ISSN 0277-979X · Est. 1982

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Current Issue

October 2021: Learn Tips to Detail Aircraft


Features

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Atlantic Avenger

Salt helps weather Italeri's 1/48 scale TBM for antisubmarine patrols Pg. 32

By Ricardo Dacoba

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Final Details: Disappearing Act

And for his next trick, Greg Garand will make an XM-57 vanish Pg. 58

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Gone campin'

Scratchbuild a camper shell for your scale pickup Pg. 20

By Mark Jones

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Got it where it counts

Finish Bandai’s big<em> Millennium Falcon</em> with “used universe” aesthetic Pg. 40

By Rafał Lebioda

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Point of no return

Convert Tamiya’s 1/48 scale F-51 to a Salvadoran Cavalier Mustang Pg. 46

By Marco Lavagnino

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Airbrushing & Finishing: Super finish on a superdetailed Hind

Thin paint puts a tiger on this tank-hunter Pg. 10

By Aaron Skinner

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The Merciless KV-1

Painting and weathering Trumpeter’s Soviet heavy hitter Pg. 12

By Ilya Yut

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HK Models Avro Lancaster B Mk.I

By Ted Horn

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HobbyBoss Jackal HMWP

By Mike Scharf

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Zvezda Shchuka-class submarine

By Mark Karolus


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