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FORM & FIGURE
18 Weather old leather
Techniques for a cowboy’s chaps
JOE HUDSON
AIRBRUSHING & FINISHING
20 Pigment washes for weathering
Layers of camoulage and battle wear
AARON SKINNER
22 Sculpting rough seas
Modeling waves, wakes, and spray
CHRIS FLODBERG
27 Tips for tracks
Individual links aren’t so tough
TERRY HUBER
30 Re-creating an ace’s A-4H
Hasegawa’s E/F gets a workover
YOAV EFRATI
38 How to fashion a fascine
Putting a Churchill AVRE to work
ANDY COOPER
42 Painting perfect leading edges
ID stripes for a Ki-45 Toryu
PABLO BAULEO
44 Build a beautiful biplane
Wingnut Wings’Rumpler an easy build
PHILLIP GORE
SHOW GALLERY
48 MMSI Chicago Show 2015
FINAL DETAILS
66 How was this a good idea?
Recalling Convair’s XFY-1 Pogo
MARK HEMBREE
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54 Reader Tips
55 Questions & Answers
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SCALE TALK
Going strong
Hello, FineScale Modeler staf! Very few
people can say their work brings so much
happiness to so many people. I hope you
know that the work you do for the
magazine does just that.
I have read many times how hobbyists
are thrilled to receive their monthly issues
of FineScale Modeler magazine. I’m 62 years
old (young) and have spent about 50 years
in the hobby. I have watched the industry
go from simple, timesaving models to very
advanced kits.
Now I also would like to acknowledge
the passing of Shep Paine and to thank him
for his great contributions. I hope he knew
— and all of you know — how much he
afected the modeling industry. And I hope
your readers know how much your eforts
and the way in which you share this hobby
has afected all of us modelers as well.
Modelers are quick to share tips and ideas,
and have a positive approach to helping one
another, whether it be online or in submit-
ted articles.
I think I have read all of FSM’s issues
and always look back with a smile.
– Mike Glasgow
Sammamish, Wash.
Wanting off-the-wall kits
Hi, I love your magazine! What’s better
than opening up your mailbox and not see-
ing your electric or cable bill but a brand
new issue of FSM! I’m writing with two
ideas for models that need to be made —
manufacturers, take heed.
First: Die Glocke — German for “he
Bell”— a purported top-secret Nazi scien-
tific device with ties to UFOs and antigrav-
ity research. Die Glocke actually covers two
model categories: military and science fic-
tion. Even though it may never have
existed, this model would sell out and I
would be first in line.
Second: monster models.here is a TV
show called “Mountain Monsters.”hese
adventurers from West Virginia track down
mythical American monsters: Mothman,
Bigfoot, Yahoo, Grassman, even Sasquatch.
I kid you not! I think plastic model kits of
these beasts as they supposedly look would
sell as well as the old Aurora monsters.
hese are some models that I would buy.
What diferent models would you like to
see for sale?
– Mark Korda
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Young modeler’s club
Dear modeling community,
I am a sophomore at Gunn High
School in Palo Alto, Calif. I have been
modeling since I was little. A huge
amount of inluence has come from my
father, who was on a national team for
aeromodeling when he was young.he
first contest I attended was the IPMS/
USA National Convention at
Loveland, Colo., in 2013. Ever since,
I’ve had an idea of starting a junior
modeling club.
he first regional contest I entered
was the Silicon Valley Scale Modelers
(SVSM) contest. Unfortunately, the
number of entries in the junior catego-
ries was slim.he amount of the mod-
els could not be compared to the huge
number in the adult categories. Hoping
for more junior entries, I went to the
Nationals. However, I was disappointed
again.
I realized there were not many teen
modelers who actually enjoy the pro-
cess of creating something from
scratch. At both the SVSM and IPMS
shows, I saw that, although there
weren’t many teens who entered the
contest, there were quite a few making
models at the Make ’n’Take programs.
It was there I had the idea of starting a
junior club that would not only support
kids who want to build but also
encourage them to enter contests, meet
new modelers, and learn from each
other! his club would be for area teens
of any skill level.he thing I wanted to
accomplish was to let the members
have fun, let them explore, scrutinize,
and also grow into modeling.
I started my club in December 2013
with my club manager, Larry Randel.
A month later, we had our first meet-
ing with 10 members at my school,
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School.
After that, we started getting 15 new
members every month!
