FineScale Modeler

FineScale Modeler teaches you to build models of aircraft, armor, ships and more. Clear articles show you how to assemble, paint, and finish the latest model kits. Every issue includes unbiased reviews of kits that were built and tested for accuracy, product announcements, tips from the experts, and a gallery of readers’ models.

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Recycle sprues for something new • A small Minnesota company shoulders a big task

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SNAPSHOT HOW TO MAKE SCALE-MODEL SANDBAGS • ON SCALE MODELS, sandbags can be part of a scene or an extra detail added to a vehicle. Injection-molded and resin sandbags can work, but getting them to look right for your subject can be challenging. Sometimes, the best solution is to sculpt your own with epoxy putty.

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Sunbathing SHERMAN • A tour de force of tools and techniques beach an M4A3

Finish a concrete-jungle ABRAMS • Build and paint a 1/35 scale Academy M1A2 TUSK II fast

Kaiju killer • Model the Shinden from Godzilla Minus One in 1/48 scale

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MATILDA, take two • Weather an Australian tank in the Pacific Theater

Model A Woody • An old Hubley 1/20 scale kit gets a real-wood makeover

A COMET in Germany • Tie a 1/35 scale tank to its surroundings with dirt, dust, and water

HobbyBoss U.S. B-24J Liberator • FSM experts build and evaluate new kits

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First, but left behind • Monogram, missing a sea change, released a kit for a market that had moved on