Make more realistic armor and dive into a wide range of modeling techniques suitable for all experience levels from expert modelers to beginners. When it comes to building, finishing and detailing armor, FineScale Modeler has you covered, plus there’s a small armor gallery in this 116-page special issue.

An arsenal of modeling tips

Armor Modeling from A to Z

Advance an Abrams • Details and weathering create a distinctive M1A2

How to beat up a BMP-2 • Paints, chips, washes, effects, pigments …

Paint and weather early-war GERMAN CAMOUFLAGE • Put a Neubaufahrzeug in springtime Norway

Dirty up a ZLC-2000 • HobbyBoss’ 1/35 scale Chinese airborne IFV gets an oil paint job

A Honey of a Tank • Building a post-Operation Crusader British Stuart

Building and painting Meng’s FT-17 • Simple construction and finishing tips for a little World War I tank

Convert a command car to a Scorpion gun truck • Tamiya’s 1/35 scale LRDG vehicle gets a new configuration

Take a HALFTRACK all the way • Added details make a 75mm Autocar Canadian

A snow-covered CHARIOT OF FIRE • Finish a HobbyBoss Merkava Mk.IIID for an Israeli winter

Tips and tricks for scratchbuilding armor • No model, no problem — you can build your own

This Pershing can take a hit • Building, detailing, and weathering Tamiya’s early-production M26

Hand-painting lands a Marine LVT • Multiple layers bring Saltwater Cowboy to life

Outfit an ACAV • Field AFV Club’s new 1/35 scale M113A1 with stowage inside and out

Now that’s a Nashorn! • Clean construction and fundamental finishing yield a realistic German antitank weapon

It may be GREEN, but it doesn’t need to be DRAB • Tips and techniques to break up monochromatic camouflage

4 steps to a BETTER PATTON • Easy fixes for Dragon’s 1/35 scale M48A3

Weathering with HAIRSPRAY • Simulating worn, scratched, and chipped paint

Building a RESIN TANK • Hone your skills with an intermediate-level MBT70

Apply weathering for a Sherman on the march • Sharp painting and a detailed base put an American tank in Europe

Soviet workhorse • Scratchbuilding, PE, paint, and weathering replicate a Czechoslovak army tank

Enhance a RECOVERY TANK • Easy improvements make Takom’s M31 stand out

Armor in a small-scale vignette • Dragon’s SdKfz 222 rests at the oasis

WEATHERING GREEN SUBJECTS • Master modeler Adam Wilder’s step-by-step guide to distressing a common camouflage

AMPS 2019 • FSM shot these models at the 2019 AMPS International Convention in Buffalo, New York.

Adding Zimmerit to a late Tiger I • A full kit plus added resin makes for an exceptional model