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Scale Modeler Christmas Buyer's Guide

Scale Modeler

Issue

Magazine:
Scale Modeler
Number:
Christmas Buyer's Guide | December 1996
Language:
English
ISSN:
7447003045

Table of contents

Build Report, 1:32  | Page 4
Detailing a Douglas SBD-5 "Dauntless" USS Lexington Circa 1943

by Oetzell
Using the "MATCHBOX" kit of the Dauntless, molded in 1/32nd scale, we show here an SBD-5 as it appeared during the fighting over the Gilbert Islands in November 1943
PK-503
Dauntless SBD-5
Matchbox 1:32
PK-503
1977
New tool
 

Review, 1:35  | Page 14
In Review: "Winter Wasp" Battle of the Bulge 1944

by Lessels
Tamiya recently released their excellent kit of the German Army's Sd.Kfz 124 "Wespe" (Wasp) Self-Propelled Gun in detailed 1/35th scale. Our model represents a Wasp of the 116th Panzer Division during the deadly fighting in the Ardennes Forest in December
35200
le FH18/2 auf GWII
(Sd.Kfz.124) Wespe German Self-Propelled Howitzer
Tamiya 1:35
35200
1996
New tool
 

Build Report, 1:429  | Page 20
Diorama: Modeling the USS Airzona Memorial Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

by Meyer
Combining scratchbuilding techniques and the Revell USS Arizona model in 1/429th scale, we depict here a detailed replica of this impressive memorial.
H-302
USS Arizona
Revell 1:429
H-302
1975
New parts
 

Reference | Page 30
When Plastic Ruled the Skies

by Ruhman
How the model kit art of yesteryear influenced today's aviation artists.
 

Reference | Page 35
Spotlight The Ertl Company


A rural American superstar.
 

News | Page 36
Christmas Gift Guide


We offer a selection of gift ideas for the scale modeler, book buffs, die-cast auto collectors, board game players, military miniature painters and other hobbyists.