Airbrushing & Finishing: Step-by-step desert weathering

<em>By Aaron Skinner</em> <div>Here are great ways to beat up a British Challenger tank.</div> <div>Pg. 28</div>

Cover Story: 13 tips for building ships

<div> <em>By Kevin Wenker and Aaron Skinner</em> </div>See award-winning techniques for modeling HMCS <em>Fennel</em>, a <em>Flower</em>-class corvette.<div>Pg. 22</div>

Making a good Harrier better

<em>By Ricardo Dacoba</em> <div>It's the little things that count: See how subtle changes make a GR.7 a GR.9.</div> <div>Pg. 42</div>

Scale Modeling Essentials: Building a Staghound Mk.III, Part 2

<em>By Mark Hambree</em> <div>Preparing parts and making them stick. It's easy once you know how.</div> <div>Pg. 46</div>

Show Gallery: MMSI 2011

<em>FSM</em> covers the Military Miniature Society of Illinois' amazing annual show. <a href="http://finescale.com/Online%20Extras/2011/11/MMSI%202011.aspx">Click here to see Associate Editors Tim Kidwell and Aaron Skinner's favorite models from the show</a>.<div>Pg. 38</div>

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