Incredible British gun truck

Spectacular scratchbuilt detail and great weathering turned an old Peerless kit into this fabulous World War II Bedford QL gun carrier.

From Kitty Hawk to Mach 3

A brief overview of powered flight's first century.

By Paul Boyer

Accurizing the Wright Flyer

Monogram's old box-scale kit from the 1950s is still a good kit. Make it a showpiece with scratchbuilt details and replacement parts.

By Mitsuo Kashiwagi

Kitbash an early Blackbird

Before the SR-71, there was the A-12. We show you how to use two Italeri kits to model the famous Lockheed spy plane's predecessor.

By Paul Boyer

100 most significant aircraft

FSM readers voted for the most important aircraft of the first century of flight. And the winners are …

By Paul Boyer

Super gloss paint jobs from a rattle can

We demonstrate the tricks for getting contest- winning gloss finishes on a spiffy Jaguar Mk. II.

By Matthew Usher

Sherman surgery

Simple corrections, scratchbuilt details, and a resin turret turn Dragon's 1/35 scale M4A4 into a sharp Canadian-service Sherman V

By Brian Penny

Set the stage for award-winning realism

These simple design concepts will help take your dioramas to the next level.

By George DeWolfe

CraftWorks Bf 109K-4/K-6

Hasegawa Willys MB Jeep

Italeri SH-60B Seahawk

Roden Felixstowe F.2A

Roden SdKfz 263 (8 Rad)

Tamiya Williams FW24