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FineScale Modeler Great Scale Modeling 1999

FineScale Modeler

Issue

Magazine:
FineScale Modeler
Number:
Great Scale Modeling 1999 | 1999
Language:
English
ISSN:
07482008285095

Table of contents

Build Report | Page 8
Manuel Ruiz's Sherman tanks


A battle-tested division of M4 variants
 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 12
Anatomy of a Fighter


Building a cutaway Hawker Tempest
80274
Hawker Tempest MkV
Heller 1:72
80274 1994 New box
 

Build Report | Page 16
The models of the Smithsonian


Simply the best, and soon to be traveling the U.S.
 

Build Report | Page 24
Peter Spier's Miniature Shipyard


These beautifully handcrafted sailing ships recall Holland's nautical heritage
 

Build Report | Page 28
Five planes that never flew

by Mike Whye
No one can say you're wrong when you're making it up as you go along
 

Build Report, 1:25  | Page 30
Roger Yu's IndyCar pit-stop diorama


Modeling Emerson Fittipaldi on the way to his first Indianapolis 500 win
6880
Rick Mears-1988 Indy 500 Winner
Pennzoil Z-7 Special Penske PC-17
AMT/ERTL 1:25
6880 1989 New tool
 

Build Report | Page 32
Modeling the First World War


An intriguing subject for every taste
 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 36
David Robbins' colorful HMCS Fredricton


Built to honor his father, David's remake of the Matchbox Flower-class corvette is a fitting memorial
PK-901
Flower Class Corvette
Matchbox 1:72
PK-901 1979 New tool
 

Build Report | Page 38
Show Gallery


IPMS/U.S.A. 1998 National Convention, Santa Clara, California
 

Build Report, 1:72  | Page 48
Babylon 5 Starfury

by John Lester
Starship Modeler's wing-art contest
04819
Babylon 5
Starfury Mk 1
Revell 1:72
04819 1998 New box
 

Build Report, 1:12  | Page 52
Clarence Johnson's "Big Bertha"


A massive World War I German railway gun
 

Build Report | Page 54
Michael Stutelberg's Batman Figures


A worthy collection of Gotham City's heroes and villains
 

Build Report | Page 58
Show Gallery

by Matthew Usher
Squadron ScaleFest '98, Plano, Texas
 

Build Report, 1:20  | Page 64
Massimo Barbieri's Fabulous Focke Wulf


This scratchbuilt 1/20 scale model does everything but fly
 

Build Report | Page 66
Gallery of display base ideas


GSM scans shows and readers' models for new tricks
 

Build Report | Page 72
Mark Savage's oil field rigs


A scratchbuilt collection of heavy haulers
 

Build Report | Page 78
Twin Cities Aero Historians


A different twist on a modeling club
 

Build Report | Page 84
Show Gallery

by Matthew Usher
World Expo '98, Toronto - The best of figure modeling
 

Build Report, 1:8  | Page 92
Project 30 - Too Big

by Roy R. Sorenson
This 1/8 scale Deuce Coupe took a team to build
 

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