Artiklar

by Rick Kent This page is a continuation of Camouflage and Markings of No. 112 Sqn RAF, Part 1. World War II: Italy Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk. III, 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Foggia Main, Italy, October 1943 Before going into the details of this particular 112 Sqn Kittyhawk III, it […]

Camouflage and markings of No.112 Squadron RAF, Part ...

by Rick Kent The Sharkmouth Squadron Several moths ago, after the release of my pictorial history of No. 74 ”Tiger” Squadron RAF I received requests from readers asking me do do the similar profile article for the No. 112 Sqadron, which is commonly remembered for their sharkmouth-painted aircraft. So… presenting […]

Camouflage and markings of No.112 Squadron RAF, Part ...

by Mats Hammar       ”It can’t be far to that museum now …”   This article was originally published in IPMS Stockholm Magazine in June 2000.

Arne (the Model Builder) No. 13

by Martin Waligorski Radical? Yes! The unorthodox SAAB J 21 fighter was a domestic attempt to provide the Swedish Air Force with a true high performance fighter. It’s design was conducted during war years, when there was no practical possibility for Sweden to acquire modern aircraft from abroad. Photo: SAABIn […]

SAAB J21 in Detail

A diorama in a very small scale… by Anders Isaksson A number of years ago I stumbled on the range of small armor and figure miniatures manufactured by GHQ. Being in in tiny 1/285th scale and mainly used by wargamers, I was very impressed with the level of detail and […]

Normandie 1944: Paris or Bust!

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Med anledning av firandet av Lettlands nationaldag söndagen den 18 november 2012 ställde IPMS Sverige ut modeller i Armémuséets stora bankettsal, efter en inbjudan från utställningens projektledare intendent Maris Konovalciks. Från Sverige deltog Paul Branke med nio egenbyggda modeller av Flygvapnets flygplantyper i skala i 1/48, samt Jan Frumerie från […]

IPMS ställer ut i Rigas Armémuseum.

…or a Small Conversion of Monogram Ford Mustang by Göran Kindlund English translation by Magnus Fridsell The Shelby Mustang Usually called the Shelby Mustang, this was a Ford Mustang heavily modified by Carol Shelby. Ford wanted to use Shelby’s image from the successful challenge of Ferrari in the Sports Car […]

1965 Shelby 350 GTR

Att gå som domarlärling är utvecklande för dig som modellbyggare. Du lär dig att systematiskt sätt att granska modeller på, som du sedan kan applicera på dina egna modeller. (Det finns naturligtvis även andra sätt att betrakta modeller, men det är en annan diskussion.) Att vara med och döma modeller […]

Domarlärlingar sökes!

by Bryan Ribbans Caution. This page might take a while to load. It contains a number of pictures that we wanted to reproduce at the highest practicable quality. The pictures will look best if your video card is configured to handle 16-bit color. About the Mustang Much has been already […]

North American P-51D Mustang in Detail

by Mats Hammar     ”What a nightmare! I dreamt that I got a fingerprint on the clear parts.”   This article was originally published in IPMS Stockholm Magazine in June 2000.  

Arne (the Model Builder) No. 14

by Tomasz Gronczewski Simply known as ”King of Strafers” or ”Eager El”, Elwyn Guido Righetti was not only a top fighter ace of the 55th FG but a top strafing ace in Europe. Righetti joined 338th FS of the 55th FG in October 1944. He was 29 years old and he was experienced […]

Elwyn Righetti and his P-51

by Anders Isaksson photos by Martin Waligorski   I am no expert on the Jeep but I was happy to see a new kit of this classic in 1/35th scale. The old Tamiya kit had a few errors and while the Italeri kit certainly is better, I think the recent […]

Building Tamiya’s Jeep

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Söndagsförmiddagen den 10/3 trängde Olle LIndau Lars Berfing, Björn Bäcklund, Jonas Nyström och undertecknad ihop oss i Olles bil och åkte några kilometer till Gardemoens flygmuseum från Letohallen, där vi deltog i SKALA. För de flesta av oss var det ett kärt återbesök men för Olle och Jonas var det […]

IPMS-STOCKHOLM PÅ GARDEMOENS FLYGMUSEUM.

Building Revell´s Werner bike and figures  by Frank Spahr   Beginning with some comparatively crudely-drawn comics in the early 80ies, Rötger Feldmann, also known as Brösel has produced a considerable number of comic books, several films plus ultimately a flow of merchandise such as calendars, posters, puppets, even cigars and […]

Something Very Ethnical

På måndagen efter SKALA (den 11e mars) tog jag tåget till Kongsberg för att besöka Stein Gildberg, som jag träffade på Skala, Norges nationella plastmodellbyggartävling. Kongsberg ligger en dryg timmes vacker tågresa väster om Oslo. Stein hämtade mig vid stationen och bjöd på te och mackor hemma i köket, men […]

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