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FSM 2013 INDEX – VOL. 31
FSM INDEX
CATEGORIES
ARTICLE TITLES
Accurizing produces a Super Hornet, Nov p26
Addar’s USS Constitution, May p63
Airbrushing – Basic skills for better finishes,
Mar p24
An Airacobra to wow the judges, Jan p24
Apply a dazzling finish to a ship, Jan p22
Apply weathered natural metal, Feb p22
Applying decals step by step, Jul p32
Aurora’s Sail Back Reptile, Apr p48
Backdating a Bantam Bomber, May p36
Big-scale P-47 Thunderbolt x 2, Nov p46
Build an SAS land rover in resin, Sep p24
Build and paint a Soviet anti-aircraft truck, Apr
p42
Build your first resin airplane, Feb p40
Complex camouflage made easy, Mar p44
Detailing HMS Dreadnought, Oct p42
Detailing Revell Germany’s big-scale Arado, Sep
p36
Do-it-yourself waterline hull, Sep p46
Down and dirty weathering, Apr p40
Finishing a tiny Sturmtiger, Oct p48
Finishing with filters, Nov p20
Fixing damaged paint, Apr p20
Give a Sabre a stunning metal skin, Sep p22
Glossing with acrylics, Oct p24
High-pressure painting for better camouflage,
Feb p20
How to work with photoetched metal, May p24
Improving and updating a J-8 “Finback,” Oct
p36
Italian dazzle camouflage, Nov p44
Kitbash a German gun truck, Mar p30
Kitbashing USS Benford, Dec p46
M3 Lee/Grant medium tank, Feb p46
Make your models stand out, Jul p42
Make your Pakwagen pop!, Dec p40
Making a good Zero better, Dec p36
Making decals at home, Jan p46
Making the perfect base, Nov p38
Masking clear parts with adhesive foil, Feb p32
Model a cutaway sub, Jan p34
Monogram Models’ T’rantula, Feb p48
Mud, dirt, and grime, Mar p22
North American Aviation AT-6 Texan/SNJ/
Harvard, Jan p49
Painting accurate invasion stripes, Dec p30
Painting German three-color camo, Oct p20
Removing decals, Nov p64
Revell’s USS Aaron Ward, Mar p48
Scratchbuild parts for a Mohawk, Feb p26
Scratchbuilt Apollo 7 Saturn IB, Nov p42
Sculpt & paint your own figure, Mar p38
Space Shuttle, Apr p28
Striving for perfection, Dec p26
Superdetailing a big-scale battleship, Apr p22
The half-century voyage of USS Enterprise, Jul
p44
Thinning paint for airbrushing, Jul p22
Tips and techniques for mastering decals, Jul
p28
Two-day M3, Feb p44
Updating Hasegawa’s F-102, Sep p42
Weathered paint for stationary Stalin, May p22
Weathering olive drab, Dec p22
Weathering with hairspray, Apr p32
“Willie & Joe” in three dimensions, Jul p40
Working with clear parts, Jul p25
Your Most Wanted Kits, May p29
Your Most Wanted Kits, Nov p24
Zimmerit and paint for a Brummbär, May p40
AUTHOR
Aarsen, Rob
Model a cutaway sub, Jan p34
Andreano, Steven
Weathering with hairspray, Apr p32
Bartolotti, Glenn
Making the perfect base, Nov p38
Bauleo, Pablo
Complex camo made simple, Mar p44
Berlana, Alfonso
Italian dazzle camouflage, Nov p44
Berres, Tom
Improving and updating a J-8 “Finback,” Oct
p36
Bossert, Joseph
Kitbashing USS Benford, Dec p46
Bunn, Ted
Do-it-yourself waterline hull, Sep p46
Collada, Federico
Weathered paint for stationary Stalin, May
p22
Corral, Raul
Down and dirty weathering, Apr p40
