Styrene Sheet Back Issues

Past issues of the SVSM newsletter, the Styrene Sheet, are available here as PDFs. Click on the links below to download. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files. If you do not have Acrobat Reader you may download it for free by clicking the button below. Oh, hey! They're in color too!

April 2006 (1.5M)
South Koreans, Leading Hornet Manufacture, by Paul Bishop • Deadliest Catch Aboard the U.S.S. Scamp, by Chris Bucholtz • Big Red Just Got a Little Bigger, by Rodney Williams • Contest calendar
March 2006 (1.4M)
Hasegawa’s 1:48 Lockheed F-104C Starfighter, by John Heck • SVSM 2006 Kickoff Classic contest results • Contest Calendar
February 2006 (1.1M)
Building the Mach 2 1:72 SO9000 Trident, by Bill Dye • Building Airfix’s 1:144
DC-10-30 as VIASA YV-135C • Contest Calendar
January 2006 (1.4M)
Ventura’s 1/72 Hawker Tempest I conversion, by Mark Schynert • Revell’s 1/144 wonder—the E-2C Hawkeye, by Mike Burton • SVSM Book Review—Modeling the De Havilland Mosquito, by John Heck • Contest Calendar
December 2005 (1.2M)
Building a Revell 1/72 Handley Page Victor B Mk.2, by Andy Kellock • Commandos!—creating custom gaming pieces, by Kent McClure • Contest Calendar
November 2005 (1.4M)
William Whisner’s “Princess Elizabeth” P-51B in 1/72, by Chris Bucholtz • Examining Frog/Novo 1/72 Airspeed Oxford II, by Bob Miller • SVSM Book Review—USAAF Aircraft Markings and Camouflage 1941-1947, by Bill Abbott • Contest Calendar
October 2005 (1.9M)
Building Toko’s 1:72 Hansa-Brandenburg W.29, by Jim Priete • Minicraft’s 1/144 TWA Super G Constellation, by Bill Dye • Building Howard Hughe's “Illegal” Constellation • SVSM Model Review—Hasegawa’s 1/72 Avro Lancaster, by Chris Bucholtz • Contest Calendar
September 2005 (1.9M)
Tony Garcia's C-47–Operation Market-Garden, by John Heck • SVSM Decal Review–Tally Ho Decals #72 015 C-47 Dakota/Skytrain, by Chris Bucholtz • Wings of the Airborne in 1:72: Italeri’s C-47 & CG-4A, by Chris Bucholtz • Contest Calendar
August 2005 (2.1M)
Building Minicraft’s Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, by Bill Abbott • Nationals Lampoon’s–Model Vacation - IPMS 2005 Nationals, by Chris Bucholtz • Decaling the Aviation Usk 1:72 F2G Corsair, by Rodney Williams • Contest Calendar
July 2005 (2.2M)
Special 2005 IPMS/USA Nationals Issue! • “Happy Jack’s Go Buggy”—Academy’s 1:72 P-38J, by Chris Bucholtz • Building Tamiya’s 1:12 scale 1983 Yamaha YZR500, by Greg Plummer • Frankentank! Cobbling together an M4A1, by Laramie Wright • Combrig’s 1/700 Protected Cruiser Aurora, by Vladimir Yakubov • Contest Calendar
June 2005 (1.8M)
Modeling QuickSkin’s 1986 Corvette GTP, by Bill Bauer • Modeling the Fw190C or something sort of like it, by Mike Schynert • “Stegacow” or how I stepped over to the Far Side, by Eric McClure • Fremont’s Tri-City Classic 2005 Results • SVSM Book Review—RA-5C Vigilante Units in Combat, by Chris Bucholtz • Contest Calendar
May 2005 (2.2M)
Turning an SSR into a concept big-rig “Bison” by Greg Plummer • Modeling Aurora’s 1968 “Invaders” space ship • The birth of three belly tank Dry–Lake racers • Contest Calendar
April 2005 (2.4M)
Alaskan Airlines’ L-100—Gold Nugget Freighter, by Ken Miller • A long, winding road to completing Airfix’s Strikemaster, by Frank Babbit • Really big Russian tank, by Vladimir Yakubov • Warped & Wacky Wing–Folds part 47—P-51H Mustang • SVSM Product Review—Gunze Sangyo Mr. Zimmerit–Waffle Pattern • SVSM Book Review—U.S. Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Part One • Contest Calendar
