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FineScale Modeler is the world’s leading magazine devoted to the hobby of scale modeling. We welcome your stories and photos, no matter where you're from.
FineScale Modeler, or "FSM," as many of our readers refer to it, is the world's leading magazine devoted to the hobby of scale modeling. Our readers build models of every kind of subject you can imagine, from planes, armored vehicles, ships, and figures to autos, sci-fi spaceships, and real space vehicles. We present stories about those topics - and more - in the pages of the magazine as well as o
06/24/2026
Looking at the real deal courtesy of a friend helped one of our forum members build and paint this Boeing 747-8F in UPS livery. Check out the photos and read more in the thread below!
https://forum.finescale.com/t/revell-germany-1-144th-scale-boeing-ups-747-8f/382345
06/23/2026
This Tamiya 1/35 scale Schwimmwagen Type 166 has wider wheels and figures to make a vignette. Find out what our reviewer has to say about this kit in our new review!
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https://finescale.com/product-info/kit-reviews/2026/06/workbench-review-tamiya-135-scale-schwimmwagen-type-166-wide-wheel-version-plastic-model-kit
Happy Mecha Monday! Kendra shows off enthralling Gundam and mech models she discovered or that were shared with her, and this week's features models from Black Comet Studio ( on Instagram), Phillips Sungyeob Baik, Cienna Dechavez, and Jiyuu Senseii.
06/18/2026
Check out this "ship graveyard" diorama one of our forum members posted! They did an excellent job with this diorama. You can see more in the thread below!
https://forum.finescale.com/t/nearly-completed-wip/382260
06/17/2026
This Monogram AT-6 project from one of our forum members is coming along well! Check out this "shelf of doom" project in the thread below!
https://forum.finescale.com/t/monogram-1-48-t-6-shelf-of-doom-resurrection/382257
06/16/2026
A forum member modified a Minicraft C-32A to build a C-32B. Check out the photos and read a little more about what they did in the thread below!
https://forum.finescale.com/t/minicraft-c-32-gatekeeper/382255
06/15/2026
Some builders have interesting ways to track their build progress. One forum member shared theirs: hanging up a part of the box and marking off the date finished. Do you have a unique way to track your finished models or progress? Share it here!
https://forum.finescale.com/t/recording-your-builds/382235
Happy Mecha Monday! Kendra shows off quality Gundam and mech models she discovered or that were shared with her, and this week's features models from Charles Flaherty, nontype_ ( on Instagram), Puras ( on Instagram), and Andre ( on Instagram).
06/14/2026
We know we have lots of subscribers that like seeing show footage, and you can get that in Friday's FSM Weekly along with reviews of recent kits and testing ground pattern rollers. If you missed it, take a look!
https://youtu.be/Vgab8dilJ5A
06/13/2026
We released a new episode of FSM Weekly yesterday where you can see reviews of kits and products from Tamiya, ICM, Peko Publishing, and MPC along with testing pattern rollers and showing footage of NNL Milwaukee. Check it out!
https://youtu.be/Vgab8dilJ5A
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