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Editor Matthew Usher previews FineScale Modeler's May 2012 issue.
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ICM 1/144 scale Tupolev Tu-144
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As the promise of supersonic air travel pushed aircraft designers forward in the 1950s and ’60s, the Soviet Union produced the Tu-144, a delta-win... Read more »
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In the May 2012 FineScale Modeler, Mike McFaden's D-Day diorama was featured on a two-page spread in Reader Gallery. He used 1/87 and 1/76 scale model... Read more »
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Desktop wallpaper: 1/35 scale Oshkosh M-ATV MRAP
Chris Oglesby built this Panda Hobby 1/35 scale Oshkosh M-ATV MRAP plastic model for a review that appears in the July 2012 FineScale Modeler.Download... Read more »
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FSM Glossary
  • color modulation

    A fool-the-eye technique that simulates natural lighting effects by painting highlights and shadows to bring out details on a model and give it a realistic look. Because this is permanent color correction, it locks the lighting and shade orientation regardless of the actual ambient light.

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    Impressions left in plastic by the pins that eject parts from a mold.
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    Sprue from a model kit cut into small pieces and dissolved in liquid model cement. Used as a filler.

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