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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A flying barrel of fun • Tackle Tarangus’ short-run Tunnan basically out of the box

Modular subassemblies for better results • Kitbashed and scratchbuilt parts come together for a unique 1/25 scale Funny Car

Modeling a WATER SPLASH • Simple elements add motion to a diorama

Let your imagination FLY • Inaugural BAMM winner crafted by Stathis Mamais

2022 BAMM WINNERS

Build a battle-hardened StuH42 • Clever painting, weathering, and groundwork put a self-propelled gun in Hungary

Let a big ALBATRO S soar • Finishing a Wingnut Wings 1/32 scale D.Va as the National Air & Space Museum’s fighter

COLD WAR kit, COLD WAR defender • Overcome the challenges and conquer a re-issue of a vintage antiaircraft missile

Trumpeter F-35C Lightning II • FSM experts build and evaluate new kits

AK Interactive FJ43 pickup with DShKM

Revell Beatnik Bandit II • Ed Roth and Revell team up one last time