FineScale Modeler – September 2019

FineScale Modeler (ISSN 0277-979X, USPS No. 679-590) is published monthly (except for June & August) by Kalmbach Media Co., 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187.

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September 2019 /// Vol 37 /// No 7

CONTENTS

FEATURES

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16 Form & Figure

Master eyes to create an emotive face

RICH ERICKSON

20 Re-create America's first tank

Part 1: Convert a Takom Renault FT

RON PONIATOWSKI

26 Intruder alert

Make your own folded-wing wonder

FRANK CUDEN

30 Refine a Büssing-NAG 4500

Straightening jigs, detailed washes

create a contest-winning truck

DENNIS GERBER

34 Show gallery

2019 Mad City Show

FSM STAFF

40 Schürzen from yogurt lids

Update an old-school tank with

scale-thin skirts

GARY MAJCHZAK

42 Airbrushing & Finishing

A do-it-yourself cleaning pot

ROBERT BEARY

KIT REVIEWS

50 Eduard Tempest Mk.V

52 Panda M1296 Stryker Dragoon

53 Azur-FrRom SNCASE

SE 535 Mistral

54 Italeri T-34/

56 Ryefield Schützenpanzer

Puma

57 MiniArt Fl 282 V-

Hummingbird

58 Italeri The Colosseum

59 Sword McDonnell F3H-

Demon

60 Wingnut Wings

Halberstadt CL.II

61 MiniArt Soviet ball tank

"Sharotank"

62 Revell Antonov An-225 Mriya

63 Dora Wings Percival Proctor

IN EVERY ISSUE

5 Editor’s Page

7 Scale Talk/Reader Tips/Q&A

10 New Products

44 Reader Gallery

64 Classified Marketplace

65 Hobby Shop Directory

65 Advertiser Index

66 Final Details

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