Airbrushing & Finishing: Finishing with filters
<em>By Harvey Low</em> Learn all of the ins and outs of applying paint filters to your models. Pg. 20
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November 2013
Features
Cover Story: Accurizing a Super Hornet
<em>By Jesse Fuehrer</em> Use photoetched-metal and resin parts, superdetailing, and superior painting to improve an F/A-18F Super Hornet. Pg. 26
FSM Basics: Removing decals
<em>By Timothy Kidwell</em> Sometimes your decals are so messed up that the best option is to begin again. Pg. 64
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FSM Step-by-Step: Italian dazzle camouflage
<em>By Alfonso Martinez Berlana</em> Paint the <em>Zara</em>-class<em> </em>Italian heavy cruiser <em>Gorizia </em>in the dazzle camouflage it wore during its 1942 deployment. Pg. 45
Making the perfect base
<em>By Glenn Bartolotti</em> Use styrene foam, pencil shavings, and static grass to make a stunning display base for your next model project. Pg. 38
Your most wanted kits
<em>By Mark Hembree</em> In the May 2013 FineScale Modeler, we asked you to let us know what models you most wanted to see. And did you ever — 25,011 times! Here are the survey results. Pg. 24
Showcase: Big-scale P-47 Thunderbolt x2
Dave Gianakos honors his good friend and World War II fighter pilot, Russ Kyler, with a pair of model replicas of his P-47 Thunderbolt <em>Lorene. </em>He gave one to Kyler, and the other now resides at the Boxted Airfield Museum in Langham, England. Pg. 46
Showcase: Scratchbuilt Apollo 7 Satrun IB
For more than 20 years, David Weeks dreamed of building a model of the Saturn IB used to launch Apollo 7. Here it is in all of its 1/48 scale glory! Pg. 42
Academy King Tiger
Airfix Avro Lancaster B.III (Special) The Dambusters
Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc
Fujimi McLaren MP4/12C GT3
Hasegawa Ma.K LUM-168 Camel
Tamiya F4U-1 Corsair
Trumpeter HU-16A Albatross
