FSM video: Issue preview

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Show Gallery: Experimental aircraft

Conceptual designs, visions of the future, or sometimes simply strange

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Build Hasegawa's 1/350 scale Nagato

Scratchbuilt and photoetched-metal parts convert this ship's defenses and details

By Harvey Low

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Fit and finish for Hasegawa's 1/48 scale A-7E

Model an early '70s-style Corsair II

By Greg Leszczynski

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Backdate an Opel Blitz

A quick conversion of Tamiya's 1/35 scale truck

By Glenn Bartolotti

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Skill Builder: Motor tools: A primer

Perfect for cutting, sanding, and grinding

By Aaron Skinner

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Showcase: 1/6 scale 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA

Mark Zielonka's scratchbuilt stunner

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Updating a T-45 Goshawk

A little styrene and super glue improve Italeri's 1/72 scale kit

By Paul Boyer

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5 steps to paint fantastic faces

Finish figures like a pro — in minutes!

By Jim Wechsler

ONLINE EXTRA: Jim Wechsler's 1/35 scale armor

Academy 1/72 scale U.S. M977 8×8 Cargo Truck

Great Wall Hobby 1/35 scale sWS Infrared Searchlight Carrier "Uhu"

Hasegawa 1/20 scale Falke Antigravity Armored Raider Pkf 85

HobbyBoss 1/72 scale HH-60J Jayhawk

HobbyBoss 1/72 scale Royal Navy Super Lynx

Revell Germany 1/72 scale F/A-18E Super Hornet

Trumpeter 1/35 scale M1078 Standard Cargo Truck (LMTV)

Trumpeter 1/35 scale M198 155mm Towed Howitzer (Early Version)

Wingnut Wings 1/32 scale LVG C.VI German reconnaissance biplane