March 2005 (2.0M)
Thoughts on “bleached linen” and a 1917 doping scandal, by Bob Miller • Restoring two World War Two era toy tanks, by Thom Ivancso • 2005 Kickoff Classic–the biggest in Region 9 history • Contest Calendar
February 2005 (2.1M)
A modern take on Willy Ley’s 1950’s Space(d) Taxi, by Kent McClure • Converting Revell’s 1:25 SSR into a concept wagon, by Andy Kellock • Ray O’Niell–master modeler & scratch builder, by Jim Lund • Building Heller’s 10:1 scale oryctes nasicornis, by Steve Travis • SVSM Book Review—MiG-19: Day Interceptor & Two-seat Variants & Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, by Randy Ray • Contest Calendar
January 2005 (2.3M)
Tamiya’s 1/48 N1K1 Kyofu “Rex” float plane, by John Heck • A Sherman primer and small scale survey, by Bill Abbott • SVSM Book Review—U.S. Navy A-7 Corsair II Units of the Vietnam War, by Chris Bucholtz • Contest Calendar
December 2004 (2.2M)
'69 Dodge Superbee 440 “Six Pack” in 1/24 scale, by Andy Kellock • Dude! Where’s my National Air & Space Museum?, by Bob Miller • M4A3 Sherman—12th Armored Div. Germany 1944-45, by Laramie Wright • British racing green hymenopteran in 1/72 scale, by Mike Burton, And now, a little Christmas ham—Tamiya style by Barry Bauer • SVSM Book Review—A Separate Little War • Contest Calendar
November 2004 (2.7M)
Special F-86F Issue — Hasegawa's F-86F as FU-351 of the 67th FBS, by John Heck • An Interview with Lt. Col. Vilas Bielefeldt, by Chris Bucholtz • A Fine Bird— Taking Delivery of FU-351, by Jamie Bielefeldt • A Wealth of References—F-86 Books in Review • Contest Calendar
October 2004 (1.9M)
Famous Robot Stalks Local Model Builder's Work Bench, by Chris Bucholtz • Considering the Caudron Brothers G.3 and G.4, by Robert Miller • Best of the Gunfighters: Academy's Stellar New F-8, by Chris Bucholtz • Three Lives of a Singular Sub: U.S.S. Halibut, SSGN 657, by Bill Abbot • Contest Calendar
September 2004 (2.13M)
Iquitos Express - C-130 Hercules FAV2716, by Gabriel Lee • Aviation Usk's F2G Super Corsair in 1/72 Scale, by Rodney Williams • IPMS/USA National Convention coverage by John Heck • Revell-Germany Junkers Ju 290A-5 kit review, by Mark Schynert • Contest calendar
August 2004 (1.94M)
Tojo Mojo - Hasegawa's 1/48 Ki-44 Shoki by Greg Plummer • Making Sense of the Revell 1/144 Boeing 707 by Ken Miller • Report from the Wings of History "Make 'n Take" on May 2 by Mike Burton • Contest calendar
July 2004 (2.36M)
Modeling the RB-51 Red Baron Air Racer, by Mike Meek • Mosquito FB.Mk. XVIII "Tsetse" in 1/72, by Chris Bucholtz • Building a '70 Dodge Hemi Coronet in 1/25 scale, by Andy Kellock • Academy 1/35 M36 Jackson in-box Review, by Eric McClure • Contest calendar
June 2004 (1.76M)
MC.202X Fantasy Air Racer, by Laramie Wright • Building Sword's Sikorsky S-43, by Mark Schynert • TriCity Classic Contest Results • Contest calendar
May 2004 (2.01M)
Dragon's 1/72 Challenger II MBT, by Greg Plummer • Region 9 Regional contest results • Making scale water from spackle, by Bert McDowell • Contest calendar
April 2004 (1.92M)
Tamiya F-117, by John Heck • Kniaz Potemkin-Tavricheskii kits, by Valdimir Yakubov • Contest calendar
March 2004 (1.82M)
Laramie Wright builds the Monogram Spitfire as "Porky II" • Greg Plummer's fantasy compact truck • Kickoff Classic 2004 winners list • Book reviews, by Randy Ray · Contest calendar


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