Most articles in FineScale Modeler are contributed by modelers, not professional writers. If you build, you can contribute — here’s how to get your work in front of the hobby’s largest audience.
Submission portal
Submit your work online
Manuscripts, photos, and Reader Gallery entries are all submitted through our digital portal.
Prefer mail? FineScale Modeler, 18650 W. Corporate Dr., Ste. 103, Brookfield, WI 53045.
Manuscripts
Have a build, technique, or conversion worth sharing? You could be an FSM author. Read the manuscript submission guidelines (PDF) before you start, then submit through the portal above.
Photos & the Reader Gallery
Our editors look for sharp, well-lit photography — the digital photo guidelines (PDF) explain exactly what works. Want your handiwork in the pages of FSM or the Reader Gallery? See the Reader Gallery guidelines (PDF) and submit your photos through the portal.
Tips, questions & letters
Reader tips
Found a tool or technique other modelers should know about? Send it to tips@finescale.com.
Questions (Q&A)
Stuck on a modeling problem? Q&A is here to help — email questions@finescale.com with your name, address, and daytime phone. (Q&A isn’t a reference service for markings, unit histories, or other research questions.)
Letters to the editor (ScaleTalk)
Mark your letter “To the Editor,” keep it under 300 words, include your hometown, and send it to editor@finescale.com.
News & products
Manufacturers: to request coverage of a new product, download the News & Products guidelines and form (PDF).
Coming events
Notices of modeling contests, exhibits, and swap meets are published free of charge — submit your event here.
A note on reviews: FineScale Modeler does not accept unsolicited Workbench Reviews.