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You can greatly enhance the realism of your model aircraft by removing and repositioning parts. Also, going this extra mile can give you the edge in modeling competitions. This is because real aircraft are rarely seen with their control surfaces (i.e. ailerons, elevator, rudder, … [Read more...] about Removing and Repositioning Parts on Your Aircraft Model

When you look at a warbird, especially with the canopy open, you will notice that the cross section of the glass or plexiglass is quite thin. A detail that reduces realism in scale plastic models is the out-of-scale thickness of the clear plastic parts especially in 1/48 and 1/72 … [Read more...] about Vacuum-Formed Canopies for Added Realism

As stated in the corresponding article about adding aftermarket resin parts, Model Aces specializes in building authentic-looking, museum-quality scale model replicas of actual WW II aircraft. In this article, we’ll touch on the high points of working with photo-etched parts, but … [Read more...] about Adding Aftermarket Details – Photo-Etched Parts

Model Aces specializes in building authentic-looking, museum-quality scale model replicas of actual WW II aircraft. Because of this, we often have to start with an off-the-shelf kit and customize it with aftermarket detail kits, also called upgrade kits. These kits include resin, … [Read more...] about Adding Aftermarket Details – Resin and Brassin Parts

This tutorial explains how to replace raised details with scribed lines. Prior to about twenty-five years ago, the typical plastic model airplane kit had unrealistic-looking raised panel lines or countless rows of rivet heads covering the model’s surface. This is because it was … [Read more...] about Scribing Surface Details on Your Aircraft Model