May 1993

May 1993

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.

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Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker

AMT/Ertl's long-awaited 1/72 scale KC-135A gets top billing in this month's Workbench Reviews. On the cover, a Diane Pinkalla photo provides the dramatic backdrop for FSM photographer Chris Becker's shot of the Stratotanker.

Lewis Pruneau's 1/24 scale drag-strip diorama

"Top Eliminator" - Top-notch modeling

Dressing up Tamiya's big Enterprise

BY Gary Frisch

Adding photoetched parts and other details improves the 1/350 scale super carrier

Hand painting a cat-mouth Hellcat

BY Bob Steinbrunn

The distinctive World War II squadron markings of VF-27

Airbrushing armored fighting vehicles

BY Cookie Sewell

Easy techniques for realistic one-color finishes

Scratchbuilding Boeing's 314 flying boat in 1/72 scale

BY Paul Budzik

Fiberglass and acrylic merge in Pan Am's majestic Yankee Clipper

Modeling the F-86D Sabre Dog in 1/32 scale

BY Gil Hodges

This vacuum-formed kit converts the classic Hasegawa F-86F into a radar-equipped interceptor

International Color and Camouflage

BY Paul Boyer

T-38B LIFT Talon

1993 New Kit Releases

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Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker

Lewis Pruneau's 1/24 scale drag-strip diorama

Dressing up Tamiya's big Enterprise

Hand painting a cat-mouth Hellcat

Airbrushing armored fighting vehicles

Scratchbuilding Boeing's 314 flying boat in 1/72 scale

Modeling the F-86D Sabre Dog in 1/32 scale

International Color and Camouflage

1993 New Kit Releases

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