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April 2017

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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.

Features

Airbrushing & Finishing: Spotting a Brummbar

BY Aaron Skinner

How to punch up the camo on a Sturmpanzer IV
Pg. 14

Three ways to a 5 o'clock shadow

BY Joe Hudson

Simple techniques add stubble to figures
Pg. 16

Squiggles made simple

BY Pablo Miguel Bauleo

Precisely applied liquid mask makes it easy
Pg. 18

Metal from Acrylics

BY Aaron Skinner

Can water-based paints provide realistic natural-metal?
Pg. 21

The death of I-171

BY Luke Easter

Plastic kits, LEDs, and resin — a lot of resin — key this display
Pg. 28

Kitbash a better Bison

BY Bill Plunk

Accuracy demands two kits and aftermarket add-ons
Pg. 36

Construct cathedral ruins

BY Marc Grand

Shattered stained glass and crumbling walls tell a war-torn story
Pg. 42

MMSI 2016

Show gallery of amazing figures
Pg. 46

Build a carpet-laying Buffalo

BY Andy Cooper

You'll get a kick out of this "Funny"
Pg. 52

Final Details

BY Mark Hembree

A story finds a model
Pg. 66

Departments

Workbench Reviews

Kitty Hawk F2H-2 Banshee

BY Andy Keyes

Pg. 56

Tiger BMPT-72 Terminator II

BY Mike Scharf

Pg. 58

Academy USS Missouri

BY Mark Karolus

Pg. 59

Trumpeter ZSU-57-2

BY Chris Cortez

Pg. 60

Moebuis Michael Myers from "Halloween"

BY Jeff LaMott

Pg. 61

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