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Airbrushing Part 2 - Choosing and using
Having previously taken a first look at airbrushes and explaining some of their features, Jay Blakemore offers guidance on choosing the correct device for you.
Airbrushing Part 3 - Under Pressure
AIRBRUSHING PART 3 - Under Pressure. By far the most important and costly piece of equipment a budding airbrush artist will buy is a compressor. Here, Jay Blakemore explains why, even armed with the best of airbrushes, good results will be difficult to obtain without an appropriate source of propulsion
Airbrushing Part 4 - GETTING CONNECTED
Previously, Jay Blakemore looked at the many different options...
Airbrushing Part 5 - Stripping for Action
AIRBRUSHING PART 5 - Stripping for Action: Just as every infantryman must learn to strip his weapon for cleaning, so must artists learn to dismantle their airbrush for the same purpose.
Airbrushing Part 6 - Mastering Your Airbrush
AIRBRUSHING PART 6 - Mastering Your Airbrush: Having thoroughly cleaned our airbrush, it’s about time we started using it. In this penultimate tutorial Jay Blakemore explains the variables that must be considered when achieving a spray pattern: Paint mix (viscosity), air flow (pressure) and distance
Airbrushing Part 7 - Help at Hand
AIRBRUSHING PART 7 - Help at Hand: In his final airbrushing article, Jay Blakemore examines available techniques and tools to aid your painting skills.
Eduard 1/72 Nieuport 17 Weekend Edition
French World War One pilots are celebrated by Eduard’s recently re-boxed Nieuport fighter. CHRIS CLIFFORD investigates…
INTO BATTLE!
Tamiya’s newly tooled 1/35 Soviet KV-1 Heavy Tank is placed into a suburban Leningrad setting by Johan Augustsson, with the help of MiniArt figures and Reality in Scale accessories.
THUD RIDGE RUNNER
Matthew Porter readies his Hobby Boss 1/48 F-105D Thunderchief for a Vietnam sortie with the aid of aftermarket munitions and markings.
BATTLING BLENHEIM
The RAF’s Blenheim light bombers fought a difficult air war in the Mediterranean and North Africa against often overwhelming odds, as explained by Malcolm V Lowe.
Kazan Model Dynamics 1/48 F-14 Tomcat details
Tamiya’s 1/48 F-14 Tomcat is a great kit, but as CHRIS CLIFFORD discovers, it can be lifted to a whole new level with the detail sets from Kazan Model Dynamics
GIANT OF THE SKY
Paul Cawte builds Mark I Models’ 1/720 R33 Airship –a craft that evolved from a weapon of war and marked the golden era of inter-war aviation, when such vessels appeared to be the future for commercial travel.
IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME
Airfix’s 1/48 Bristol Blenheim Mk.I appears as a bomber in its second iteration, and Dean Large tackles this quarter-scale depiction of a Mediterranean-theatre aircraft.
Star Decals 1/35 Releases
CHRIS CLIFFORD highlights two recent items from prolific Swedish company Star Decals
TAMING THE RAT
Peter Fearon explores how limited-run kits can be rewarding – if somewhat challenging – as he builds Special Hobby’s 1/32 I-16 Type 24 ‘Rata’.
ICM 1/35 Model T Ambulance
If you enjoy building military medical vehicles, ICM’s 1/35 early Model T Ambulance kit is just what the doctor ordered, says CHRIS CLIFFORD
FLAK HAPPY
Jay Blakemore conquers confusion as he recreates arguably the most infamous artillery piece of World War Two, in the shape of Dragon’s 1/35 8.8cm Flak 37 gun.
RETIRED RHINO
Kev Baxter snaps up the latest offering from FineMolds in the form of its outstanding 1/72 F-4EJ Kai Phantom and builds this state-of-the-art release to represent a museum airframe.
MISAWA PANTHER
Modelling ideas can come from a variety of sources, here Kev Baxter provides the photographic inspiration behind his Fine Molds F-4EJ Kai build.
New Airfix Dogfight Double
It’s a case of Mustang versus Swallow with Airfix’s latest 1/72 dual-kit release
Airframe Album 17 - Henschel Hs 129
Valiant Wings' latest publication will be available from next week. Here's a sneak peak of Airframe Album 17 on the Henschel Hs 129.
Wingspan Volume 4
Canfora Publishing’s latest instalment of its popular Wingspan series provides bucketloads of modelling inspiration, says CHRIS CLIFFORD
SBS Model 1/72 Caudron C.561
SBS Model’s recent mixed-media Caudron racer kit is a superb package for experienced modellers, as CHRIS CLIFFORD discovers
Airfix 1/72 F-16A Starter Set
CHRIS CLIFFORD greets an old friend in the shape of Airfix’s original 1/72 F-16A, now re-released as a Starter Set
Detail & Scale F-14 Tomcat
Detail & Scale is converting its digital books on the F-14 Tomcat to print versions. Chris Clifford examines Part 1 of the series