ISSN 0277-979X · Est. 1982

Current Issue

February 2008


Features

Page 20

Cover Story: Kitbash an EA-18G

Combine kits to model the Navy's new electronic-warfare Growler.

By Darren Roberts

Page 26

Showcase: Ted Bunn's HMS Prince of Wales

Up-close with a fantastically detailed World War II <i>George V</i>-class battleship.

By Mark Hembree

Page 30

Armor How-to: Easy-to-do KV-II

A top modeler's tips for painting and weathering 1/48 scale armor.

By Charlie Pritchett

Page 42

Display: Build a high-tech digital display base

This eye-catching "slideshow" model display base is easy to build from inexpensive components.

By Matthew Usher

Page 46

Aircraft How-to: Build the first Spitfire

Convert Airfix's 1/72 scale Mk. I to the Type 300 prototype.

By Rogrio Rato Marczak

Classic Airframes 1/48 scale Fairey Gannet ASW

Dragon 1/35 scale King Tiger

Dragon 1/6 scale SdKfz 2 Kettenkrad

HobbyBoss 1/72 scale TA-7C Corsair II

Montex 1/32 scale Commonwealth Boomerang

Tamiya 1/35 scale SdKfz 222

Trumpeter 1/72 scale Hawker Sea Fury FB. 11


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