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Current Issue

May 2016


Features

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66" Enterprise!

Steve Neill's 1/2 scale model of the original NCC-1701 is no small matter Pg. 36

By Mark Hembree

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Airbrushing & Finishing: Painting gray is black and white

Stark pre-shading adds life to monochromatic camouflage Pg. 22

By John Bonnani

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Build and paint Airfix's P-51D Mustang

Get a good-looking <em>Glamorous Glenn III</em> in 1/72 scale Pg 26

By Massimo Santarossa

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Final Details: Remodeling your space

Your thoughts and photos of your model collection Pg. 66

By Mark Hembree

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Form & Figure: Dressing a pilot in 30 minutes

Small-scale does not imply less detail Pg. 19

By Joe Hudson

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Modeling a Korean War Pershing

Make Tamiya's 1/35 scale M26 one of the few, the proud Pg. 29

By Mike Reaves

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Piloting TV's starship Enterprise

How to boldly, but easily, convert Polar Lights' 1/350 scale kit to the ship's initial version Pg. 32

By Phillip Gore

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Re-creating a Rust Bucket

Modeling to reflect a real, rotting '97 Chevy S10 in 1/25 scale Pg 44

By Karl Logan

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Turboprops for a DC-3

Converting Minicraft's 1/144 scale airliner to a Basler BT-67 Pg. 50

By Carl Knable

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Your most wanted kits survey

Tell us! Want to give kit manufacturers a piece of your mind? Here's your chance! Pg. 21

By Mark Hembree

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Airfix Heinkel He 111P-2

By Walt Fink

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Italeri ATR 42-500

By Aaron Skinner

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Takom Mk.A Whippet

By Aaron Skinner

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Tamiya M4A3E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

By Aaron Skinner

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Trumpeter USS Tennessee BB-43

By Mark Karolus

FSMWB0516_Valom_F101_Voodoo_04

Valom F-101C Voodoo

By Paul Boyer

FSMWB0516_Zvezda_Pe2_06

Zvezda Petlyakov Pe-2

By Caleb Horn


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