Månadsarkiv: januari 2013

by Martin Waligorski Say Hello to Marge I believe this month’s subject will come as no surprise. With our growing collection of World War II aircraft walkarounds, sooner or later we would have to cover the arguably best fighter of them all, the Me 262. You knew it, didn’t you? […]

Messerschmitt Me 262 in Detail

No. 19 by Mats Hammar    ”No, not the vacuum cleaner! I dropped the photo-etched throttle lever on the floor”     This article was originally published in IPMS Stockholm Magazine in October 2000.

Arne (the Model Builder)

by Janne Nilsson English translation by Anders Isaksson History I’m sure you’ve heard this one before! The German Tiger tank was developed during the World War II and is today considered legendary. This is due to the reputation of being virtually invincible, built at the time by the allied forces […]

White Tiger

Building a collection of Bf 109Gs by Peter Ibes photos by Frits Snijder This article was first published in ‘Modelbouw in Plastic’ – a magazine of IPMS Netherlands . Used with permission of the Editor. I started my series of 1/72nd foreign Gustavs many years ago, as I was intrigued […]

Foreign Gustavs

by Anders Bruun photos by Martin Waligorski and Peter Alsterberg   The years between 1929 and 1939 were hailed as ”The Golden Age of Air Racing” – an era of invention and adventure, when innovative individuals could build an airplane and compete in air races all around the US. However, […]

The Goodyear Trophy, 1947

av Anders Isaksson Traditionsenligt hölls Hobbymässan under Allhelgonahelgen (3-5 november) i Frescatihallen i Stockholm. Lika traditionsenligt deltog IPMS med en egen utställning. Där fanns medlemmar som demobyggde och montrar som visade modeller i olika stadier av färdigställande tillsammans med exempel på detaljeringsset, verktyg och referensmaterial. Dessutom fanns möjlighet för barn […]

IPMS på Hobbymässan 2000

No. 20 by Mats Hammar      ”Pity about the car, but look at these track impressions!”     This article was originally published in IPMS Stockholm Magazine in October 2000.

Arne (the Model Builder)

Small Scale Aircraft Straight From the Box: Tamiya 1/72 Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 by Anders Isaksson Background It was time for a small project that would build fast and let me end up with the satisfaction of actually completing a model. That was the idea and the Tamiya 72nd scale Fw-190D-9 […]

Ordinary For a Change

Superdetailing Airfix 1/72 Avro Vulcan by Jan Forsgren The Avro Vulcan was developed in parallel with other British bombers of the V-series and put into service in 1957. The iconic delta wing made the Vulcan to an one-of-a-kind sight in flight and gained it a nickname Tin Triangle. When the […]

Tin Triangle

by Frank Spahr Somehow I find all kinds of modelling subjects attractive, and ships are no exception. This is my Revell Trinity lighthouse ship. My modifications were limited to detail parts, which naturally were quite overscale in the kit. I replaced the kit railings, added some self-made oars and rigging. […]

Trinity Lighthouse Ship

By Dan Kut additional photos by Robert Lundin A couple of years ago someone on this site’s discussion forum asked for cockpit pictures of the Swedish Skyraider target tug. That somehow dwelled in the corner of my mind, waiting for the perfect moment to strike… Then when a friend of […]

Douglas Skyraider in Detail

No. 22 by Mats Hammar        ”But my model cabinet was full…”     This article was originally published in IPMS Stockholm Magazine in December 2000.

Arne (the Model Builder)

The Piaggio P.108 B of the Regia Aeronautica  by Peter Ibes, IPMS Netherlands This article was first published in ‘Modelbouw in Plastic’ – a magazine of IPMS Netherlands . Used with permission of the Editor. The Piaggio P.108 B was the only heavy four-engine bomber to see service with the […]

Italian Heavy

by Tim Campbell The P-51 – in all its variants – has long been a favourite aircraft of mine, ever since building the 1/72 Matchbox P-51D Dooleybird as a boy. I had watched a wonderful display by a P-51A at last year’s Paris/Le Bourget airshow, and when I saw the […]

Building Accurate Miniatures’ P-51A Mustang

A short presentation of the P-40 diorama by Anders Isaksson This is my diorama of a Curtiss P-40E Warhawk, situated somewhere in the Far East in 1943. With its engine panels removed the aircraft receives routine maintenance from two mechanics. Construction The P-40 is Revell’s old kit from in 1/32nd […]

Warhawk of the Far East