Cuden, Frank
Apply weathered natural metal, Feb p22
Update Hasegawa’s F-102, Sep p42
Diaz, Felipe
Space shuttle, Apr p28
Dikos, Mike
Kitbash a German gun truck, Mar p30
Doepp, Robert
Sculpt and paint your figures, Mar p38
Duran, Cristobal Vergara
Build and paint a Soviet anti-aircraft truck,
Apr p42
Ferdico, John
An Airacobra to wow judges, Jan p24
Striving for perfection, Dec p26
Fink, Walt
Masking clear parts with adhesive foil, Feb
p32
Fuehrer, Jesse
Accurizing a Super Hornet, Nov p26
Gianakos, Dave
Big-scale P-47 Thunderbolt x 2, Nov p46
Graham, Tom
Monogram Models’ T’rantula, Feb p48
Revell’s USS Aaron Ward, Mar p48
Aurora’s Sail Back Reptile, Apr p48
Addar’s USS Constitution, May p63
Hembree, Mark
North American Aviation AT-6 Texan/SNJ/
Harvard, Jan p49
M3 Lee/Grant medium tank, Feb p46
Your most-wanted kits, May p29
The half-century voyage of USS Enterprise,
Jul p44
Your most-wanted kits, Nov p24
Jones, Nate
“Willie & Joe” in three dimensions, Jul p40
Kidwell, Tim
Removing decals, Nov p64
Lipkin, Chuck
Painting invasion stripes, Dec p30
Logan, Karl
Finishing a tiny Sturmtiger, Oct p48
Low, Harvey
Finishing with filters, Nov p20
Mitchell, William
Two-day M3, Feb p44
Moyer, Wayne
Build you first resin airplane, Feb p40
Muzyka, Mike
Make your models stand out, Jul p42
Plunk, Bill
Zimmerit and paint for a Brummbar, May p40
Make your Pakwagen pop! Dec p40
Roberts, Darren
Backdating a Bantam Bomber, May p36
Skinner, Aaron
Apply a dazzling finish to a ship, Jan p22
High-pressure painting for better camouflage,
Feb p20
Airbrushing - Basic skills for better finishes,
Mar p24
Fixing damaged paint, Apr p20
How to work with photoetched metal, May
p24
Thinning paint for airbrushing, Jul p22
Give a Sabre a stunning skin, Sep p22
Painting German three-color camouflage,
Oct p20
Glossing with acrylics, Oct p24
Weathering olive drab, Dec p22
Making a good Zero better, Dec p36
Simon, Joe
Superdetailing a big-scale battleship, Apr p22
Stauffer, Don
Making decals at home, Jan p46
Detailing HMS Dreadnought, Oct p42
Urtiaga, Ernest
Detailing Revell Germany’s big-scale Arado
Ar 196, Sep p36
Usher, Matthew
Working with clear parts, Jul p22
Weeks, David
Scratchbuilt Apollo 7 Saturn IB, Nov p42
Yut, Ilya
Mud, dirt and grime, Mar p22
SUBJECT
Adding wear to panel lines, Apr p40
AMPS International 2013, Sep p30
Apollo 7 Saturn IB, Nov p42
Applying decals step-by-step, Jul p32
Arado Ar 196 superdetailing, Sep p36
Bantam Bomber, May p36
Basic skills for better finishes, Mar p24
Building a memorable display, Jul p42
Building and painting a Soviet anti-aircraft
truck, Apr p42
Complex camo, Mar p44
Custom decals at home, Jan p46
Dazzling finish for a ship, Jan p22
Detailing an Airacobra, Jan p24
F/A-18F Super Hornet accurizing, Nov p26
Figure sculpting and painting, Mar p38
Finishing with filters, Nov p20
First resin airplane, Feb p40
Fixing damaged paint, Apr p20
German gun truck, kitbash, Mar p30
German three-color camouflage, Oct p20
Glossing with acrylics, Oct p24
Groundwork made easy, Nov p38
Hasegawa F-102 updating, Sep p42
