Scale Auto Newsletter | February 14, 2012 |
| NNL West show coverage | | | Check out some of the models featured at NNL West, held February 11 at Santa Clara, California. Visit our website today to see inspired designs, modified kits, and vintage building styles. For more show coverage, and the latest in the industry, subscribe to Scale Auto magazine. |
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| Sponsored by Round 2 LLC. | | Happy 100th Birthday to Chevrolet! AMT's '51 Chevy Fleetline kit offers a chance for you to bring the cars of yesteryear right to your doorstep, today. The Fleetline is the first in a line of model kits AMT is releasing to honor 100 years of Chevrolet. The kit includes images from GM's historical archives and can be built in stock or custom versions, and it all comes packaged in a superb, collectible tin. Celebrate with us today! |  |
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| The April issue is a skill-builder special! | | In the April 2012 issue, we'll show you how to build better models with eight how-to stories: |
| | - How to prevent paint from bleeding. Use a barrier coat to keep colors correct
- Upgrade a race car interior. Improve AMT's snap Car of Tomorrow kit
- Build your first resin engine. Preparation, cleanup, and test-fitting are keys to success
- How to make realistic carpet. Embossing powder is easy to apply and paint
- 10 easy ways to improve your truck model. Evan Hermel shows how
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| | - Build a garage diorama. Mark Batson builds a Maurice Petty tribute
- Kitbash a Dale Earnhardt Monte Carlo. Build a "first win" Chevy from 1979
- Add realism to early Funny Car Engines. Paint-detailing and ignition wiring are easy to do
Plus, we're starting "Classic Kits" in this issue, a new series of one-page articles by Tim Boyd that highlight significant kits from the history of car modeling. Subscribe today and get the April issue delivered to your mailbox! |
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| Want to read Scale Auto on your computer or iPad? | | Now you can! Our digital edition, powered by Zinio, gives you the same great step-by-step how-to projects, detailed photos, product reviews, and expert tips you get from the print version of Scale Auto. Read Scale Auto on your PC, Mac, laptop, iPad, and Android tablets and smartphones. You can order a digital subscription, a print and digital combination, or upgrade and add digital to your existing print subscription. Learn more >> |  |
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| Get more from ScaleAutoMag.com | | | Do you subscribe to Scale Auto magazine? Great! Our website has three great benefits for you: Tips & Tech Build better models by learning useful tips and techniques from other builders. With more than 400 tips in our "Tips & Tech" section, you're bound to find information to advance your building skills. Hollow tires look great in a diorama, but can cause a problem when you're trying to fit them on a set of rims that aren't quite the right size. Read Collin Fletcher's solution. |
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| | | Scale Auto Direct-Downloadable Articles | | | Helpful articles from Scale Auto bundled into downloadable PDFs are now available for sale |
| | Painting Techniques Mark S. Gustavson, Pat Covert, and Steve Culpepper master the techniques of using lacquer, airbrushes, and powder to add the finishing touches to a contest model. Larry Huff and David Von Almen also team up in a two-part series focusing on a "glass-smooth paint job" from aerosol paints. (23 pages, MB) scpdf004 $6.95 Click here to see all of the PDFs available. |  |
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