robert Oehler

Tiger kit roundup

There are plenty of good Tiger kits on the market these days – here's our guide to choosing the pick of the litter.

By Robert Collignon

Scratchbuilt USS [i]Baltimore[/i]

Get a close-up view of the superdetailing on Don Preul's 1/192 scale World War II cruiser.

Lit-up Lockheed Constellation

Backdate Heller's 1/72 scale kit to model a gorgeous 1950s Braniff airliner – complete with working interior lights.

By Jim Fullingim

The Space Station: a modeler's guide

It's still being built, but you can model it now! We compare three kits of the International Space Station and demonstrate how to paint those tricky solar arrays.

By Mat Irvine

Great finishes – with a brush!

You don't need an airbrush for a great finish, just tools, techniques, and practice. Here are the techniques – the rest is up to you.

By Jeff Wilson

Build a simple vac-form rig

Want to make your own custom canopies? If you have a stove and a vacuum cleaner, you have what it takes to make a basic vacuum-forming machine.

By John Myszka

Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6

North Coast Hobbies compact spray booth

Revell-Monogram New Mini Cooper (R35)

Roden IS-3 Stalin

Special Hobby North American X-15A-2

Tamiya M4 Sherman