Kalmbach Plastic Models

"Building and Displaying Scale Model Aircraft" by author Paul Boyer gives complete instructions for building, detailing, and displaying model aircraft. Features: * 88 pages. * Includes sections on Tools, Your First Model Airplane, Rigging a Classic. * Nine skill building projects in all. * Heavily illustrated with black and white and color photographs. * Includes a source for kits, tools, and materials used in the book. * Full color front and back cover.
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"The Basics of Scale Modeling" is a Fine Scale Modeler Book from the Kalmbach Publishing Company. Author: Lawrence Hansen. Features: * A step-by-step introduction to scale modeling basics. * This book offers answers to all the questions beginner modelers have and more! This 80 page photo guide also includes 3 beginner modeling projects (an aircraft, a tank, and automobile) that demonstrate the techniques in action: - Applying Accents - Ways of Painting - Applying Decals - Filling Gaps & Seams - Removing Paint - Remove Parts from Sprues - Selecting Glue & Tools An excellent reference containing 230 color photos and 10 illustrations.
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This is the "Modeling Classic Combat Aircraft" Book from Kalmbach Publishing. Features: * Softcover book gives tips on modeling model warbirds from World War II to the present. * Brings together a collection of FineScale Modeler magazine articles on modeling some of the world's most popular and notable combat aircraft of the last 60 years. * The articles featured in this book were selected to provide you with a unique opportunity to peer over master modelers' shoulders as they work step-by-step to assemble, convert, detail, paint and decal such historic warbirds as the P-51 Mustang, Messerschmitt Bf 109, A6M5 Zero, Avro Lancaster, MiG-17, F-14 Tomcat, B-52H and many others.
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The "Modeler's Guide to Realistic Painting & Finishing" is a Model Railroader Book from Kalmbach Publishing Company. Features: * An excellent bound, paperback reference perfect for the beginning plastic modeler who wants to learn more advanced techniques. * The material in this book has previously appeared as articles in "FineScale Modeler" magazine. * A photo-driven guide with an introduction to airbrushing, as well as sections on brush painting, dry-brushing, applying washes, and pastel chalk weathering. * Also learn how to fill gaps and seams, prepare surfaces for painting, work with clear plastic parts, and use self-adhesive foil. * Detailed and easy-to-follow! 200 full
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"Easy Scale Modeling" is a FineScale Modeler Book from Kalmbach Publishing Company. Features: * An excellent paperback reference designed to be an introduction to scale modeling. * Basic information on assembling, painting, finishing, and displaying car, plane, and ship modelers. * Simple tips and techniques and easy-to-follow diagrams. * 64 detailed color photos.
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This is the American Fighters Over Europe Colors and Markings of USAAF Fighters in WWII Book from Fine Scale Modeler Books. Features: 140 detailed black and white and color photos and more than 300 illustrations provide invaluable assistance when building and decorating WWII USAAF Fighter planes.
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This is the FineScale Modeler Book "Classic Combat Aircraft: Modeling WWII Warbirds" Vol.2 from Kalmbach Publishing Company Author: Jeff Wilson. Features: * Perfect bound; paperback. * Learn how to build, modify, detail, paint and weather amazing warbird models of WWII. * More than 300 color photos and illustrations document the construction and detailing of 18 famous WWII combat aircraft. * Each were accurately modeled based on research into the prototype. * The projects in this book will show you how to: * Alter parts for better fit * Modify an aircraft to create another version * Detail cockpits * Paint invasion stripes * Weather and detail * Add accurate markings * Use
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