Volume 4 – 2000

by Frank Spahr A Not Entirely Succesful History The Me 410 was the culmination of Germany’s Kampfzerstörer (Destroyer) concept, developed in the mid-30s during the re-armament of the new Luftwaffe. Not so different in concept to the navy’s pocket battleships, The Me 410 was meant to be used as a […]

Me 410: Conflicting Aims…

by Janne Nilsson Inspiration for this World War II scene came from the 1977 Richard Attenborough’s picture ”A Bridge Too Far”. However, unlike the movie, which tells the story of operation Market Garden in the Low Countries, I chose to place my scene in D-Day Normandy. In the invasion’s early […]

Getting a Ride

Simple kit-bashing produces a cast hull Sherman tank by Anders Isaksson A legend in the history of American armored fighting vehicles, the Sherman medium tank was produced in larger numbers than any other tank during World War II. Although outgunned by its German counterparts, this drawback was compensated by the […]

M4A1 Sherman

No. 21 by Mats Hammar     ”Oh Arne! What a beautiful view! – Don’t have the time, hon. I need the picture of this cactus for my diorama project.”     This article was originally published in IPMS Stockholm Magazine in December 2000.

Arne (the Model Builder)

Modelling the classic M113 out of the box – almost by Anders Isaksson photos by Mattias Linde History In January 1956 the U.S. Army initiated a program to design and build a lightweight APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier) for armour and infantry units. The new APC had to be amphibious and […]

Vietnam War Armour, M113 ACAV

Finishing Tamiya’s kit as a Vietnam War veteran  by Anders Isaksson History With its basic design dating back to the M26 Pershing of WWII, the M48 Patton medium tank was primarly developed from the M47 General Patton. Serving with both Army and USMC units, the M48 saw extensive use and […]

Vietnam War Armour, M48A3 Patton

model by Guy Baillie text by Martin Waligorski The Fairey Swordfish was designed in 1932, deep in the biplane era. When the Swordfish entered service with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm in 1936, it already looked like a refugee from another age. By the time war broke out in […]

Tamiya Swordfish

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)

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