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Showcase: Kirk Figard's "Wrong Turn"

A fantastically detailed Eastern Front street-fighting diorama.

By Aaron Skinner

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Special Section: Get started airbrushing

Choosing the right airbrush is one of the best ways to build better, more realistic models.

By Matthew Usher

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Special Section: Airbrush Gallery

World-class modelers show their best work and share their best airbrushing advice.

By Mark Hembree

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Aircraft How-to: Correct a MiG-19 fighter

Fixing up Bilek's 1/72 scale Cold War classic.

By Yufei Mao

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Armor How-to: Sprucing up Tamiya's Ford GPA

The 1/35 scale amphibious jeep gets an aftermarket makeover.

By Bart Cusumano

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Aircraft How-to: Making Hawk's C-131 Samaritan good

Simple fixes update a 1950s kit.

By Frank Cuden

Academy 1/35 scale M7 Priest

Bandai 1/35 scale "Gundam" Platoon Briefing Set

Hasegawa 1/72 scale F-15C Eagle "Aggressor USAF"

Roden 1/48 scale Junkers D.1 aircraft

Special Hobby 1/32 scale X-15A-2 plane

Tamiya 1/48 scale Greyhound armored car

Trumpeter 1/72 scale Curtiss P-40B/C