High pressure painting, Feb p20
HMS Dreadnought detailing, Oct p42
IPMS/Nationals 2012, Jan p40
Italian dazzle camouflage, Nov p44
J-8 “Finback” updating, Oct p36
Joe Fleming portfolio, Dec p26
M3 in two days, Feb p44
Masking clear parts with adhesive foil, Feb p32
Most Wanted Kits, May p29
Most Wanted Kits, Nov p24
Mud, dirt and grime, Mar p22
Natural metal for a Sabre, Sep p22
P-47 Thunderbolt x 2, Nov p46
Painting invasion stripes, Dec p30
Pakwagen SdKfz 251/22, Dec p40
Prepainted photoetched metal, Dec p36
Removing decals, Nov p64
SAS Land Rover in resin, Sep p24
Scratchbuilding your own details, Feb p26
Space shuttle, Apr p28
Sturmtiger, finishing, Oct 48
Superdetailing Kongo, Apr p22
Thinning paint for airbrushes, Jul p22
Tips for mastering decals, Jul p28
Troubleshooting decals, Jul p31
Type VIIC U-boat superdetailing, Jan 34
USS Benfold kitbashing, Dec p46
ValcourCon 2012, May p34
Waterline hull, Sep p46
Weathered natural metal, Feb p22
Weathered paint for a Stalin, May p22
Weathering olive drab, Dec p22
Weathering with hairspray, Apr p32
Working with clear parts, Jul p25
Working with photoetch metal, May p24
Zimmerit and paint for a Brümmbar, May p40
FSM DEPARTMENTS
& TOPICS
COVER STORIES
An Airacobra to wow judges, Jan p24
Apply weathered natural metal, Feb p22
Airbrushing: Basic skills for better finishes, Mar
p24
Superdetailing a big-scale battleship, Apr p22
How to work with photoetch metal, May p24
Tips and techniques for mastering decals, Jul
p28
Troubleshooting decals, Jul p31
Applying decals step by step, Jul p32
SAS Land Rover in resin, Sep p24
Glossing with acrylics, Oct p24
Accurizing Super Hornet, Nov p26
Make your Pakwagen pop! Dec p40
EDITORIALS
Molded-plastic therapy, Jan p6
Assembly took a little more than 25 years, Feb
p6
Working on FSM’s workshops, Mar p6
Heading for the high seas, Apr p6
The tiny parts that add tremendous detail, May
p6
The end of decaling dilemmas, Jul p6
Extra Special Air Service, Sep p6
Come on in and join the conversation! Oct p6
Back to school, Nov p6
Ill communication, Dec p6
FSM SPECIAL REPORTS
Airbrushing and Finishing
Apply a dazzle finish to a ship, Jan p22
High-pressure painting for better camouflage,
Feb p20
Mud, dirt, and grime, Mar p22
Fixing damaged paint, Apr p20
Weathered paint for stationary Stalin,
May p22
Thinning paint for airbrushing, Jul p22
Give a Sabre a stunning skin, Sep p22
Painting German three-color camouflage,
Oct p20
Finishing with filters, Nov p20
Weathering olive drab, Dec p22
FSM Basics
Working with clear parts, May p25
Removing decals, Nov p64
FSM Exclusive Report
Your most-wanted kits, Nov p24
Scale Modeling Essentials
Making a good Zero better, Dec p36
Show Gallery
IPMS/USA Nationals 2012, Jan p40
ValourCon 2012, May p34
AMPS International 2013, Sep p30
Skill Builder
Weathering with hairspray, Apr p32
Down and dirty weathering, Apr p40
HISTORY YOU CAN MODEL
North American Aviation AT-6 Texan/SNJ/
Harvard, Jan p49
M3 Lee/Grant medium tank, Feb p46
The half-century voyage of USS Enterprise, Jul
p44
