Magazine

by Mikael Östberg English translation by Martin Waligorski The Boeing P-26A is one of the immortal aircraft designs of the Golden Age. The first all-metal monoplane fighter to serve with the Air Corps, it was the forerunner of the things to come despite the externally-braced wings, an open cockpit and […]

1/32 Hasegawa P-26A Peashooter

 by Björn Bäcklund Last year I had been building some pre-war airliner models to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Bromma Airport. One plane I decided to build was a Savoia-Marchetti S.73. I wanted to build this particular plane because I have a soft spot for trimotors and also because […]

Creating a Savoia-Marchetti S. 73

Academy 1/48 Spitfire XIVs and KMC Correction Set  by Rafi Ben-Shahar Academy’s 1/48 Spitfire XIVe kits has been on the market for some time, but seldom surfaces on modelling shows and on the Internet. Yet, among the Spitfire kits offerings, Academy’s kit sports the most accurate dimensions and crisp engraved […]

Perfecting the Griffon Spitfire

Mark’s Model Plane Miscellany by Mark ”Kiwikitbasher” Davies Aviation record setting was all the rage in the 1930, particularly with various forms of increased nationalism on the rise throughout Europe. Altitudes of 50,000 feet were being approached by the early 1930’s, and in 1933 a specification for a plane to […]

Frog Bristol 138

Building Matchbox 1/72 Scale Handley-Page Victor  by Jan Forsgren The Handley Page Victor represents to me the aircraft thinking of the fifties: big, bold and…beautiful! Seeing this plane with its large tail is like seeing an old dinosaur. It ended its life as a tanker and saw action in both […]

Big, Bold, Beautiful!

Av Mattias Linde   Under operation Desert Storm använde Amerikanska Marinen M60A1 Patton utrustade med reaktiva pansarplattor för att befria Kuwait. Särskilt utrustade vagnar med israeliska IDF TWMP (Track Width Mine Plough) minplogar och IDF CLAMS-boxar (Clear Lane Marking System) röjde väg genom de Irakiska minfälten så att övriga fordon […]

M60A1 Patton med minplog

Plastmodellbygge blev en tema för 1:a sidans reportage i stockholmstidningen Metro den 23:e juni 1997. Med tidningens tillstånd publicerar vi artikeltexten. Modeller blir historia i miniatyr 50-talets pojkhobby lockar i dag mest medelålders män Fråga män födda på 40- och 50-talen och minst varannan kan berätta att de i sin […]

Tidningen Metro om vår hobby

by Martin Waligorski Initially conceived as an upgraded, thin-wing Typhoon, the Tempest reached the ultimate in piston fighter performance. The Tempest Mk.II was designed to accommodate the Bristol Centaurus radial engine, thus loosing its beard-type radiator so typical for the Napier Sabre-powered Typhoons and Tempests. The prototype Tempest II made […]

Hawker Tempest Mk II in Detail

by Martin Waligorski Introduction Sometimes referred to as Salamander, the Heinkel He 162 was a rushed attempt to provide a mass-produced fighter that would stem the Allied bombing offensive on Germany. It was submitted by Heinkel to meet an 8 September 1944 requirement for a simple, lightweight jet fighter. The […]

Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger in Detail

by Martin Waligorski Introduction Biber was a mini-submarine used to some extent by Germans during World War II period. It could accommodate only a single crew, and offensive armament consisted of 2 torpedoes carried externally. This submarine is quite exotic as a modelling subject, no mainstream kit of it being […]

German Mini-Submarine Biber in Detail

by Martin Waligorski Introduction Of all artifacts at the Imperial War Museum in London, the beautifully preserved German WWII Jagdpanther especially catches the eye. I took some pictures of the vehicle for the IPMS Stockholm Web Site. Here they are. The SdKfz 173 Jagpanther was the result of the choice […]

SdKfz 173 Jagdpanther in Detail

by Martin Waligorski Introduction Did you already buy an Airfix 1/48 kit of a late mark Spitfire/Seafire? If not, you might want to reconsider – as of this writing it is certainly one of the most excellent Airfix kits ever! For all those who have it, here is a walk-around […]

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 24 in Detail

by Martin Waligorski Introduction Grumman F4F Wildcat has been a popular modelling subject during recent years, the interest undobtedly boosted by some attractive new kits of this robust aircraft – Tamiya in 1/48th scale, and Hasegawa in 1/72nd, to name just two of them. Although we don’t have a proper […]

Grumman F4F Wildcat in Detail

by Martin Waligorski   Could IPMS Stockholms’ web site do without a Bf-109 walkaround? Of course not, so here it is… I took the pictures at the National Air & Space Museum, Washington D.C. during my visit in Autumn 1996. The Bf-109 featured is an early series G-6 with framed […]

Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6 in Detail

by Martin Waligorski The problem with Yak fighters Some modellers asked me before through the net about the Soviet Yakovlev Yak-1 fighter, its variants, camouflage and general info. This little article describes what I could find out about the subject. Surprisingly little is known about the Yak fighters in western […]

The Confusion About Yak-1