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FineScale Modeler Modeling The Second World War

FineScale Modeler

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Magazine:
FineScale Modeler
Number:
Modeling The Second World War | 1994
Language:
English
ISSN:
07547008285645

Table of contents

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 8
The first air battle

by Mike Dobrzelecki
Building 1/72 scale replicas of the German and Polish aircraft in the war's first dogfight
04014
Dornier Do 17E/F
Airfix 1:72
04014 1971 Changed ???
248
P.Z.L P11c
Heller 1:72
248 1980 New box
 

Build Report, 1:32  | Page 14
Howard Hill's Hawker Hurricane


Revamping Revell's 1/32 scale Mk.I
H-217
Hawker Hurricane Mk I Tropical Hurricane PR MkI
Revell 1:32
H-217 1977 New decals
 

Build Report, 1:125  | Page 16
Building a Type VII-B U-boat in 1/125 scale

by James T. Green
Diving into details aboard Revell's "wolf pack" sub
5227-0100
World War II German Submarine U-505
Revell 1:125
5227-0100 1988 Changed ???
 

Build Report, 1:4100  | Page 22
Bob Bracci's 1/4100 scale Pearl Harbor


"The Final Moment of Peace"
 

Review, 1:48  | Page 26
Aurora's colorful WWII fighters

by Tom Graham
If you grew up in the 1950s, you probably built one of these beauties
55-A
Messerschmitt ME 109
Playcraft Aurora 1:48
55-A 1957 New box
88
Japanese Zero
Aurora 1:48
88 1959 New box
 

Build Report, 1:350  | Page 28
Modeling the Bismarck

by Rusty White
Adding photoetched details and Sculpey seas to portray the last days of a great ship
WS001
German Battleship
Bismarck Electric motor complete in bag.
Tamiya 1:350
WS001 (7301) 1978 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 36
Detailing Tamiya's 1/35 scale T-34/85

by Gerard Deygas
Modeling a victor of the Eastern Front
35138
T-34/85 Russian Medium Tank
Tamiya 1:35
35138 (138) 1987 New parts
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 43
Painting checkerboard patterns on model aircraft

by Bob Steinbrunn
How to solve a pesky paint problem
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 50
Brian Wells' 1/35 scale German armor


Reworked vehicles of the Third Reich
 

Build Report | Page 58
HISTORY IN SCALE: WWII Models on Parade

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 64
Modeling Germany's VI buzz bomb and launcher in 1/35 scale

by Steve Zaloga
A realistic resin replica of the first Nazi terror weapon
W001
V1 Flying Bomb & Display Ramp
Accurate Armour 1:35
W001
 

Build Report, 1:32  | Page 70
KING OF THE STRAFERS: James Goodson's first P-51B

by Paul Budzik
Converting and superdetailing Hasegawa's 1/32 scale bubbletop Mustang
S12
North American
P-51D Mustang U.S. Air Force Filter (W.W. II)
Hasegawa 1:32
S12 (S012) 1980 New box
 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 78
Resurrecting a World War II-vintage recognition model

by Doug Emmons
Remaking history: a solid plastic 1/72 scale Mavis
 

Build Report, 1:125  | Page 80
Kamikaze!

212
Giant 36 Inches Long
"Blue Devil Destroyer" USS Melvin DD-680 (Fletcher class)
Lindberg 1:125
212 1964 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 82
Detailing a 1/35 scale Sherman

by Michael Bedard
Easy ways to advance Italeri's M4A1
225
Sherman M4A1 Allied Standard Tank
Italeri 1:35
225 1980 New box
 

Build Report | Page 88
HISTORY IN SCALE: The Contest Campaign

 

Editorial | Page 95
World War II model paint guide

by Paul Boyer
 

Tips & Tricks | Page 98
Applying Zimmerit

by Glenn Bartolotti
On-target detail for German armor
 

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