Superdetailed Bren carrier
Bob Collignon turned Tamiya's kit into a rare French Indochina variant by adding loads of scratchbuilt detail and a great finish.
Current Issue
September 2003
Features
Building Academy's new F/A-18C
Big, beautiful, and loaded with ordnance options, it has more than 800 parts – and it's a 1/32 scale winner!
By Larry Schramm
Improving Hasegawa's Ki-61 Tony
We show you how a good kit can become a greatmodel with aftermarket details and a slick paint job.
By Alfonso Martínez Berlana
Building large-scale ships
A professional ship modeler demonstrates wood kit construction techniques while he builds a 1/96 scale World War II escort carrier.
By Rusty White
Raiders of the Lost Ark flying wing
Transform a simple toy into an "accurate" model of the movie's fantasy aircraft.
By Louis Armour
Creative fire
Here's a matchless way to simulate fire on your next diorama.
By Lee Vande Visse
Early U.S. moon probe
Detail a rare Aurora kit from the early days of the Space Race.
By David Carlton
Convert a Pacific War tank destroyer
It's hard to find a kit of the U.S. Marines M3 Special Purpose Mount, but you can make one from Tamiya's M21 mortar carrier.
By Joe Morgan
Kit Classics No. 56
Deal's Wheels ZZZ-28.
By Tom Graham