KIT CLASSICS
Monogram Models’ T’rantula, Feb p48
Revell’s USS Aaron Ward, Mar p48
Aurora’s Sail Back Reptile, Apr p48
Addar’s USS Constitution, May p63
FSM 2013 INDEX – VOL. 31
PORTFOLIOS
“Willie & Joe” in three dimensions, Jul p40
Joe Fleming: Striving for Perfection, Dec p26
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Filling bigger gaps, Jan p50
Individual-link assembly queries, Jan p50
Reviving old decals, Jan p50
How to weather with pigments, Jan p50
Canopy mold seam removal, Jan p51
Removing bad decals, Jan p51
Transporting finished models, Jan p51
Looking for model stands, Feb p50
Simulating snow, Feb p50
Monogram carrier scales, Feb p50
What about water-based putties? Feb p50
Review rigging explained, Feb p50
Fading with paint and pastels, Feb p51
Airbrushing craft acrylics, Feb p51
More metal-painting ideas, Feb p51
Future’s past and present times two, Mar p50
Removing stubborn paint, Mar p50
Model railroad scales, Mar p50
Why Vallejo acrylics for figures? Mar p50
Is this working pressure, Mar p51
Can I get “Ice Pilots” decals? Mar p51
Getting kits to wounded troops, Mar p51
FSM workshop details requested, Mar p51
Tips for gluing, cutting and preparing resin
parts, Apr p49
How to store super glue, Apr P49
Future’s purpose, May p48
Leaky spray can, May p48
Can masking tape mar paint? May p48
Decal-solution problem, May p48
Clarifying paint and thinner terms, May p48
Keen on cargo lifters, May p49
Japan drier as a wash thinner, May 49
Metallic finish alternatives, May p49
Armor painting shapes, Jul p46
C-5 kits and rough Mr. Surfacer, Jul p46
Gluing metal on metal, Jul p46
Future in New Zealand, Jul p47
Drawing on details Jul p47
Beat foil for masking, Jul p47
Streaking a Skyraider, Jul p47
Zero cockpit color, Jul p47
Painting better small-scale faces, Sep p48
Glazing with Kristal Klear, Sep p48
Home-made decal help, Sep p48
More Future changes, Sep p49
The straight skinny on glues, Oct p52
Paint before glue or vice versa, Oct p52
The cure for yellowed decals, Oct p52
Removing decal residue, Oct p52
Fading olive drab, Nov p49
Post apocalyptic figure source, Dec p50
Coast Guard helo color, Dec p50
Looking for help, eliminating armor seams, Dec
p50
READER TIPS
Aquarium ruins, Jan p52
Baby food containers, Jan p52
Join tracks with gasket sealant, Jan p52
Judicious use of super glue, Jan p52
Throw down a towel. Jan p52
Circular reasoning to the good, Jan p52
Sanding long seams, Jan p52
Improving seat-belt decals, Jan p52
Sturdy stand for painted parts, Jan p53
Light for a paint booth, Jan p53
Scratched-canopy repair, Jan p53
Happy in black, Jan p53
Finger cots: quicker than gloves, Jan p53
Sunlight for yellowed decals: the automotive
variation, Jan p53
Support closed doors, Feb p52
Syringe and football needle for putty applicator,
Feb p52
Hang the instructions, Feb p52
Smoothing wheels, Feb p52
Magnetic modeling, Feb p52
Another handy use for Silly Putty as a mask, Feb
p52
Groundwork from floral foam and pencil shavings, Feb p53
Software suggestion, Feb p53
Steady tweezers, Feb p53