I would like to give a big thank-you
to both SVSM and the IPMS/Fremont
Hornets for helping me start the club!
he club and I would not have made it
this far without their support and help.
I would also love to thank Modesto
Hobbies and many other vendors for
donating kits to us.
I have also created a club of my own
at my high school. We have 14 mem-
bers, ages 14 and up. Some have told
me that they feel more confident and
proud now that they know they are not
the only ones making model kits. Alex,
one of our members, says,“I was able
to learn from other members when I
got stuck on steps, instead of just giv-
ing up on the kit, which is what hap-
pened before I found this club.”
Being able to help other teenagers
feel the joy of making models is one of
my goals, and I am slowly progressing
toward it. In the future, I would like to
start a small contest for all members,
both as a showcase for teens to see
works from other teens and as an
opportunity to get to know other
young builders.
– Lily Liu
Palo Alto, Calif.
Editor’s note: We’ve met Lily at several
shows the past couple years and want to
share her letter to modelers around the
world, encouraging the formation of more
junior clubs. We applaud Lily’s work in
starting clubs in her area and urge other
modelers to help young modelers get
started. A club is one of the best ways.
With enthusiasm and talent, high schooler Lily Liu has started a young modeler’s club — a
place where teenagers can learn from one another and have fun building kits.
8 FineScale Modeler April 2016
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Ahoy! Here’s U.S. Marine Cpl. Hunter
Besouglof holding his issue of FSM on the
light deck of the USS Essex LHD-2 of
the California coast as the ship returns
home from deployment.
– Neil Besougloff, editor of Model Railroader
magazine, Oconomowoc, Wis.
Form & Figure premonition
Way back in the March 2010 FSM (p.48), I
saw an article by Joe Hudson on creating
realistic groundwork on which figures were
standing. Before even reading the article I
said to myself,“his article should have
been on figure painting.his guy is really
good.”
hen I wrote a letter a long time after
that, asking FSM to do a workshop-style
article on figure painting and let Joe
Hudson run it. And then there it was in the
January 2016 issue!
So, thank you for that. I am really look-
ing forward to this new Form & Figure
column with Joe Hudson. He is the right
man for the job. Figures are so important to
this hobby, and they can make or break
your work. Good job, FSM!
– Joe Guaimano
Manasquan, N.J.
The timing was perfect
he December 2015 review of the C-54
(p. 56) was another fine example of FSM’s
timely and interesting articles.
I was in the process of building the
model when the magazine arrived. Paul
Boyer’s review was very helpful, as this was
my first attempt at a Skill Level 5 kit. I
thought the model’s detail was outstanding.
Building it brought back memories of being
an aircraft commander of the old C-54. I
lew the Skymaster for Military Air
Transport Service, Systems Command, and
Caribbean Air Command over 10-plus
years.
My model will replicate the JC-54D
version. Several were modified for elec-
tronic/visual search and recovery of instru-
mented nose cones during early ICBM
development. Clear bubble domes were
added to both sides of the aft fuselage;
Revell even included them on a clear sprue.
I enjoy each new issue of FSM.hanks!
– Bob Broughton
Carlsbad, Calif.
NPRD for the win
I look forward to each New Product
Rundown posted on your website (www.
FineScale.com). Elizabeth is a fine addition
to the team. I am extremely pleased to see
Tim making an appearance now and again.
And it’s great to see Aaron sparking it up at
the end of the videos. Keep up the great
work. Love the magazine as well.
– Daniel J. Hackett
Houston,Texas
A very productive month
I have been a subscriber of FineScale
Modeler since the first issue. When the
magazine shows up in my mailbox, I usually
read all of the articles. I then go back and
use pieces of sticky notes to mark the arti-
cles that contain info that I want to try in
my model building. When I went back in
the February 2016 issue to mark the articles
that contained info I wanted to save, I
noticed that I had marked nearly all of the
articles.
I have always liked FineScale Modeler,
but this issue was a real standout for me.
hanks for all your efort to produce a great
(and useful) magazine. Cheers!
– George Blair
San Antonio,Texas
Torino is late on the scene
So I opened the January 2016 issue of FSM
and had really mixed feelings about the
New Products page.
Revell is finally issuing a plastic kit of
Starsky’s Ford Torino from the TV series,
“Starsky and Hutch,” but it’s about 40 years
late!
Also, I would like to see markings for
the Grumman F6F Hellcat lown by actor
Wayne Morris in World War II.
– John L. Kirk
Forrest City, Ark.
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