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FineScale Modeler 2002 September Japanese battleship How to paint tank tracks
FineScale Modeler September 2002 Vol 20 No 7
CONTENTS
Features
FSM Armor Showcase
22 German armor diorama It's the end of the road for a Panther A crew in David Vickers' huge 1/15 scale diorama. By Lawrence Hansen
Cover Story
26 Building the IJN Fuso No kit? No problem! A master modeler tells how he scratchbuilt an award-winning 1/700 scale Japanese battleship. By Harvey Low
Aircraft How-To
32 Finishing an F-4 Beauty is only skin-deep, and here's how to give your model a beautiful finish. By Mike Adamson
Aircraft How-To
36 Converting a V-1 buzz bomb Upgrade Testor's old kit into a U.S. Navy Loon missile. By James Green
FSM Special Pull-Out Section
45 Sanding tool roundup A handy guide to tools that make sanding easier and faster. By Paul Boyer
FSM Naval Showcase
52 German WWII submarine It doesn't get more authentic than this: Data for Chris Lentzy's scratchbuilt diorama came from a surviving Type VII C U-boat.
Special Report
56 Star Wars: Episode II The story behind the visual effects: an interview with Industrial Light + Magic's Brian Gernand. By Matthew Usher
Finishing School
60 Realistic tank tracks An easy formula for simulating tread wear on your armor models. By Lynn Kessler
FSM Special
62 FSM Readers' Choice Awards Your picks for the outstanding new kits of 2001. By Lawrence Hansen
Departments
4 Editor's Page
6 Scale Talk
8 News & Products
42 Reader Gallery
66 Reader Tips
68 Workbench Reviews
AMTech P-40E
Academy M151A1 MUTT
Minicraft Boeing 777
Tamiya Me 262
Classic Airframes Savoia-Marchetti S.79
Italeri EH-101 Merlin
80 Questions & Answers
82 Coming Events
84 Classified Marketplace
86 Hobby Shop Directory
89 Index of Advertisers
90 History You Can Model
The record-setting Voyager
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