November 2008

November 2008

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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Aircraft How-to: How to add big-scale detail

BY Phillip Gore

Modeling Navy ace Butch O'Hare's Wildcat

ONLINE EXTRA: Photo gallery: Butch O'Hare's Wildcat

Armor How-to: Try out a high-tech kit

BY Mark Hembree

Hundreds of pieces, but the basics are the same

Photography: Get focused!

BY Chuck Stewart

See how software can clarify your model photos

Finishing: Hairspray weathering

BY Karl Logan

Fashioning fatigued paint to style a junked car

ONLINE EXTRA: Build Revell's 1/25 scale 1956 Chevy Nomad

ONLINE EXTRA: Photo gallery: Karl Logan's Revell 1956 Chevy Nomad

Vignettes: Scale storytelling

BY Glenn Bartolotti

Narrative modeling through effective composition

Ship How-to: Building the USS England

BY Paul Champigny

This could be your first destroyer!

Aircraft How-to: Tips to tailor a terrific Taifun

BY Aurelio Gimeno Ruiz

Recalling a Bf 108B's famous North African trip

ONLINE EXTRA: Photo gallery: Eduard's 1/48 scale Bf 108B Taifun

Bonus! Weathering Handbook

BY Mark Hembree , Aaron Skinner

The FSM staff shows you two essential weathering techniques; master modelers share weathering secrets behind their best models

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Workbench Reviews

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

Zvezda 1/72 scale Petlyakov Pe-8

Eduard 1/48 scale Fokker Dr.1 "Der Rote Flieger"

Revell Germany 1/72 scale Lockheed F-22A Raptor

Trumpeter 1/35 scale SdKfz 7 8-ton halftrack

Xtrakit 1/72 scale de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2/D.3

Pacific Coast 1/32 scale Mk.IXc Spitfire

Platz 1/144 scale P-47D "Bubbletop"

Revell Germany 1/32 scale Piper PA-18 Super Cub

Editor's Page

A letter from FSM's editor, Matthew Usher

Scale Talk

Letters from modelers around the world

Spotlight

FSM's Aaron Skinner examines exciting new products

New Products

FSM's Monica Freitag compiles the latest products to help you enjoy your hobby

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Features

Aircraft How-to: How to add big-scale detail

ONLINE EXTRA: Photo gallery: Butch O'Hare's Wildcat

Armor How-to: Try out a high-tech kit

Photography: Get focused!

Finishing: Hairspray weathering

ONLINE EXTRA: Build Revell's 1/25 scale 1956 Chevy Nomad

ONLINE EXTRA: Photo gallery: Karl Logan's Revell 1956 Chevy Nomad

Vignettes: Scale storytelling

Ship How-to: Building the USS England

Aircraft How-to: Tips to tailor a terrific Taifun

ONLINE EXTRA: Photo gallery: Eduard's 1/48 scale Bf 108B Taifun

Bonus! Weathering Handbook

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Workbench Reviews

Zvezda 1/72 scale Petlyakov Pe-8

Eduard 1/48 scale Fokker Dr.1 "Der Rote Flieger"

Revell Germany 1/72 scale Lockheed F-22A Raptor

Trumpeter 1/35 scale SdKfz 7 8-ton halftrack

Xtrakit 1/72 scale de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2/D.3

Pacific Coast 1/32 scale Mk.IXc Spitfire

Platz 1/144 scale P-47D "Bubbletop"

Revell Germany 1/32 scale Piper PA-18 Super Cub

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