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.

FROM THE EDITOR

FineScale Modeler

SCALE TALK • Your voice in FSM

NEW PRODUCTS

Small size, BIG PUNCH • Make vignettes with Bandai 1/144 scale TIE fighters

FRANKENSCHMITT • A 1/72 scale Bf 109 gets a late-war piecemeal treatment

A howitzer in North Africa • Turn an unusual 1/35 scale resin model into a showpiece

Arming an AUSTRALIAN AMBULANCE • Finishing a Trumpeter ASLAV-PC as an ambulance

IPMS/USA National Convention • Hampton, Virginia • August 6-9, 2025

Honoring FRIENDSHIP 7 • A large-scale Mercury capsule lends itself to detailing

An ACCIDENT at SEA • Photos of a damaged aircraft inspires a huge 1/48 scale undertaking

Revell ’69 Camaro Z/28 3’n 1

Italeri Opel Blitz fire truck

Tamiya H39 French light tank

ICM Bristol Beaufort Mk.IA torpedo bomber

AMT ’68 Chevy El Camino street machine

Eduard Heavy Retro Turbolet L-410UVP

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Mid-engine misfire • Revell-Monogram’s Aerovette tells the story of what could have been a GM first