Archives: How-To Articles

Few things are more frustrating than a dirty or clogged airbrush. In this video from the FineScale Modeler workshop, Associate Editor Aaron Skinner shows you how to clean your airbrush after a painting session. For more about airbrush maintenance and troubleshooting, check out FSM’s March 2012 issue, Page 24.

In this video, Associate Editor Aaron Skinner shows you how to decant spraypaint for use in your airbrush. To read more about this process, check out pg. 20 in the December 2011 FineScale Modeler.

In this video from the FineScale Modeler workshop, Associate Editor Aaron Skinner demonstrates how to paint a model tank’s road wheels with an airbrush and a circle template. Watch for Aaron’s airbrushing and finishing feature about painting and weathering desert camouflage in FSM’s April 2012 issue.

Dry-brushing is an essential scale modeling skill. In this installment of the FineScale Modeler workshop, Associate Editor Aaron Skinner demonstrates the basics of dry-brushing to add detail to scale models.

A poorly set decal can ruin a plastic model’s appearance. In this installment from the FineScale Modeler workshop, Associate Editor Aaron Skinner demonstrates procedures for placing decals, avoiding silvering, and using setting solution.

Clean paintbrushes are a must on a scale modeler’s workbench. Editor Matthew Usher explains the best way to clean paintbrushes.