International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

IPMS/USA

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  • IPMS/USA is seeking a volunteer candidate for the newly created position of IT Director. This person will report to the President of IPMS/USA as a voting member of the Executive Board. Duties and responsibilities include:

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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 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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  • by Paul Bradley

    July 31, 2026

    Scale Aircraft Conversions (SAC) provides resin and white metal parts for scale model aircraft, most of which are drop-in landing gear replacements. Their standard packaging is a card-backed...

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  • by Rod Lees

    July 31, 2026

    First off, a note of thanks to Revell for providing this kit to IPMS/USA!

    I have had the fortune to build just about every major manufacturer’s” Battle Penguin” since the mid-2015 period (...

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  • by Steve Zajac

    July 31, 2026

    Originally published in 2007, the revised edition was recently issued in 2026. The book's content is well sequenced, beginning with the battlecruiser's design history, the careers of the 3 famous...

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New Forum Posts

  • 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 »
  • July 28, 2026
    A easy, basic kit of the Bull Frog. With the exception of the cockpit clear piece, the fit was good. Had to use stars & bars and the HMM 261 (actually a 268)from a Fujimi kit as HB got theirs... more »
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