FineScale Modeler Great Scale Modeling 1998
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Issue
- Magazine:
- FineScale Modeler
- Number:
- Great Scale Modeling 1998 | 1998
- Language:
- English
- ISSN:
- 07482008285085
Table of contents
Build Report, 1:48 | Page 6Showcase - A superb Flying Tigers P-40C
Hank Borger's Flying Tigers P-40 Warhawk
Build Report | Page 8Milwaukee's Richard I. Bong chapter
by Matthew UsherA look at one of IPMS/U.S.A.'s founding chapeters
Build Report, 1:32 | Page 14Greg Bergman's U-505 Submarine
A 9'-long German Type IX-C U-boat
Build Report, 1:32 | Page 16A Better Matchbox Dauntless
by Novus HenryConverting a large-scale SBD-5 to an SBD-3
Build Report, 1:144 | Page 20Complex complex
Edwin Perez's detailed space shuttle launch complex
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Launch Tower & Space Shuttle with Booster Rockets Limited Edition
Revell 1:144
04911 (80-4911) 2014 New box Build Report | Page 24Joe Morgan's unusual German armor conversions
A portfolio of building tips from a master armor modeler
Build Report | Page 28History in scale
Peter Twist's fabulous figures depict lore from two and one-half millennia
Build Report | Page 34Show Gallery
GSM's brings you photos from modeling contests
Build Report | Page 42David Gianakos' Spacecraft
Bound for museums, these models are astronauts' favorites
Build Report | Page 46Sci-fi gallery
Models from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", and beyond
Build Report | Page 50IPMS Nationals
GSM visits the 1997 convention in Columbus, Ohio
Build Report, 1:6 | Page 58David M. Schultz's Tiger I
An all-metal, fully operational - and big - tank
Build Report, 1:64 | Page 62The Bonhomme Richard Project
by Sheperd PaineA team modeling effort for Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry
Build Report | Page 68Pete Bave's Ultrarealistic Models
Are they real, or are they...? You may have to look twice (or three times)
Build Report, 1:72 | Page 76George Hatzenbuhler's whaling ship "Wanderer"
It took 57 years to complete this 1/72 scale ship
Build Report | Page 78Show Gallery
by Glen PhillipsThe 1997 California Show
Build Report, 1:72 | Page 84Dioramas of The Martin Bomber Plant
by Mike WhyeModelers commemorate a WWII plant's 50th anniversary
Build Report | Page 88Alexander De Leon's large-scale figure models
This veteran modeler builds in larger scales and tries to appeal to figure modelers and airplane or vehicle modelers
Build Report, 1:24 | Page 92Michael Dobrezelecki's Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
An "almost straight from the box" stunner
Build Report, 1:48 | Page 94Gregg Williams' Tamiya Lancaster "Dambuster"
Only the British could love it more
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Dambuster Grand Slam Bomber
Lancaster BI Special 22000IB BombTamiya 1:48
61021 (MA-121) 1975 New parts