Volume 4 – 2000


av Janne Nilsson Följ 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 hobbyn plastmodeller, eller något mer? Svaren kan hittas här, i Janne Nilssons autentiska dagbok. Det har varken början eller slut – […]

Nilssons dagbok, Mars


Janne Nilsson Följ 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 hobbyn plastmodeller, eller något mer? Svaren kan hittas här, i Janne Nilssons autentiska dagbok. Det har varken början eller slut – med […]

Nilssons dagbok: Februari


Janne Nilsson   Följ 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 hobbyn plastmodeller, eller något mer? Svaren kan hittas här, i Janne Nilssons autentiska dagbok. Det har varken början eller slut – […]

Nilssons dagbok: Januari



Janne Nilsson Följ 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 hobbyn plastmodeller, eller något mer? Svaren kan hittas här, i Janne Nilssons autentiska dagbok. Det har varken början eller slut – med […]

Nilssons dagbok December


av Janne Nilsson Följ 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 hobbyn plastmodeller, eller något mer? Svaren kan hittas här, i Janne Nilssons autentiska dagbok. Det har varken början eller slut – […]

Nilssons dagbok November


by Frank Spahr Given the popularity of Airfix Wallace and Gromit offering, here’s an alternative for those inspired by such kits. Just in short: Werner´s a comic figure rather popular in Germany. He´s a biker, one who constantly fiddles around his bikes and equally constantly has trouble with the police […]

How about Werner?



by Göran Kindlund English translation by Magnus Fridsell En klassisk, svensk (europeisk?) Street Machine från 60-talet: En Folkvagn med Porschemotor. Även det ett klubbprojekt i Capital City Modelers, att bygga Tamiya:s VW efter eget huvud. Porschemotorn kommer från Fujimis Enthusiast Models Porsche 356 Carrera, som även fått släppa till fälgar […]

Modifying the 1966 VW Beetle


text by Martin Waligorski photo by Peter Alsterberg How many Spitfires can you see on this picture? There are four, says Andreas Bradley, the modeller behind this apparently newly-started collection of Spitfires. What you see is one Spit Mk. IX in 1/72nd scale, one in 1/144th, and two more of […]

Spitfire x 4


by Anders Isaksson The Right Element   While the low-visibility color schemes of modern jet aircraft can look rather dull, I really think the faded and well-weathered look of the U.S. Navy aircraft can be both interesting and attractive. I have modelled a number of F-14 variants earlier, but never […]

Building the Airborne Tomcat



by Mats Hammar      ”No, Ove, this one doesn’t count. We’re only comparing who has the most arms and legs in 1/35 scale.”   This article was originally published in IPMS Stockholm Magazine in January 2000.

Arne (the model builder) No. 6


by Janne Nilsson English translation by Martin Waligorski   This is my little adventure into the Wild West. In the early morning hours of January 13, 1929, an 80 year old man died peacefully in his sleep in a rented cottage in Los Angeles. The casual observer of the time […]

Wyatt Earp at O.K. Corral


by Frank Spahr Filling Being a dentist by profession, and modeller by interest, I have been using some tools and materials from dental supply that I think might be interesting for other readers of these pages. What can dentistry do for the modeller? Quite a lot, actually, apart from dental […]

What Dentistry Can Do for the Modeller



by Roy Hauer The following article is being reprinted from the newsletter of Austin Model Cars Club. Used with the permission of the editor.   Being an avid user of an airbrush I was always hassled by the wife with smelling the fumes when I would clean my airbrush. I […]

Airbrush Cleaner & Thinner Recycler


by Rick Kent Nieuports and SPADs under British Management When the excellent Fokker monoplane fighters appeared on the front they greatly outclassed their British and French opponents of whom many were shot down in what the British called the Fokker Scourge. Hence there was a desparately urgent need to design […]

French Fighters in British Service During WW1


text by Martin Waligorski photo by Peter Alsterberg Tomas Lindgren, a colleague from IPMS Stockholm and a productive armour modeller, once came to the club meeting with this quarter-scale model of Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3, to search advice among air modelling ”experts” about painting and finishing aircraft models. The Emil […]

Building The First Aircraft Model