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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.

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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

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Airbrushing Part 4 - GETTING CONNECTED

Previously, Jay Blakemore looked at the many different options...

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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.

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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

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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 Ni-17 Review Premium

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…

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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.

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FELINE DIALS

F4F-4 Wildcat Early By: Yahu Models Scale: 1/48 Item no: YMA4886...

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DIVE-BOMBER DIALS

SBD-3 DauntlessBy: Yahu Models Scale: 1/72 Item no: YMA7310...

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EMERGENCY SEATING

MiG-21MF Ejection Seat By: Eduard Scale: 1/72Item no: 572197...

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Star Decals 1/35 Releases

CHRIS CLIFFORD highlights two recent items from prolific Swedish company Star Decals

HIQ Circle Masks

Any airbrush user will find these masking elements from HIQ incredibly useful

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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’.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

ZDH Decals Debut

A new decal source will delight modellers who favour US Navy aircraft

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.

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Wingspan Volume 4

Canfora Publishing’s latest instalment of its popular Wingspan series provides bucketloads of modelling inspiration, says CHRIS CLIFFORD

SBS 1/72 Caudron C.561 Review Premium

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

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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