Model Art Modeling Magazine, #824, July 2011
Model Art No. 824, July 2011 issue features the tools of modeling – everything needed to finish surfaces of models. Pages 9 - 43 are filled with commercial products from sanding sticks to glue and everything in between (but not paint). Unfortunately, this is where not being able to translate the text into English hurts – we never find out who won.
Pages 44 - 61 show off the next feature – building three kits of late-mark Spitfires in three different scales, followed with two pages of who makes Spitfire kits. Next up is the Waterline No.395 section, a review of the new 1/700 IJN Amagi battlecruiser kit from Fujimi. This is a what-if, showing what the ship would have looked like in the early 1930s. Amagi was cancelled by the 1922 Washington Treaty and scheduled for conversion to an aircraft carrier. The 1923 Tokyo earthquake damaged the Amagi, and Kaga was chosen instead for conversion. Her sister Akagi was also converted. This is a long-waited kit of an unusual subject. After 12 pages of ads, the usual sections follow: 1) Modeling JASDF 190 showing close-ups of an H-21 helicopter; 2) new kit reviews. This issue you get reviews on: 1) Hasegawa 1/72 Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D; 2) Dragon’s 1/35 German 20mm Flak 38 halftrack Sd.Kfz. 10/5; 3) Fujimi 1/700 IJN Shokaku aircraft carrier 1941 version; and 4) GRB 1/24 Subaru Impreza WRX STI. The Historic Garage featured a 1/24 1980s Lauren Hardtop. The rest of the magazine is all tiny pictures of new kit releases and advertisements.
As always, the format is close to 7x10 inches in size, and the printing and reproduction quality are excellent. Model Art text is entirely Japanese and most feature photos are in color. This issue is recommended if you want to see what Japanese modelers use to work on their kits, and want to keep up on new modeling releases from Japan. This issue is less useful for American audiences than other issues though.
Thank you to Dragon Models USA, Inc. and IPMS/USA for my review copy.

Reviewer Bio
Luke R. Bucci, PhD
Luke built all kinds of models starting in the early '60s, but school, wife Naniece, and work (PhD Clinical Nutritionist) caused the usual absence from building. Picked up modeling to decompress from grad school, joined IPMSUSA in 1994 and focused on solely 1/700 warships (waterline!) and still do. I like to upgrade and kitbash the old kits and semi-accurize them, and even scratchbuild a few. Joined the Reviewer Corps to expand my horizon, especially the books nobody wants to review - have learned a lot that way. Shout out to Salt Lake and Reno IPMSUSA clubs - they're both fine, fun groups and better modelers than I, which is another way to learn. Other hobbies are: yes, dear; playing electric bass and playing with the canine kids.
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