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FineScale Modeler Volume 22 Issue 1

FineScale Modeler

Issue

Magazine:
FineScale Modeler
Number:
Volume 22 Issue 1 | January 2004
Language:
English
ISSN:
07189646779601

Table of contents

Build Report | Page 18
Amazing fighter collection


Superb craftsmanship is the key to Brian James' award-winning World War II and early jet fighters.
 

Build Report, 1:32  | Page 22
Trumpeter's big new Thunderchief

by Larry Schramm
It's big and sleek like a jet fighter ought to be - and now you can model it in 1/32 scale.
02201
Republic F-105D Thunderchief
Trumpeter 1:32
02201 2004 New tool
 

Review | Page 28
Airbrush roundup, part one

by Matthew Usher
Sooner or later you'll want one, but with so many available, which one is right for you? Here's our guide to entry-level airbrushes.
 

Build Report, 1:16  | Page 34
Build a bigger Jagdtiger

by Doug Groom
Basic scratchbuilding converts Tamiya's big 1/16 scale Tiger into a tank-destryong cat of a different stripe.
56007
Sd.Kfz. 182 Ausf. B Pz.Kfw. VI "Tiger II" Porscheturm RC
Tamiya 1:16
56007 1999 New parts
 

Build Report, 1:25  | Page 40
From Futura to Batmobile

by Dan Thompson
Holy plastic conversions! Turn Revell's Lincoln Futura into the TV Batmobile, just like George Barris did with the original.
1270
Lincoln Futura
Revell 1:25
1270 1995 New box
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 52
Big, Beautiful Memphis Belle

by Louis Armour
Combine two Revell-Monogram kits into a museum-quality 1/48 scale replica of the most famous B-17 of all.
85-5600
B-17G Flying Fortress
Revell Monogram 1:48
85-5600 1997 New box
4701
B-17F Flying Fortress
Revell 1:48
4701 1990 New box
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 58
Superdetailed WWII ambulance

by Michael D. Bedard
See how a master armor modeler turned a crude Peerless-Max Dodge ambulance kit into a 1/35 scale showpiece.
3511
U.S. Army World War II WC-54 Type
Dodge 3/4-Ton Ambulance
Peerless Max 1:35
3511 1976 New tool
 

Review, 1:35  | Page 66
Workbench Reviews

by Tom Foti
Trumpeter 00207, 280mm K5(E) Leopold German railroad gun
00207
280mm K5(E) Leopold German Railroad Gun
Trumpeter 1:35
00207 2003 New tool
 

Review, 1:35  | Page 67
Workbench Reviews

by Tom Foti
Dragon 6200, German Railway Gun 28cm K5(E) "Leopold"
6200
German
Railway Gun 28cm K5(E) 'Leopold'
Dragon 1:35
6200 2003 New tool
 

Review, 1:48  | Page 68
Workbench Reviews

by Randal Dieck
Sword SW48004, T-38 Talon
SW 48004
T-38 Talon
Sword 1:48
SW 48004 2003 New tool
 

Review, 1:48  | Page 72
Workbench Reviews

by Dr. Bill Funcke
Eduard 8057, Sopwith D.1 Camel RFC
8057
Sopwith F.1 Camel RFC
Eduard 1:48
8057 2003 New parts
 

Review, 1:1000  | Page 74
Workbench Reviews

by Matthew Usher
Polar Lights 4200, "Star Trek" USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
4200
Star Trek
U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Polar Lights 1:1000
4200 2003 New tool
 

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