Superdetailed LAV-25 Piranha
It's big, it's impressive, and Talal Chouman's 1/16 scale Operation Enduring Freedom stunner is entirely scratchbuilt inside and out.
Current Issue
May 2004
Features
Improve the XF-85 Goblin
Turn Special Hobby's 1/48 scale multi-media kit of the tiny experimental fighter into a showpiece.
By Alfonso Martínez Berlana
Figure How-To: Painting realistic eyes
Every figure painter needs this skill, and here's a foolproof technique.
By Brett Avants
Get quality hand-painted finishes
If you're new to modeling or just want to improve your technique, these pointers will sharpen your brush-painting skills.
By Matthew Usher
Build a "bedspring" T-34
Add distinctive aftermarket detail to make your model of the famous World War II Soviet tank stand out from the pack.
By Jim Hensley
Kit Classics No. 61: Lindberg's Thunderceptor
The unusual rocket-assisted XF-91 of the 1950s was the subject of only one kit.
By Matthew Usher
Nostalgia: Making aircraft ID models in WWII
Thousands of high school students did their part for the war effort – by building wooden models.
By Charles W D Chick Gayley
Readers' Choice Awards
The polls are closed, the votes are tallied,and here are the results: your picks for the best new kits of 2003.
By Lawrence Hansen
The Derfflinger at Jutland
The pride of the Imperial German Navy modeled in resplendent resin.
By David Summers