Artiklar

by Martin Waligorski Seat belts are the most prominent cockpit detail of many aircraft models. During recent years kit manufacturers recognized this, trying to provide seat belts within the basic kit. A common solution is to include seat belt decals. Sadly, because of the decals’ flat appearance this solution is […]

Making the Most of Decal Seat Belts

No. 24 by Mats Hammar   ”…then the Germans landed their paratroops west of… Darling, are you listening?”     This article was originally published in IPMS Stockholm Magazine in February 2001.

Arne (the Model Builder)

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

IPMS Stockholm deltar på Modellbyggardag på Sjöhistoriska museet tillsammans med en massa andra modellbyggarföreningar med maritimt intresse.  Stockholms barnfamiljer brukar också dyka upp med djupt intresserade små glytt.  Museet öppnar sina ritningsarkiv, ett utmärkt tillfälle att hitta referenser. Museet är öppet 11–16.

Modellbyggardag på Sjöhistoriska museet lördag 9/2

by Tomasz Gronczewski Lance Cleo Wade – American RAF Ace Lance Wade was one of the top US aces fighting within RAF. In early 1941 he volunteered into American Eagle Squadrons but in fact he never flew with any of them. Instead of that he was posted to Malta and later […]

Lance Wade – Desert Spitfire Ace

Nu har vi genomfört den första tävlingsomgången i IPMS Stockholms tävling Stans Modellbyggare 2013. Hela 17 medlemmar röstade på 17 modeller från 7 byggare. Resultat Plac Modell Namn Total 1 Stug III Ausf. G Björn Kågner 65 2 M4A3E2 Jumbo Andreas Grewin 63 3 Sunflower Stellan Englund 57 3 Sherman […]

Resultat Stans modellbyggare januari 2013

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Här kommer slutställningen för IPMS Stockholms klubbtävling Stans modellbyggare 2012.   Placering Namn Totalpoäng Antal mod 1 Olle Lindau 867 27 2 Björn Bäcklund 628 18 3 Micke Arreborn 267 6 4 Joakim Hultman 156 4 5 Håkan Mattisson 139 4 6 Fredrik Ström 137 4 7 Jonas Dahlberg 134 […]

Resultat Stans modellbyggare 2012

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)