January 2008

January 2008

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.

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Features

Cover Story: Stalingrad KV-1

BY Tom Foti

A picture from the battlefield inspired this photo-realistic detailing project on Trumpeter's 1/35 scale tank kit.

Aircraft How-to: Build your first airliner

BY Mark Hembree

FSM's Associate Editor adds detail and after-market decals to build an eye-catching jet.

Armor How-to: Destruction construction

BY Karl Logan

Turn a perfectly good armor kit into a blown-apart, burned-out casualty of war.

SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: Build a ghostly scene for a destroyed tank

SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: Photos from a ghostly Panzer IV diorama

Aircraft How-to: Build a better Betty

BY Carmine Mari

Careful painting and detailing gives Tamiya's 1/48 scale Japanese bomber a proper late-war heavily weathered appearance.

Aircraft How-to: Natural-metal magic

BY Albert Tureczek

Albert's 1/72 scale B-58 Hustler gets an ultra- realistic second skin of real metal.

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Workbench Reviews

FSM's unmatched reviews of the latest kits, every one built by a modeler.

Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Massachusetts

Tamiya 1/35 scale Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer

Special Hobby 1/32 scale P-39D Airacobra

Kinetic 1/32 scale F-86F-30 Sabre

Academy Messerschmitt 1/72 scale Me 262A-1a

Eduard Messerschmitt 1/48 scale Bf 110E

Bronco 1/35 scale Humber Scout Car Mk. I

Trumpeter 1/72 scale F-105D Thunderchief

Zvezda 1/48 scale Lavochkin La-5FN

Editor's Page

A letter from FSM's Editor, Matt Usher.

Reader Gallery

Photos of models of all types, submitted by their builders.

News Products

News stories and the latest products to help you enjoy your hobby.

Scale Talk

Letters from modelers around the world.

Show Gallery

Pictures from WonderFest 2007, one of the world's top science-fiction and fantasy events.

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Features

Cover Story: Stalingrad KV-1

Aircraft How-to: Build your first airliner

Armor How-to: Destruction construction

SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: Build a ghostly scene for a destroyed tank

SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: Photos from a ghostly Panzer IV diorama

Aircraft How-to: Build a better Betty

Aircraft How-to: Natural-metal magic

Departments

Workbench Reviews

Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Massachusetts

Tamiya 1/35 scale Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer

Special Hobby 1/32 scale P-39D Airacobra

Kinetic 1/32 scale F-86F-30 Sabre

Academy Messerschmitt 1/72 scale Me 262A-1a

Eduard Messerschmitt 1/48 scale Bf 110E

Bronco 1/35 scale Humber Scout Car Mk. I

Trumpeter 1/72 scale F-105D Thunderchief

Zvezda 1/48 scale Lavochkin La-5FN

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