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November 2004

FineScale Modeler magazine is the essential tool for modelers of all skill levels.  Learn how to create models of aircraft, armor, ships, cars and more.  Every issue provides clear, well-instructed articles that show how to assemble the latest model kits and how to master painting and finishing techniques.

Kit reviews, new kit and product announcements, tips from experts, and a gallery of readers' models make every issue packed with value.

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Features

Massimo’s Mustang

Massimo Barbieri’s astonishing 1/20 scale P-51B is full of surprises – and it’s entirely scratchbuilt!

FSM Builds Trumpeter’s big new T-34

BY Jim Zeske
Great fit, lots of detail, working suspension and hatches, and boy, is it big! What’s not to like?

Big-scale Formula 1 racecar

Joe Takai’s gorgeous McLaren MP 4/6 is a 1/12 scale tribute to world champion driver Ayrton Senna.

Modeling a wounded Warthog

BY Christopher Appoldt
Give an Iraq War A-10 realistic battle damage without really destroying the model.

Secrets revealed: dry-brushing and pastels

BY Matthew Usher
You don’t need a PhD in weathering to get a drop-dead realistic finish – if you follow these tips.

Fixing the flea

BY Ricardo Dacoba
The Dragon/Revell Me 163 Komet is a good kit; here’s how to detail it into a great model.

Fabulous FAMO tank transporter

He started with Tamiya’s FAMO, added a StuG, and when the groundwork settled, Pat Johnston had a stunning diorama.

Back-dating Monogram’s F-106

BY Pat Hawkey
Turn the rough-around-the-edges 1/48 scale kit into the sharp Dart that broke a world speed record.

How to win the numbers game

BY Mike McFadden
Try these techniques for simulating raised casting numbers.

Clipping an Albatross’ wings

BY Chuck Pomazal
Modify Monogram’s old 1/72 scale kit of the Grumman amphibian into a short-winged SA-16A.

The ultimate workshop

BY Randy Fields
The key to building the model room of your dreams is careful planning. Here’s how one modeler did it.

Improve a flamethrowing Panzer

BY Joe Morgan
Fire up your modeling skills with Ironsides’ eye-catching multimedia 1/35 scale Flammpanzer II kit.

Making realistic water

BY Patrick Roach
Float your boat on easy-to-make, inexpensive waves.

Exquisite figures from Russia

The St. Petersburg Collection carries figure painting to a breath-taking new level.

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Online Extra

IPMS/USA National Convention 2004 photo gallery

Wisconsin Maritime Museum 2004 show gallery

MMSI 2004 show

IPMS Vancouver 2004 fall show

Reader Gallery

Photos of models of all types, submitted by their builders.

Tiger I

Shelby 427 Cobra

Bristol Britannia airliner

S.S. Grenadier

TKS tankette

French Foreign Legion scene (Chad, 1970s)

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4

Viking trading boat Knarr

Crew exploration vehicle Schirra

Fw 190D-9 "Langnasen Dora"

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San Antonio ModelFiesta XXIII

Skill Builder

Storing decals

Workbench Reviews

FSM's unmatched reviews of the latest kits, every one built by a modeler.

Azur Dewoitine D.520

PJ Production F-84F Thunderstreak

Specia Hobby P-59A/B Airacomet

Special Hobby Pfalz D.XII

Revelll 1971 "Stars and Stripes" Corvette

Bego Kübelwagen Type 82

Dragon Bismarck

Mirage Hobby M3 Lee

Trumpeter LCM(3) landing craft

History You Can Model

Short stories about subjects you can build.

Chico the gunfighter

Editor's Page

A letter from FSM's Editor, Mark Thompson.

Scale Talk

Letters from modelers around the world.

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News stories to help you enjoy your hobby.

New Products

The latest products to help you enjoy your hobby.

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Reader Tips

Tips for enjoying your hobby, from your fellow readers.

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The who, when, and where of modeling events.

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