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FineScale Modeler Volume 27 Issue 9

FineScale Modeler

Issue

Magazine:
FineScale Modeler
Number:
Volume 27 Issue 9 | November 2009
Language:
English
ISSN:
00912846779511

Table of contents

Tips & Tricks | Page 18
Airbrushing bright finishes


First in a new FSM series!
 

Build Report, 1:32  | Page 20
Improving on a classic Spitfire

by Rafe Morrissey
Give a dated kit timeless appeal
H-282
Supermarine Spitfire Mk-I
Revell Japan 1:32
H-282 1967 New box
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 26
Build America's first heavy tank

by Cookie Sewell
Modify Emhar's 1/35 scale Mark V
EM4005
Mk.V "Hermaphrodite" WW I Heavy Battle Tank
EMHAR 1:35
EM4005 2003 New parts
 

Build Report, 1:24  | Page 34
Scratchbuilt 1/24 scale OV-10D Bronco


An aluminum and plastic masterpiece
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 44
Armor building basics

by Willie Lanier
Fun fundamentals for a KV-2
32538
Russian Heavy Tank
KV-2 Gigant
Tamiya 1:48
32538 2006 New parts
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 50
Build a Marine Corps UC-35D

by Philip Richardson
Try your first aircraft conversion!
04228
Cessna 500 Citation I
Revell 1:48
04228 2005 New box
 

Review, 1:35  | Page 60
Workbench Reviews

by Tom Foti
Tamiya 35300, Matilda Mk.III/IV
35300
Matilda Mk.III/IV British Infantry Tank Mk.IIA*
Tamiya 1:35
35300 2009 New tool
 

Review, 1:48  | Page 62
Workbench Reviews

by Jon Hergenrother
Academy 12213, F-15K "Slam Eagle"
12213
F-15K Slam Eagle R.O.K Air Force
Academy 1:48
12213 2009 Changed ???
 

Review, 1:35  | Page 64
Workbench Reviews

by Mike Scharf
Roden 801, Rolls-Royce Armoured Car Pattern 1920 Mk.I
801
WWII British
Armoured Car (Pattern 1920)
UA Roden 1:35
801 2009 New tool
 

Review, 1:48  | Page 65
Workbench Reviews

by Allan F. Jones
Italeri 2670, Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete
2670
Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete
Italeri 1:48
2670 2009 New box
 

Review, 1:32  | Page 66
Workbench Reviews

by Chuck Davis
Trumpeter 03207, Fairey Swordfish Mk.I
03207
Fairey Swordfish Mk. I
Trumpeter 1:32
03207 2009 New tool
 

Review, 1:72  | Page 68
Workbench Reviews

by Paul Boyer
Sword SW 72025, P-80C Shooting Star
SW 72025
P-80C Shooting Star
Sword 1:72
SW 72025 2009 New tool
 

Review, 1:72  | Page 69
Workbench Reviews

by David P. Anderson
Trumpeter 01655, Tu-22M2 "Backfire-B"
01655
Tu-22M2 Backfire B
Trumpeter 1:72
01655 2009 New tool
 

Review, 1:144  | Page 70
Workbench Reviews

by Aaron Skinner
Zvezda 7005, Boeing 767-300
7005
Boeing 767-300 Civil Airliner
Zvezda 1:144
7005 2009 New tool
 

Review, 1:35  | Page 71
Workbench Reviews

by John Plzak
Dragon 6499, M2A1 105mm howitzer and carriage
6499
105mm Howitzer M2A1 & Carriage M2A1
Dragon 1:35
6499 2009 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page A4
Detailing and painting a Battle of Midway Buffalo

by Bart Cusumano
Converting Tamiya's 1/48 scale kit to produce a Marine Corps fighter
61019
Brewster F2A-2 Buffalo
Tamiya 1:48
61019 (MA-119) 1974 New tool
604
F2A-3 Buffalo conversion kit
AeroMaster 1:48
604
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page A8
Superdetail Yamamoto's G4M1 "Betty"

by Bob Zoglio
Scratchbuilt & aftermarket parts enhance Tamiya's kit
61049
Mitsubishi Isshikirikko Type 11 G4M1
Tamiya 1:48
61049 1996 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:350  | Page A12
Build your first warship

by Paul Champigny
Photoetched metal brings to life Hasegawa's 1/350 scale Yukikaze
40022
Japanese Destroyer Type Koh
IJN Yukikaze "Operation Ten-Go 1945"
Hasegawa 1:350
40022 (Z22) 200x New parts
 

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