ASSEMBLY, PAINTING, SCRATCHBUILDING, CONVERSION, WEATHERING, AND DETAILING | Acomplete how-to-to-it guidebook for beginning, intermediate, and advanced military vehicle modeling. SCALE MODELING HANDBOOK No.6THE BASIC IDEA behind this book is to show you how to build armor models, starting at the most basic level of kit assembly and painting and taking you all the way through to advanced projects in step-by-step fashion. Although the material published on real ar- mored vehicles has come in a virtual flood over the past dozen years, little has been published about the modeling aspect of this hobby. This book will help fill that gap. If you've never built a military vehicle model before, this book will show you how, but if you’ve been building models for a year or two — or even several years — you'll find this book invaluable. In it, author Shep Paine explains his techniques in a manner so clear that you'll be able to put them to work immediately in your modeling. In fact, a brief lesson or two from Shep may be just what you need to “break through” and boost your skills to the next higher level. So climb aboard! If you want your next armor model to be a whole lot better than your last — or the one youw’re working on now — then MODELING TANKS AND MILITARY VEHICLES is the book for you. SHEPERD PAINE, who spent three years in Germany with the rd Armored Di- ‘vision of the United States Army, is probably best known in modelbuilding eireles for the stunning dioramas he created for Monogram Models to promote their armor fireraft Kits, and for hie 172 Shep was elected the first Grand Master of the Miniature Figure Cellec- tors of America. He is. member and Fellow of the Company of Military Historians His output of original pisces is small, and his figures and boxed dioramas aro va: erly cought by collectors In addition to coverage in modeling magazines here snd abroad, Shep's work has been featured in national publicaticns such as Fortune and Sports Ilustrated. His figures and boxed scenes have by ing his ideas and techniques with other modelers, and in addition books, he has conducted "how-to" classes in modeling. Shep wishes to acknowledge the mejor contribution made to this book by his fel: low modelers, many of whom contributed photos of their Work, research material, suggestions, and technical advice. Although the list is of necessity incomplete, among those who deserve special mention are Joe Berton, Paul Decker, Bolo Dye, Ron Foulks, Jim Stephens, George Woodard, Steve Zaloga, ane finally, Bob Reder and his staff at Monogram Models.Modeling TANKS and MILITARY VEHICLES BY SHEPERD PAINE ‘SCALE MODELING HANDROOK Wo.6 Foreword — 2 1 Basic kit assembly — 4 2 Painting armor models — 10 3 Weathering — 17 4 Reference and research — 24 5 Conversion and scratchbuilding techniques — 29 6 Step-by-step: Two easy kit conversions — 36 7 Detailing and superdetailing — 40 8 Modeling extra gear and equipment — 49 9 Step-by-step: The Super Sherman — 55 10 Battle damage — 59 Tl Building from scratch — 64 12 Step-by-step: An M25 tank transporter — 71 Fist prining, 1982. Second prining, 1983. Thr printing, 1987. Fourn prning, 1988. Fit printing, 1990, ‘Such printing, 1993. Severth printing, 1998, Copyright © 1982 by 8