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Accurize an adversary
How to improve Kitty Hawk’s big F-5E
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By Chuck Sawyer
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Streetwise
The road to building a 1/25 scale TV legend sometimes takes unexpected turns
By Mark Jones
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Paint a smashing blockade runner
Step-by-step finishing for Bandai’s 1/1000 scale <em>Star Wars</em> corvette
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By Rafał Lebioda
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BUFF in the buff
Using foil to shine an X-15 mothership
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By Albert Tureczek
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Final Details: Don't Panic.
If you never could get the hang of Thursdays, then this model is for you
By Elizabeth Nash
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Airbrushing & Finishing: Hand-painted camo on a RAG boat
Breathe new life into Monogram’s decades-old Vietnam War river patroller
By Aaron Skinner
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Form & Figure: Ma.K medic at arms!
Weather the armor of a sci-fi doctor
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By Dimitris Ioannidis
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The Maltese Light Tank
Paint a World War II British Mk.VIB with peculiar camouflage
By Andrew Cooper
Zvezda C-130H Hercules
Build review of the 1/72 scale aircraft kit with fine recessed panel lines
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By Paul Boyer
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