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LEARN SIMPLE RUST TECHNIQUES

FineScale.com

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February 2016

YOU’LL DIG THIS

MIG!

HOW TO BUILD

A STUNNING

1970s FIGHTER –

CZECH IT OUT

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Ricardo Dacoba’s 1/48 scale

Eduard MiG-21MF

PLUS

Learn to layer and shade uniforms

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New weathering for an old Panzer IV

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Going big with a small-scale Albatross

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SPECIAL

AUSSIE

SHOW

GALLERY

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BONUS

ONLINE

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OUR EXPERTS BUILD & REVIEW 6 NEW KITS

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Vol. 34

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Issue 2

CONTENTS

February 2016

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Vol. 34

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No. 2

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FORM & FIGURE

Basics of clothing

Layering and shading for uniform colors

JOE HUDSON

WORKBENCH REVIEWS

AIRBRUSHING & FINISHING

Simple yet effective rust

Methods for modeling corrosion

CRISTIAN LUPU

6 NEW

KITS

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Czech it out!

Eduard’s multiple-choice MiG-21MF

RICARDO DACOBA

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Kitty Hawk Bell-P-39

Airacobra

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HobbyBoss A-6E Intruder

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ModelCollect E-75 tank

Winterizing Tamiya’s SU-122

Step-by-step camo for a Soviet SPG

STEPHEN JUNG

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Roden Bristol 175

Brittania

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Kitty Hawk OV-10A/C

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Airﬁx jet engine

Search and rescue an Albatross

Going big in a small scale

FRANK CUDEN

Old model, new weathering

Finishing Tamiya’s 1970s PzKpfw IVD

DAVE FOREST

Drawing weld seams on ships

A simple technique to boost details

GREG EMBREE

In Every Issue

Editor’s Page

Scale Talk

Spotlight

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Reader Gallery

Reader Tips

Questions & Answers

Classified Marketplace

Hobby Shop Directory

Advertiser Index

SHOW GALLERY

Australian Model Expo 2015

FINAL DETAILS

Frankly, it’s just for fun

MARK HEMBREE

On the Cover

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frequent ﬂyer Ricardo Dacoba has few peers when it comes

to building and ﬁnishing aircraft — as he amply demonstrates here

with fundamental techniques for a Czech MiG-21MF.

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EDITOR’S PAGE

By Mark Savage

FSM

casts its own worldwide web

FOLKS TALK A LOT

about

The cover story showcases

the World Wide Web, but they’re Argentina’s Ricardo Dacoba mak-

usually yakking about that elec-

ing a fabulous Czechoslovakian

tronic etherland where ideas and

MiG-21 fighter.

oddball photos propagate like

Our Airbrushing & Finishing

fungus in a rain forest.

column this issue is written by

FineScale Modeler,

we con-

THERE’S NO REASON

sider our worldwide web our net-

work of contributors and modeling

YOU CAN’T BE PART

OF THE FUN, TOO.

friends from around the globe.

While we’re based in the U.S.

heartland — a stone’s throw from Cristian Lupu of Germany and

Lake Michigan, a few miles from details the fine art of creating bet-

dairy farms, and an hour from the ter rust. (I had a ’71 Plymouth

frozen tundra of Lambeau Field

Duster that was expert at making

— we cast an increasingly wide

rust, but that’s another story!)

web ourselves.

In the second half of the mag,

For instance, not only is

FSM

we feature Dave Forest’s story

sold in 35 countries, but we

about applying new weathering

actively recruit noted modelers

techniques to a 1970s Tamiya

from around the world to share

Panzer IV. Dave hails from a bit

their tips and techniques.

north of us in Canada.

Case in point is this issue’s

We follow that with a gallery of

lineup.

expertly built models from the

Australian Model Expo 2015.

Our Aussie connection, Aaron

Skinner, rounded these up from

his mates and nary a wallaby was

harmed in the process!

There’s no reason

you

can’t be

part of the fun too, no matter

where you live. Send us photos for

Reader Gallery, a tip to share with

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