Scale Auto magazine will inspire and teach you to build better models of your favorite muscle cars, stock cars, street roads and more! Every issue is packed with full-color photos of readers’ models, product news, kit reviews, how-to tips, and instruction to help you enjoy this exciting hobby.
Let’s head to the track • FASTER AND FASTER until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. — Hunter S. Thompson
Scale Auto
SHOP TALK
A FEW CORRECTIONS
NEW PRODUCTS
TIPS & TECH
TIP OF THE MONTH
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT • Modify a Heller kit into a Renault 4CV rally racer
ZORA & ROGER’S ROCKET • Build and detail the 1966 Penske-Sunoco Chevrolet Corvette
AFTERMARKET DETAILS
A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
WHAT’S UNDERNEATH CAN AFFECT YOUR CAR’S FINAL COLOR
MARAUDER AT THE RACES • Kitbash and detail Bill Stroppe’s 1964 Mercury stock car
Tamiya McLaren Mercedes MP4-13
DIGGIN’ THE DIRT
CLEANING AND GLUING RESIN
OTHER EFFECTS
MODELING A CHAMPION • A first look at Italeri’s 1/12 scale Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza
CHROME MADE EASY • An alternative to adhesive foil
Tamiya LP paints
Tamiya Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon
Academy Hyundai Santa Fe
Revell ’29 Ford Model A Roadster 2’n 1
Tamiya Mazda Roadster RF
MPC 1978 Dodge Monaco Police Car
Revell Germany Land Rover Series III LWB
AMT Funny Fueler Digger
AMT CAR CRAFT DREAM ROD • Never to be seen again
Coming full circle