A woman’s touch for decals, Feb p53
Calligraphy pens for figures, Feb p53
Syringes for measuring paint, Mar p52
For boring out gun barrels, X marks the spot,
Mar p52
Accelerator station, Mar p52
Sharp razors, but not metal, Mar p52
Experimental paint for armor, Mar p52
Protect raised details from sanding with super
glue, Apr p50
Personal procedure for multiple decals, Apr p50
Uncork sparkling wine for paint jigs and other
modeling, Apr p50
Bottles for figure painting, Apr p50
Magnification variation, Apr p50
Accelerator applicator, Apr p51
Baked-on paint for photoetched metal, Apr p51
One more paint remover, Apr p51
Beads for agitation, May p50
Put a towel in your lap, May p50
Base coat for tracks, May p50
Aligning gun barrels, May p50
Stashing the stash, May p50
Attractive tip for tricycle tail-sitters, May p50
Stretching cotton swab usage, Jul p48
Paraffin for snow, Jul p48
Protect your fancy phone, Jul p48
Sandpaper shingles, Jul p48
A kinder, gentler hemostat, Jul p48
Loosen lids with petroleum jelly, Jul p48
Stop the bleeding, Jul p48
Keep the tags, Jul p49
Airbrush cleaning on the fly, Jul p49
Recycle bags for shipping, Jul p49
Thinning paint for airbrushing, Sep p50
Minwax clear finish, Sep p50
Spinning, removable propellers, Sep p50
Coffee, then paint, Sep p50
Use Turpenoid to unglue, undo, Sep p50
Spray the lid, know the paint, Sep p50
Masking fine lines, Sep p50
Clothes-dryer sheets, Sep p50
Steel-wool to the rescue, Sep p50
Screen protectors, Sep p50
Crafty rust treatments, Oct p53
Dental mixing slap, Oct p53
Credit card tricks, Oct p53
Bathe your brittle plastic, Oct p53
Drilling depth gauge, Oct p53
Modeling from the microwave, Oct p53
Battle damage from a solder gun, Nov p50
Stop splintering, Nov p50
Pucks for bases, Nov p50
Micromesh substitute, Nov p50
Labeling sprue makes it easy for you, Nov p50
Nail-polish lens, Nov p50
SureSwatch for masking, Nov p50
Army scout Salute to research, Nov p50
Podcast for camouflage, Nov p50
Wheel weights for ballast, Dec p52
Clip frames handy for modeling, Dec p52
CD jewel cases for painting, Dec p52
Toothpick tip for those tiny metal parts, Dec
p52
Modeler’s method for masking with Parafilm M,
Dec p52
Field report: Inverted paint storage, Dec p52
Canopy do-over, Dec p52
SHOWCASES/SPECIALS
Felipe Prado Diaz’s space shuttle, Apr p28
David Gianakos Big-scale P-47 Thunderbolt x
2, Nov p46
David Weeks: Scratchbuilt Apollo 7 Saturn IB,
Nov p42
WORKBENCH REVIEWS
Aircraft
Academy
1/35 U.S. Army RQ-7B UAV, Mar p61
1/48 F-4B Phantom, May p52
Airfix
1/72 P-51D Mustang, Jan p58
1/48 Westland Lynx, Jan p63
1/72 A-4B/4P Skyhawk, Feb p61
1/72 Hawker Typhoon IB, Oct p56
1/72 Avro Lancaster B.III (Special) The
Dambusters, Nov p55
AZ Model
1/72 Boeing P-26 Peashooter, Oct p61
Azur Fromm
1/72 Dassault Mystere IVA, Oct p58
Cyber-hobby
1/72 Sea King HC.4, Jan p59
Eduard
1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 110E, Feb p57
1/144 Spitfire Mk.IXe dual combo, Apr p58
1/48 Spitfire Mk.IXc late version, Nov p57
Gallery Models
1/48 H-34 U.S. Navy Rescue, Jul p60
G.W.H.
