8 steps to a Gundam trooper

A beginner's guide to building your own anime robot Pg. 50

By Ross Gagne

A modeler's guide to F-86 Sabre day fighters

Decoding the major variants and subvariants Pg. 30

By John J Rice

Airbrushing & Finishing: Faded fabric and chipped paint

Weathered Corsair reveals the toll of South Pacific service Pg. 14

By Aaron Skinner

Distressing an Fw 189A-2

How to weather a 1/48 scale Uhu Pg 42

By Ricardo Dacoba

Final Details: "There's no one flying this airplane!"

Your earliest aircraft memories Pg 67

By Mark Hembree

Form & Figure: Painting White

Changing base coats adds contrast Pg. 16

By Joe Hudson

Get the jump on a Kangaroo

1/35 scale conversion makes a Sherman-based troop carrier Pg. 46

By Andrew Cooper

Shapening Sabres

Three F-86s, three conversions, three colorful paint jobs Pg. 23

By Chuck Davis

Thinking inside the box

Building Tamiya's 1/35 scale SU-76M as in Pg. 18

By Bill Plunk

"Wolves' Lair"

A U-boat pen in an amazing shadow box Pg 34

By Mike McFadden

Academy K2 "Black Panther"

By Tom Foti

Eduard Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4

By Matthew Walker

Kitty Hawk T-28C Trojan

By Andy Keyes

Platz English Electric Lightning F6

By Chuck Davis

Platz Mitsubishi T-2

By Walt Fink

Takom Merkava Mk.1

By Jim Zeske

Zvezda Msta-S

By Chris Cortez