FineScale Modeler September 2012

Cover story
By James Green
Tips and techniques for detailing aircraft
Pg. 24

Airbrushing & Finishing
By Aaron Skinner
Finishing and posing Russia's newest tank
Pg. 22

Build a target-tow Skyraider
By Frank Cuden
A resin conversion kit and a distinctive paint scheme set this Spad apart
Pg. 30

Portfolio - Shermans for all seasons
Jim Wechsler's large collection of medium-size tanks
Pg. 38

An old kit flies again
By Phil Gore
Details give this X-1 the right stuff
Pg. 42

CSS 'Alabama': Part 2 - Raising a Confederate raider
By Joseph Bossert
See how accurate deadeyes, shrouds, and rigging can revive an old salt
Pg. 46