Artiklar

Diorama in 1/35th Scale by Frank Spahr Imagine a farm in rural Germany these days. Agriculture doesn’t pay off as it used to be, you either get big or get out of business. Much former farmland is developed for housing, the farm buildings fall into neglect and disuse. Imagine a […]

A Door to the Past

text by Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro photos by Harald Barth and Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro In the heady days after the Second World War, experimentation with jet engines and new wing configurations was rife and lots of futuristic designs were tested and even more proposed. Fairey started experimenting with delta aircraft with the Fairey […]

BAC 221 in Detail

by Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro images by Harald Barth and Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro   I am a happy Anglophile, and a large part of the attraction of Great Britain (apart from the chance to have fried bacon, fried eggs, fried sausages, fried tomatoes and fried potatoes for breakfast) is the hobbyist-friendly nature of […]

On Holidays in the UK

Hawker Tornado-Typhoon-Tempest-Sea Fury Line models and photos by Raúl Hrubisko text by Martin Waligorski   Raul Hrubisko began modelling at the age of 14. His interest, lake many other modellers’, was sparked by an imaginative book, a wartime story involving the Mosquito. Soon followed the interest for the airplane and […]

Family Resemblance

Tre trevliga videos som Arsenalen bjuder, de kör några fordon. En skillnad mellan skala 1:1 och 1:35/87 osv är att de tar en j-a plats – en annan är att man kan brumma med dem… stefan karlsson Myslokar  Ikv 91  Nohab Artilleritraktor

Godbitar – Arsenalen motionerar

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Vi fick in några gamla exemplar av tidningen Pilot till butiken, nostalgi för många som var barn på 70-talet. Såg att det var ”BYGG-SM” i ett nummer, bjuder på den artikeln nedan: Känner ni någon på bilderna, posta nedan tack.  

Nostalgi – Pilots Svenska Mästare 1977

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Nu kan man ta hem Sven-Åke Grufstedts ”Braille Scale Modelling” på länken nedan, bara att läsa och bli inspirerad till nästa bygge. http://www.mediafire.com/view/?pl5gly40nwdbd50 Braille Scale Modelling

Webbtips – Braille Scale Modelling

Accurate Miniatures’ 1/48 TBF-1 & TBM-3 by Rafi Ben-Shahar   Accurate Miniatures’ Avenger has been credited as the best 1/48 kit ever in many forums for good reasons. And, considerable material has been published on the topic to match its class. So, why do I bother to raise the issue […]

Avengers Forever

Trumpeter F4U-1 Corsair by Damian Murphy There has always been a fascination with US Navy aircraft and model builders. The appeal of a war torn, hard hitting pacific fighters and there perilous battles in the remote sun baked islands of the Pacific Ocean, have spawned countless scale replica and diorama […]

Backdated Birdcage

by Rick Kent A small but significant number of Spitfire Mk. I’s were converted to photo reconnaissance aircraft from even before World War II started. Indeed, it was one of these early reconnaissance Spitfires that was the first Spitfire to be captured intact by the Germans at one of the Paris airfields […]

Early Armed Reconnaissance Spitfires

A Moment of 1/72 P-38 Madness by Mark Davies My modelling club, IPMS Auckland (New Zealand), decided to run a “Build the Same Kit in 2 Months” competition. The Tamiya P-47 and Trumpeter Ferdinand were chosen as the 1:48 aircraft and 1:72 armour subjects respectively, and the new Academy P-38 […]

Five Lightning Strikes in 8 Weeks!

Revell P-40 in 1/32nd Scale by Stefan Ericsson and Magnus Fridsell images by Stefan Ericsson   When finding one of those ”antique” and rare kits, the first question for many modellers is ”should I build it or not”? Stefan Ericsson found an old Revell P-40 kit and found the answer […]

Something Antique

FuG Installations on Early Ju-88 Variants  by Rafi Ben-Shahar Being a diversified subject with an appealing look (to Luftwaffe fans), the Ju 88 variants provide almost endless topics to modelers. Fortunately, Dragon’s 1/48 kits have pleasing dimensions that satisfy the eyes of most if not all Experten albeit the usual […]

Nachtjäger

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Stellan och jag lämnade Stockholm på fredagseftermiddagen i Stellans bil fullastad med sladdar, lampor, vaxdukar, kompressorer datorer och annat som behövs för att ordna en bygghelg. Väl framme vid Arsenalen träffade vi Stefan Karlsson, museichefen, gick igenom en massa praktiska detaljer och började bära upp bord på övervåningen. När vi […]

Bygghelgen på Arsenalen

Shortrun Kits are Getting Easier Than Ever by Mark Davies Aircraft modelling has been transformed for me by the Czech and other Eastern European kit manufacturers. There are just so many new 1:72 kits being released of subjects I never fail to find appealing. Azur’s Breda Ba 65 falls firmly […]

Breda Ba 65