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.

Celebrating change

FineScale Modeler

Dyna-Soar: Its History, Military Missions and Legacy to the X-37B • Five years in the making by Air Force historian Dr. Roy Houchin, with full access to all official documents, this will be the definitive work on the program for some time to come.

SCALE TALK • Your voice in FSM

Q&A

NEW PRODUCTS

Build better bombs • The aftermarket isn’t the only option for detailed ordnance

Dauntless pursuit of DETAIL • Tips and tricks for building the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 scale SBD-3

Set your sights HIGH • Focus on three places to improve your next World War I scale model airplane

Landing an • Sometimes a model demands a dynamic presentation

Monogram 1931 Packard Dual Cowl Phaeton • Trying something new with a pre-war dazzler

40 TH ANNIVERSARY SWEEPSTAKES

READER GALLERY

Build BOEING’S BEAUTY • Small improvements make Roden’s Stratoliner shine

Building a resin SAVAGE • Rather than music, it takes preparation, filling, and sanding to tame this 1/48 scale beast

Catch a SPANISH SHOOTING STAR • Model a 1/48 scale T-33 as the first jet trainer in Spain

Revell SR-71A Blackbird • FSM experts build and evaluate new kits

Suyata Panther Ausf A