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FineScale Modeler 2004 December Troubleshoot your airbrush Build British Sherman
FineScale Modeler December 2004 Vol 22 No 10
CONTENTS
Features
Portfolio
20 Stunning World War Il aircraft For Bill Pettyjohn, the delight is in the detail - and incredibly realistic finishes.
Cover Story
24 Nine ways to beat the airbrush blues Try these tips for getting your airbrush to spray the paint where you want it when you want it - and without blemishes. By Matthew Usher
Aircraft How-to
30 Dressing up Dora Simple conversion and detailing - plus a killer paint job - turn Dragon/Revell's 1/48 scale kit into an Fw 190D to die for. By Alfonso Martinez Berlana
Armor How-to
36 Build a different kind of Sherman Ready to go a step beyond straight-from-the-box? Take the plunge with us as we correct and upgrade Dragon's Sherman Firefly Vc. By Lawrence Hansen
Armor How-to
42 Making armored vehicle optics Here are three great techniques for simulating the brightly colored lenses and viewports on modern AFVs. By Graeme Davidson
Ship Showcase
54 Shore leave in Shanghai Inspired by the rare visit of two U.S. warships to China in 1989, Ray Bean built his amazing hand-painted diorama around two 1/350 scale resin kits.
Aircraft How-to
58 Build a terrific T-28 trainer Still the only 1/48 scale Trojan, Monogram's old kit just needs some aftermarket and scratchbuilt detail to be an up-to-date winner. By Gil Hodges
Departments
4 Editor's Page
6 Scale Talk
8 News
9 New Products
46 Reader Gallery
50 Show Gallery
IPMS Seattle show
64 Reader Tips
68 Workbench Reviews
Tamiya Tiger I (late)
Academy F-89D Scorpion
Special Hobby Gloster E.28/39 Pioneer
Tamiya Challenger 2
Fonderie Miniature Piasecki H-21
Special Hobby PhD.I
Pavla Lysander Mk.II
Classic Airframes Hawker Sea Hawk
Trumpeter 1963 Chevy Nova SS
Dragon M2A2 Bradley
78 Questions & Answers
80 Coming Events
82 From the Forum
85 Index of Advertisers
87 Classified Marketplace
87 Hobby Shop Directory
90 History You Can Model
The fabulous F-15 Eagle
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