by Mats Hammar ”He was only going to buy some glue…” This article was originally published in IPMS Stockholm Magazine in April 2000.
Magazine
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. Winter Camouflage for Luftwaffe aircraft When Germany invaded Russia in June 1941, the Luftwaffe Generalstab thought that the war would be over before […]
Painting Realistic Winter Camouflage
by Joe Baugher The P-51 Mustang was perhaps the most famous fighter of World War II, and, many would say, the best all-round piston-engined fighter produced by any of the combatants during that conflict. Total production of all Mustangs amounted to 15,575 in the USA and 100 in Australia, ranking […]
Modeller’s Guide to Early P-51 Mustang Variants
by Joe Baugher On April 30, 1942, Ronald W. Harker, a test pilot for the British Rolls-Royce engine manufacturer, took a brief hop in a RAF Mustang at the airbase at Duxford. Like lots of other pilots, he was highly impressed with the Mustang. Upon landing, he is reported to […]
Modeller’s Guide to Late P-51 Mustang Variants
by Martin Waligorski Allison-powered Mustangs Voted by many as the ultimate piston-engined fighter of World War II, the Mustang is a true classic of aviation history. As such it has also been an extremely popular modelling subject. When hearing the name Mustang, most people will probably associate it with a […]
North American P-51A Mustang in Detail
by Mats Hammar ”So you managed to assemble the instrument panel without gluing your fingers together.” This article was originally published in IPMS Stockholm Magazine in April 2000.
Arne (the Model Builder) No. 10
by Rick Kent Intending to continue the last month’s Mustang profile collection (Part 1 show a selection of P-51s in the U.S. service – Ed.), I’ve been looking through my collection of RAF and Commonwealth Mustang profiles (in fact the only Commonwealth squadrons that operated Allison Mustangs were Canadian, so […]
Camouflage and markings of North American P-51 Mustang, Part 2
by Rick Kent P-51 in the U.S. Service The Mustang did not gain it’s immortal fame until this American airframe was married with the British Merlin engine. Providing long-range escort to B-17s and B-24s, the Mustang carried the air war to the heart of Germany. By war’s end, P-51s had […]
Camouflage and markings of North American P-51 Mustang, Part ...
by Göran Kindlund English translation by Magnus Fridsell En av de häftigaste, och farligaste, racer- sportvagnar som någonsin funnits. Föraren satt inkrupen några centimeter över backen i en bur av aluminiumrör klädd med mycket tunn glasfiber. Bakom ryggen satt en tolvcylindrig, femliters boxermotor med närmare 600 hkr. Med en toppfart […]
1970 Gulf Porsche 917
Getting the most from an out-of-the box project by Janne Nilsson English translation by Martin Waligorski This is my Willys Jeep in 1/35 scale. Built directly ”outtadabox” from the Tamiya kit. As the war in Europe spread in the late 1939, the U.S. Military wanted a new light-weight, four-wheel-drive, […]
Willys Jeep
av Janne Nilsson Tack vare Janne Nilsson kan vi nu följa modellbyggarens liv dag för dag. Hur mycket tid ägnar vi egentligen åt hobbyn? Hur löser man problem? Vilket folk träffar man genom sina intressen? Är själva hobbyn plastmodeller, eller något mer? Svaren kan hittas här, i Janne Nilssons autentiska […]
Nilssons dagbok, September
Hawker Typhoon by Monogram in 1/48 by Frank Spahr The Project Oh yes, I am aware that there´s a far superior kit by Hasegawa of this massive ground attack fighter-bomber, but having recently revisited my attic stocks, I decided to build it the sooner the better. I found the copyright […]
Vintage Stuff
by Martin Waligorski The Dawn of the Jet Age Early jet aircraft development – a period between 1945 and mid-1950s – is an interestig time in aviation history. In an immediate post-war decade, flight technology leaped from being dominated by propeller-driven aircraft to an era of mighty machines capable of […]
Below Mach 1: Early American Jet Aircraft in Test
by Frank Spahr Wallace (surname unknown), somewhat doughy-looking knitwear-loving inventor and cheese aficionado, has set up a business in window-cleaning. Aided by his faithful canine companion Gromit, he forms a rapid deployment force against grimy glass. Aided by a launching system faintly resembling the good old S.H.A.D.O. days, the intrepid […]
Geronimo! or: Beware of the window-cleaner
text by Martin Waligorski photo by Peter Alsterberg Micke Arreborn’s more relaxed project of last summer was this diorama of… hmm, what exactly? The puzzle has been somewhat clarified when I learned the title of this creation. Micke entitled his work Flygplan, meaning simply Aircraft. It took scrap parts from […]