FineScale Modeler Volume 24 Issue 5

Issue

Magazine:

FineScale Modeler

Number:

Volume 24 Issue 5 | May 2006

Language:

English

ISSN:

07447046779305

Table of contents

Build Report, 1:350  | Page 12

Wally Bigelow's USS Intrepid CV-11

by Jeff Herne
Wally converts Trumpeter's 1/350 scale USS Yorktown to a detail-filled USS Intrepid

U.S. Aircraft Carrier

USS Yorktown CV-10 (1944)

Trumpeter 1:350

05603 2003 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 14

Star-quality Korean War F-80C

by Gil Hodges
A Shooting Star enthusiast masters Monogram's 1/48 scale kit almost straight from the box

F-80 SHOOTING STAR

Monogram 1:48

5404 1977 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 20

Terrific Tiran-5

by Chris Mrosko, Brett Avants
Chris builds a 1/35 scale T-55 as an evolved South Lebanese Army Tiran 5

Soviet Union 36ton Medium Tank

T-55

Tamiya 1:35

MT212 (12) 1966 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 26

Bermuda Triangle Avenger

by Glen Hambleton
Glen resurrects a legendary "Flight 19" TBM-3 from the 1/48 scale Accurate Miniatures' kit

Grumman TBM-3 Avenger Night Fighting Bomber from VT(N)-90

Accurate Miniatures 1:48

480121 2005 New decals

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 32

Steven Anderson's mythical German giants

by Jeff Herne
Steven's 1/35 scale prototypical tanks suggest what German armor may have become in WWII

German

E-100 Super Heavy Tank

Dragon 1:35

6011 1994 New tool

 

Review, 1:32  | Page 54

Workbench Reviews

by Larry Schramm
Trumpeter 02238, MiG-29M Fulcrum

Russian

MiG-29M Fulcrum Fighter

Trumpeter 1:32

02238 2006 New parts

 

Review, 1:35  | Page 55

Workbench Reviews

by Jim Zeske
AFV Club 35058, M36 Jackson tank destroyer

M36 Jackson U.S. Army 90mm Tank Destroyer Gun Motor Carriage

AFV Club 1:35

AF35058 2006 New tool

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 56

Workbench Reviews

by Matthew Usher
Revell-Monogram 85-5244, Ryan "Spirit of St. Louis"

Spirit of St. Louis

Revell 1:48

85-5244 (5244) 2005 New tool

 

Review, 1:144  | Page 56

Workbench Reviews

by Chuck Davis
Skyline Models Sky 144-04a, Boeing 737-400

B737-400

Skyline Models 1:144

SKY144-04a 2006 New parts

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 57

Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
Tamiya 32520, German Panther Type G

German

Panther Type G Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf.G Sd.Kfz.171

Tamiya 1:48

32520 (MM No.20) 2005 New tool

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 58

Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
Sword 72023, T-38A Talon

T-38 Talon

Sword 1:72

SW 72023 2005 New tool

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 60

Workbench Reviews

by Jeff Herne
Special Hobby SH72110, Fiat G.55

Fiat G.55 Centauro "Sotoserie 0"

Special Hobby 1:72

SH72110 2006 New parts

 

Review, 1:48  | Page 61

Workbench Reviews

by Al Jones
Czech Model 4817, Curtiss So3C Seamew

Curtiss SO3C Seamew

Czech Model 1:48

4817 2005 New tool

 

Review, 1:72  | Page 63

Workbench Reviews

by Tom Foti
Aero Plast 00271, Messerschmitt Bf 109D

Messerschmitt Bf-109D

Aeroplast 1:72

00271 200x New decals

 

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