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Special Issues from FineScale Modeler
Galleries to delight & inspire
Model Railroad Planning 2022
How to photograph your models
Aircraft
RiverCon X • Hundreds of modelers headed for Shreveport, Louisiana, on March 20, 2021, for RiverCon X. Hosted by IPMS/Red River Modelers, the show doubled as the IPMS Region 6 Regional. FineScale Modeler contributor Kenneth Childres attended and shot these photos.
Boats & Ships
A seven-year journey • Scratchbuilding a 1/72 scale escort destroyer
Military Vehicles
Nimcon 9 • Delayed a year because of the pandemic, the IPMS/Lakes Region Scale Modelers held the Northern Illinois Model Contest on September 18, 2021. The show doubled as the IPMS Region 5 Convention and drew modelers from across the Midwest to McHenry County College. FSM editors Tim Kidwell and Aaron Skinner headed that way and here’s a selection of the models they saw.
Ready for launch! • An old kit and scratchbuilding come together for an incredible model
NordicCon 2021 • NordicCon 2021 model show and contest was once again a success with plenty of stunning scale models on display. Organized by the Twin City Aero Historians, RPM Model Club, Oddball Modelers Group, Minnesota Military Figure Society, and Minnesota Scale Modelers on Saturday, Sept. 25, the theme was Legends of the 20th Century.
Sci-fi & Real Space
WonderFest 2021 • After the COVID-19 pandemic twice forced the cancellation of WonderFest in 2020, the show was back at the Crowne Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky, June 5-6, 2021. Hundreds of people attended, and the contest tables were packed with 780 scale creations. FineScale Modeler editor Aaron Skinner attended and here’s a taste of what he saw.
Figures
MMSI 2021 • FineScale Modeler editors Aaron Skinner and Tim Kidwell visited the Military Miniature Society of Illinois contest in Schaumburg, Illinois in October 2021. Hundreds of fantastic painted military, sci-fi, and fantasy figures, dioramas, and vehicles graced the tables giving FSM plenty to shoot. Feast your eyes on these incredible models!
Is it a model or the real deal? • Photographing models outdoors produces stunning results
Scale Autos
38th Butch O’Hare Model Show • There were plenty of incredible finished model airplanes, cars, figures, and ships on display at the annual Butch O’Hare Model Contest on November 13, 2021. We can’t fit them all into a gallery but here’s selection of the offerings FineScale Modeler editors Tim Kidwell and Aaron Skinner photographed.
Cutaway space shuttle