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Editor Matthew Usher previews FineScale Modeler's March issue.
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George Mustafa's 1/24 scale de Havilland Beaver
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Polar Lights 1/25 scale 1966 Batmobile
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Atomic batteries to power! Turbines to speed! As a 14-year-old comics fan, I was really excited to finally have a new live-action, comics-bas... Read more »
FSM-WB0312_25Amusing Hobby 1/35 scale Neubaufahrzeug
As Germany and other countries began to drop ... Read more »
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LifeColor paints come in 22ml (approximately ... Read more »
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Scale Modeling Essentials: Italeri 1/35 scale Staghound Mk.III
Few model kits provide an instruction sheet in narrative style, with parts labeled by name and advice on how to assemble the pieces. You may get exqui... Read more »
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Desktop Wallpaper March 2012
In the March 2012 FineScale Modeler, Associate Editor Aaron Skinner explains how to maintain your airbrush and solve painting problems to get a finish... Read more »
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A super-detailed Fw 190D-9 desktop wallpaper
In FSM's 2011 Holiday issue, Build Better Model Aircraft, Ricardo Dacoba used resin parts and an expert paint job to finish Hasegawa's 1/32 scale Dora... Read more »
Airbrushing and weathering a Skyraider
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FSM Glossary
  • color modulation

    A fool-the-eye technique that simulates natural lighting effects by painting highlights and shadows to bring out details on a model and give it a realistic look. Because this is permanent color correction, it locks the lighting and shade orientation regardless of the actual ambient light.

  • pin marks
    Impressions left in plastic by the pins that eject parts from a mold.
  • liquid sprue
    Sprue from a model kit cut into small pieces and dissolved in liquid model cement. Used as a filler.

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Essential Skills for Scale Modelers
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Written by FineScale Modeler’s Aaron Skinner, this book lays the foundation needed to build, paint, weather, and display all types of models.
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Building and Detailing Realistic Sherman Tanks
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The first half of this book covers modeling, from basic to advanced; the second half is a gallery of the author’s own models.

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Building and Detailing Model Aircraft
Readers will learn how to master construction and finishing of plastic model aircraft with basic skills.

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