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text: Uschi van der Rosten Images: Uschi van der Rosten Transcribed by Lars Befring with permission by Uschi van der Rosten   Eduard PE instrument panel, burnished with UvdR-1 burnishing agent and partly polished.   More panels! A blue print has been printed and fit to size, working as a guide for panel […]

Horten Go-229 in 1/72 by Uschi van der Rosten

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Följande bilder av den tyska enmansubåten Biber fotograferades på Deutches Technikmuseum i oktober 2012. Ytterligare fakta finns i en uppsjö på internet och jag väljer därför att inte publicera ytterligare uppgifter här. Kameran som användes var en liten kompaktkamera och det är en anledning till att jag kunde fotografera innanmätet […]

Biber, walk-around

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by Tomasz Gronczewski Frederick Hughes was the fourth top RAF night fighting ace with 18.5 victories. Hughes was 21 years old when, in summer 1940, the hottest days of the Battle of Britain came. He was initially posted to No. 26 Squadron RAF, but soon joined the 264th Squadron flying […]

Frederick Hughes and the Boulton Paul Defiant

by Dennis Glas   This material has been first published on the home page of IPMS London, Canada. Used by kind permission of the copyright owner (Ed.)   My latest modelling project is an M4A3E8 Sherman in 1/35 scale. Many of the cast parts found on Sherman tanks were adorned […]

Chemical Etching

by Christopher Holland Convincing groundwork is a necessary ingredient of any diorama. This article is a small guide to the for those who are new to the diorama making. I will concentrate on the techniques, not the artistics. Like many others, I have learnt a lot from Shepherd Paine’s book […]

Making Diorama Groundwork

artwork and photos by Ricardo Dacoba text by Martin Waligorski For a brief moment in the early 1950s, Argentina stood at the forefront of aviation development. The Pulqui series of jet fighters was a result of a bold undertaking envisioned to push the Argentinean industry into a completely new era. […]

Pulqui: Argentina’s Jet Adventure

Camouflage & Markings by Tomasz Gronczewski   This article shows two results of my colour research for my Fokker Dr. I projects. The featured machines constitute two fine examples of the Dr. I paint schemes. As I am particular interested in the personalities of the fighter aces, I have chosen […]

Fokker Dr. I Aces

Tech Tips by Magnus Fridsell As your aircraft modelling skills improve, you will probably sooner or later feel the urge to produce your own cockpit canopies. Those included in the kits are usually injection-moulded and in a state-of-the art modern kit it often means good enough. However, once you start […]

Moulding Canopies

text by Magnus Fridsell artwork by Danny Coremans, Daco Products   As an addendum to this month’s ”In Detail” feature about RF-84F from Brussels , here is a short review of Belgian Thunderflash paint schemes. Belgian Air Force was an important overseas user of Republic jet aircraft. From the early […]

Republic RF-84F Thunderflash in Belgian Service

Augusta-Bell 206A in Swedish Navy use Photos: Martin Nordström Text: Lars Befring   Between 1970 and 2002 the swedish naval air flew 10 Augusta-Bell 206A:s, they where used mainly for light transport, ASW duties and pilot training. These pictures where taken by Martin Nordström as he worked with the Helicopters […]

HKP 6 or Agusta-Bell 206A some photos

by Omami Omami is a Japanese modeller and webmaster of the J-Model Works site. For publication in IPMS Stockholm magazine the original article from Omami’s site has been expanded and refined (Ed.)   Replicating elements of nature in miniature is one of the more tricky aspects of modelling, requiring not […]

Realistic Sea Bases

About Reversing Decal Silvering by Rafi Ben-Shahar   A nice but somewhat old model from my display cabinet… …upon closer inspection sadly displays decal ageing problems. Note the visible decal film around the swastika on the fin. It wasn’t there when the model was new! A view from slightly different […]

Ageing Models, Silvering Decals and Biological Warfare

Artwork by Anton Alm Text by Magnus Fridsell and Martin Waligorski     The FFVS J 22 was a fighter aircraft developed in Sweden as a stop-gap measure during World War II. Very little known internationally, it was an important episode in the development of the Swedish aircraft industry and as such has been […]

The FFVS J 22 in Profile

Tech Tips by Fredrik Lundbeck   It was peculiar to the Eastern Front of the World War II that most military equipment had to be re-camouflaged for winter conditions. This is because prolonged periods with all-covering deep snow made any objects other than white clearly visible against the landscape. Both […]

Detergent Wash

by Tony Bell Having only recently attempted my first WWI aircraft model, I went through a learning experience in some new techniques. Rigging and and replicating varnished wood in particular required an approach that I haven’t tried before. This article describes shortly the technique I have read about and developed […]

The Look of Varnished Wood