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Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary Special
FineScale.com
December 2016
MODEL HISTORY
Hand-paint
a Val’s
markings
p.30
Chuck Davis’ 1/48
Aichi D3A1 Val
WE SHOW YOU HOW TO
Create a
USS
Arizona
vignette
p.22
Make a
heroic
P-40
p.26
Paul Boyer’s 1/72
Curtiss P-40B
Restore
Hollywood’s
USS
Nevada
p.34
Finish a realistic Nashorn
p.46
Master a gun-truck conversion
p.42
60 NEW PRODUCTS
p.10
Roden M37
7 KIT REVIEWS / BUILDS
p.56
Kinetic Super
Étendard
Dragon M60
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FEATURES
16
Form & Figure
Basic groundwork and water effects
JOE HUDSON
KIT REVIEWS
56
Kinetic Su-33 “Flanker”
58
Dragon M60
58
Trumpeter Chengdu J-10B
19
Airbrushing & Finishing
New hope for classic TIE fighters
BILL PLUNK
22
22
“Last Liberty”
Rob Bracci’s tribute to USS
Arizona
MARK HEMBREE
59
Hasegawa A6M5c Zero
60
Roden M37
60
Kinetic Super Étendard
62
Soar Art 35.5cm M1 howitzer
26
Build a Pearl Harbor defender
Refine and detail Airfix’s Tomahawk
PAUL BOYER
30
Hand-paint markings on a Val
No decals for this dive-bomber
CHUCK DAVIS
26
IN EVERY ISSUE
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Editor’s Page
7
Scale Talk
10
New Products
34
Restoring a 1/15 USS
Nevada
John Stewart rebuilds the 38'
Tora! Tora! Tora!
movie prop
MARK SAVAGE
36
Show Gallery
Midwestern Model Ships & Boats
42
Build a Scorpion gun truck
Tamiya’s 1/35 scale LRDG vehicle
gets a new configuration
EDMUND SCHNABEL
30
52
Reader Gallery
54
Reader Tips
55
Questions & Answers
64
Classified Marketplace
65
Hobby Shop Directory
46
Now
that’s
a Nashorn!
Construction and finishing for
a realistic German antitank weapon
MIKE KIRCHOFF
66
Final Details
That’s no moon!
MARK HEMBREE
34
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EDITOR’S PAGE
By Mark Savage
Modeling history’s heroes!
I hope you didn’t expect a Christmas
column from me this month, a lot of
ho-ho-ho and gifts under the tree,
carols by the fire, etc.
I know a lot of editors love this
month’s issue because it gives them a
“free” column, something to hang
their stocking caps on, as it were.
This column isn’t that. It’s two-
fold.
First, this issue we focus on Pearl
Harbor. Those two words defined my
parents’ generation. And let’s be hon-
est, we all know exactly what went
down that day, Dec. 7, 1941. We can
hear FDR’s voice booming out the
date as if we just heard him yesterday.
But it was 75 years ago. That’s a
long time, yet it shows the staying
power and impact of that day’s
events. The heroism of that day still
resonates with the remaining Pearl
survivors, their children, and one can
hope, our children.
It has never been the focus of
FineScale Modeler
to glorify the wars
or battles of the past global melt-
downs. But it often has been about
creating the unique and intriguing
vehicles used in those conflicts.
Moreso, it has been about re-creating
and remembering the history and
heroes who put their lives on the line
for their way of life.
Theirs was the ultimate sacrifice,
and not to be trifled with.
So our Pearl stories this issue are
mostly more than just builds.
Certainly, planes and ships are
involved. But there’s a human side
behind them too, the heroes that
took off in lightly armed P-40s, a
diorama depicting the innocent sail-
ors’ last liberty before the USS
Arizona
was sunk, and a Navy vet-
eran bringing a giant movie-prop
battleship back to life to honor its
crew.
That’s why the theme. We hope
you enjoy it.
Second, I want to ask you a ques-
tion, as I did a few months back
when I inquired about how you cope
with aging and still produce models
you can be proud of.
The question:
-
How many unfinished kits do you
have in your stash, ones you started, but
didn’t finish. And why don’t you always
finish a model you start?
We’re all guilty, if guilt is the right
word. You get halfway in and some-
thing calls you away, but that partic-
ular model never calls you back. You
move on to another. So why is that?
Oh, and happy holidays. I’m no
Scrooge!
***
***
editor@finescale.com
Off the sprue: Your favorite fall/winter activity?
Editor
Mark Savage
msavage@Kalmbach.com
Senior Editor
Aaron Skinner
askinner@FineScale.com
Associate Editor
Mark Hembree
mhembree@FineScale.com
Assistant Editor
Elizabeth Nash
enash@FineScale.com
Editorial Associate
Monica Freitag
mfreitag@FineScale.com
We have an annual ritual
of visiting an area apple
orchard, but otherwise I
must admit to watching
a “bit” of football. Thank
goodness for DVRs. And
once the snow packs
down, it’s time to
snowmobile!
I’d say modeling, but
that’s every season.
Otherwise, I enjoy
getting out as days turn
cool, looking at fall
colors, watching
migrating birds, and
shoveling snow. So.
Much. Snow.
I enjoy the World Series
and the Green Bay
Packers, in that order. A
big pot of chili is great on
a frosty day. I’ll take
autumn every time.
These long, dark, clear,
cold, beautiful nights
make for the best
stargazing. So what if I’m
out there wearing six
pairs of socks and all the
sweaters in my closet?!
Fall = football. And
football (Green Bay
Packers) = food. So,
nothing better than
having a few friends over
to watch the game, make
some great chili and
share a few libations. If
the weather holds, an
outdoor fire afterward.
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