1/144 Avro Vulcan B.2, Jul p57
1/48 MiG-29 “Fulcrum-A,” Jul p58
Hasegawa
1/200 Boeing 787-8, Jan p62
1/72 Eurofighter Typhoon II, May p55
HobbyBoss
1/48 An-2 “Colt,” Feb p56
1/32 Nothrop P-61B Black Widow, Oct p62
Kinetic
1/48 T-45 Goshawk, Apr p59
1/48 F-5 Freedom Fighter, Jul p54
Italeri
1/48 Westland Wessex HU.5, Mar p60
1/72 Sunderland Mk.I, Apr p56
Kitty Hawk
1/48 F-35B Lightning II, Mar p54
1/48 SEPECAT Jaguar A, Sep p60
Meng
1/72 Convair F-102A, Mar p56
1/72 Fiat G.91R light fighter-bomber, Jul p61
1/48 Messerschmitt Me 410, Sep p54
Minicraft Models
1/72 PBM-5A Mariner, Dec p55
Platz
1/144 C-46 Commando, Sep p56
Revell/Germany
1/32 Westland Sea Lynx Mk.88A, Dec p62
Roden
1/144 Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Oct p59
RS Models
1/72 P-38G Lightning, Apr p57
Sword
1/72 Harrier T Mk.2/2A-TAV-8A, Jan p61
1/72 T-28C Trojan, May p59
Tamiya
1/32 Corsair, Nov p52
Trumpeter
1/72 Su-30MKK “Flanker G,” Apr p54
1/48 Supermarine Attacker F.1, May p62
1/35 BMP-1, Jul p59
1/48 MiG-21 F-13 “Fishbed,” Sep p59
1/48 HU-16A Albatross, Nov p54
1/32 A-1D (AD-4) Skyraider, Nov p58
Wingnut Wings
1/32 Airco DH.2, Apr p62
1/32 Fokker E.III, Apr p63
1/32 Fokker D.VII, May p60
Zvezda
1/144 Tupolev Tu-134, Feb p58
1/48 Yakovlev Yak-3, Sep p61
Armor
Academy
1/35 Hetzer, Oct p52
1/35 King Tiger, Nov p56
AFV Club
1/35 Büssing-NAG L4500S, Apr p60
1/35 M109A2, Sep p57
Bronco Models
1/35 SU-152 (KV-14), Apr p55
1/35 U.S. GPW ¼-ton 4x4 utility truck, Sep
p55
Dragon
1/35 T28 super heavy tank, Sep p58
1/35 Type 95 “Ha-Go,” Oct p57
1/35 M48A3 Patton Mod. B, Dec p56
HobbyBoss
1/35 Hungarian 38M Toldi I, Jan p60
1/35 EBR-10, Feb p59
1/35 T-26, Mar p62
Meng
1/35 A-39 Tortoise, Mar p58
1/35 AMX-30B, Sep p62
MiniArt
1/35 AEC Mk.II armored car, Dec p61
Mirror Models Ltd.
1/35 C15TA armored car, Jul p62
Roden
1/35 KrAZ-21 4B, May p54
Tamiya
1/35 Elefant, Jan p56
1/35 M1A2 SEP Abrams TUSK II, Jul p56
Trumpeter
1/35 T-64 Model 1972, Feb p54
1/72 Merkava Mk.III, Mar p57
1/35 Italian Puma 4x4 AFV, May p58
Xact
1/35 T-80U, Dec p58
Zvezda
1/35 Tiger I Ausf E, Oct p60
Ships
Bronco
German Type XXIII U-boat, Dec p60
HobbyBoss
1/350 Russian Alfa-class submarine, Apr p61
1/700 USS Essex LHD-2, Jul p55
Model Rectifier Corp.
1/35 PT-109 motor torpedo boat, Jul p53
Moebius Models
1/72 USS Skipjack, Apr p52
Showcase Models Australia
1/350 HMAS Collins, Dec p57
Trumpeter
1/200 Bismarck, Oct p54
Zvezda
1/350 Russian Imperial Navy battleship Sevastopol, May p56
Real Space
Hasegawa
1/48 Voyager, Feb p60
Sci-Fi
Polar Lights
1/350 ‘Star Trek’ NCC-1701 USS Enterprise,
Sep p53
1/350 ‘Star Trek’ NCC-1701 lighting kit, Sep
p53
1/144 “Forbidden Planet” C57-D space
cruiser, Dec p59
Hasegawa
1/20 MaK LUM-168 Camel, Nov p60
Autos
Fujimi
McLaren MP4/12C GT3, Nov p61
Moebius Models
1/25 Hudson Hornet convertible, Feb p62
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