FineScale Modeler – October 2019

40 FineScale Modeler October 2019 21 23 Even with all the details I’d added to the crane, it still needed a cable and hook after ...

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24 26 You can see the heater hose, cable harness, and hydraulic lines here on the finished model. 25 I scratchbuilt the connecto ...

42 FineScale Modeler October 2019 In early May, more than 150 modelers shuffled off to Buffalo for the annual international conv ...

▲ PETER ESPADA CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA An MP urges an M103A1 to “move it” in Peter’s 1/35 scale scene set in Germany in February ...

44 FineScale Modeler October 2019 SHOW GALLERY DUSTIN DIAS WELLSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA A battle-worn T-34 climbs through the remain ...

http://www.FineScale.com 45 JAMES GULD HUNTINGTON STATION, NEW YORK Using scratchbuilt parts, James built one of Hobart’s Funnie ...

46 FineScale Modeler October 2019 SHOW GALLERY ▲ SANDY MCRORIE TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA Sandy built Great Wall Hobby’s 1/35 scal ...

DAN ROTHENBERGER SHELBURNE, VERMONT “It is a kitbash using the Dragon turret and Tamiya hull,” Dan says of his Korean War flamet ...

READER GALLERY 48 FineScale Modeler October 2019 STEVE MOSKOVSKY FISHERS, INDIANA Steve enhanced Tamiya’s 1/48 scale F-14A with ...

http://www.FineScale.com 49 ◀ FRANK STEFFENS RONKONKOMA, NEW YORK Tamiya’s 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk. Vb is depicted here as EP210, ...

How to create an action-oriented helicopter diorama BY THOMAS NEUSS Jayhawk to the rescue Thomas Neuss re-creates a rescue scene ...

http://www.FineScale.com 51 8 5 2 7 4 I then formed the downwash rings in several steps, always using a wet brush to wipe the ac ...

52 FineScale Modeler October 2019 that would describe the scene. The panels are photo prints on aluminum, available from a mail- ...

http://www.FineScale.com 53 inside the closed fuselage, so I needn’t have worried much. To complete the interior, I hobbled toge ...

54 FineScale Modeler October 2019 T he Blenheim first flew in 1935 and entered service as a light bomber that was as fast or fas ...

http://www.FineScale.com 55 guised as part of the cockpit structure to spread it. I am planning on building a sec- ond kit as a ...

56 FineScale Modeler October 2019 O ver the years, several branches of the U.S. military have had sev- eral versions of the Gulf ...

http://www.FineScale.com 57 J ust as the German army updated the Ferdinand tank destroyer based on experiences from the Battle o ...