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By Martin Waligorski based on model description by Andreas Herbst   As a modeller, Andreas Herbst has a particular talent for things tiny. Whenever I encounter his contest-quality armour models in 1/72 scale, I know it’s worth taking a closer look at them. So even with his latest creation presented […]

M16 Half-Track by Andreas Herbst

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Revell Fw 190D-11 receives full detailing treatment  By Ricardo Dacoba   Here is my 1/48 model of Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-11. This was one of these projects where I decided to go full length in building an accurate miniature of the real aircraft. History Service introduction of the Messerschmitt Me 262 […]

Improved Beyond Recognition!

by Omami Omami is a Japanese modeller and webmaster of the J-Model Works site. For publication in IPMS Stockholm magazine the original article from Omami’s site has been expanded and refined (Ed.)   Replicating elements of nature in miniature is one of the more tricky aspects of modelling, requiring not […]

Realistic Sea Bases

Mastering the Art of Fine Detail  By Marek Barbaszynski   This is my Spitfire Mk. XVI in the markings of The Polish No. 308 (City of Cracow) Squadron. The 1/48 model has been built from the ICM kit with resin engine and a good deal of other additions and modifications. […]

Spitfire Mk. XVI

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by Frank Spahr with color analysis input by Martin Waligorski   Long-time readers of this magazine will perhaps recall that our contributor Dr. Frank Spahr works as a dentist. This story makes another most unusual connection between his work and the modelling hobby (Ed.) I have no idea how the […]

Luftwaffe Bomber Camouflage – Live

Building Revell/Monogram 1956 Chevy Nomad by Niclas Proos   Several years ago I bought a Revell/Monogram 1956 Chevy Nomad at a local toy store. I didn’t have any special feeling for the car at the time, the kit was just cheap and that was sufficient enough to let it follow me […]

Feeling Green!

About Reversing Decal Silvering by Rafi Ben-Shahar   A nice but somewhat old model from my display cabinet… …upon closer inspection sadly displays decal ageing problems. Note the visible decal film around the swastika on the fin. It wasn’t there when the model was new! A view from slightly different […]

Ageing Models, Silvering Decals and Biological Warfare

Trophy Models’ 1/35 BRDM-1 Soviet Armoured Car by Peter Holst   This started out as a bet between me and two of my modelling friends. The objective was to build an armoured car to C4-Open 2005 (a yearly modelling show in Malmö, Sweden – Ed.). The guy who failed to get […]

Dinner Winner

Italeri 1/48 Fiat CR.42 in a Wintry Setting model by Anders Johansson   An overview of the fighter base at lake Loussajärvi with my grandfather’s boat house in the foreground. The Fiat CR.42 Falco was a popular if somewhat outdated aircraft in the Swedish inventory during World War II. My […]

Fiat on the Lake

Opel-Sander RAK.1 Rocket-Powered Glider from Czech Master Resins by Mark Davies   The Opel-Sander RAK.1 was designed by an engineer named Hatry, and first flown at Frankfurt-Rebstock on September 30th, 1929. It was a rocket powered glider, and one of a series of experiments in rocket-powered propulsion by car-magnate Fritz von […]

Something Unusual

Artwork by Anton Alm Text by Magnus Fridsell and Martin Waligorski     The FFVS J 22 was a fighter aircraft developed in Sweden as a stop-gap measure during World War II. Very little known internationally, it was an important episode in the development of the Swedish aircraft industry and as such has been […]

The FFVS J 22 in Profile

Scale Modelworld is the current name of what has once been called IPMS UK Nationals. It is arguably the World’s biggest event aimed solely at scale model builders. This year’s event took place on the weekend of 9–10 November 2002 in Telford, UK. In addition to the last month’s report […]

Scale Modelworld 2002 Highlights, contd.

by Magnus Fridsell   This article is a photo extract from the full story in Swedish, provided here for the benefit of our English-reading visitors. The original article by Magnus Fridsell is available here: Fem vikingar i västerled – Reportage from Scale Modelworld 2002 (Ed.) Scale Modelworld Scale Modelworld is […]

Scale Modelworld 2002 Highlights

Magnus Fridsell   Sedan 1994 har vi varit en växande liten grupp av skåningar som åkt till England för det som från början hette IPMS UK Nationals, numera Scale Modelworld. Det har blivit en trevlig hösttradition, trots att kanske England inte är det idealiska semesterlandet vid den årstiden! Efter ett […]

Fem vikingar i västerled!

by Tomasz Gronczewski   P-51B-15-NA flown by John F. Thornell, Jr (17.25 victories) The man … John F. Thornell was a leading ace of famous 352nd FG ”Bluenosers”. Toprnell was an ”early” ace of the 8th Air Force. After a finished combat tour in Europe he returned to the States […]

John F. Thornell and his P-51B Mustang