International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

IPMS/USA

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2026 January/February IPMS/USA Journal
  • Brummbar - Sd.Kfz.166, by Jose Ramon Ruiz
  • Building a New Junior Model Club in Cincinatti, by Will Kuhrt
  • Blast From the Past - Building the Atlantis re-pop of the 1953 Revell USS Iowa, by Doug Bain
  • Super Detailing a Tempest MK. V - Tackling the Tempest, by Wenjun Wen
  • Oniraizer - Rise of the Demon, by Chi Wang
  • Building Zoukei-Mura's Bf-109 G4 as a Skeleton Modelby Ro Annis
  • Constructing a 1/25th Scale Diamond T Wreckerby Charles Rowley
  • The Ruins of Warby Bob Bisaccio

New Reviews

  • by Michael Reeves

    August 4, 2026

    Scale Aircraft Conversions has been around for quite some time providing excellent aftermarket options for aircraft modelers. In the case of this set released in June of this year, we have a...

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  • by Michael Reeves

    August 4, 2026

    ICM has been absolutely nailing it with new kits and products despite operating in a war zone amidst constant violence and destruction. This latest series of Hampden aircraft models are no...

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  • by Ro Annis

    August 3, 2026

    In the Box

    The kit comes in a sturdy 12” x 8” x 5” box with an illustration of the Tsubaki figure. Images of the finished model can be found on the box sides. Like Gundam kits, it comes...

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  • by Floyd S. Werner Jr.

    August 3, 2026

    For years the only way you could get an AH/MH-6 Little Bird in 1/48th scale was to buy a Hasegawa Hughes 500 and a CMK conversion set. This was expensive and sometimes hard to find. Now...

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  • by Floyd S. Werner Jr.

    August 3, 2026

    When I built my Werner’s Wings MH-47E conversion from the Trumpeter CH-47D I found out something that almost made me shelf the model, the landing gear was crap. Not in that it lacked detail but in...

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New Forum Posts

  • August 4, 2026
    A friend gave me some models that a friend of his had already started. In this case, the center "pod" was together, the cockpit done and the canopy was in place. It sat on my shelf for a... more »
  • August 1, 2026
    HI ! Here another project I been working on for a couple of years, now is the AVROCAR PROGRAM , not much people know that this program started by selling the ideal to create a flying saucer... more »
  • August 1, 2026
    HI ! Here another project I have done in the past , if you like to view more pics of the project , just visit this GOGLE link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/8Md8WHC7JX9ZrfTb8... more »
  • August 1, 2026
    Recently I airbrushed some Testers Fluorescent Orange paint and had something strange happen. While the paint went on well, as soon as I started spraying, gossamer strands were floating in the air... more »
  • July 31, 2026
    So I finally wrapped this one up a short while ago, and it is my 6th completion for this year. I’m almost on track for an average of one a month at this rate! This is the Tamiya classic Krupp Protze... more »
  • July 29, 2026
    "It's Fronkenstein" "You're puttin' me on?" "No..." "Well then why isn't it Froderick Fronkenstein?" "It isn't, it's... more »
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