International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

IPMS/USA

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July/August 2025
  • A Bone To Pick- Building the Revell B1b in 1/48th scale, by Christian Hocherl
  • Captain Miller's Last Stand - Inspired by the Movie "Saving Private Ryan", by Val Envo
  • USS Hopewell - DD681 Fletcher Class Destroyer in 1/350 scale, by Ron Odell
  • Resurrection! - A Saga of the Entex Pendle Princess, by Ken Friend
  • Apache Longbow - Takom's 1/35th AH-64D, by Andre de Lamerens
  • Serious About Show Cars- A Tom Daniel Car Collection, by Joe Porche

New Reviews

  • by Andy Taylor

    September 10, 2025

    ICM continues to be prolific with both kits and paint sets. The Acrylic Paint Set for F-16 continues this trend and consists of six 12ml wide-mouthed paint bottles. The packaging includes a...

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  • by James Kelley

    September 10, 2025

    The book is the fourth and final volume in the Kagero Monographs series on the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. It was written by Tomasz Szlagor and Leszek A. Wieliczko, and is published by Kagero. It...

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  • by Andy Taylor

    September 9, 2025

    Reference: the ICM website:

    The F-16 Fighting Falcon is the most widely produced lightweight fighter aircraft in the world. As of 2018, a total of 4,604 units had been built, and...

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  • by Dave Morrissette

    September 8, 2025

    I have been using UMM razor saws for years to cut resin and plastic with great results. Since I build larger resin figures, sometimes the fine blades and smaller saw blades take a while to cut...

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  • by Dave Morrissette

    September 8, 2025

    So I had an opportunity, thanks to IPMS Usa and Hobbytyme to build a Gundam, suit. I have seen them become more and more popular over the years and the local hobby stores have rows of them, so I...

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New Forum Posts

  • September 12, 2025
    I ordered the Osiris Models (now no longer operating) Matilda flail. It was very nicely detailed, amazing in some respects actually if you look at the chain flails, but the Matilda used in the kit... more »
  • September 11, 2025
    Staying with the horror theme a little longer, Fr. Damien Karras the troubled priest from the 1973 Exorcist film went on the hobby table. The character was played by Jason Miller who sadly passed... more »
  • September 9, 2025
  • September 9, 2025
    I searched for this kit for some time as it is the only one I know of that is an injection molded plastic model of the Tiger before her conversion to a helicopter/command ship. It's a very old... more »
  • September 4, 2025
    I just completed the brand new Academy 1/144 B-2 Stealth Bomber. It's a very good kit with excellent fit, adequate cockpit, complete intake and exhaust trunking, optional opened wingtip speed... more »
  • September 3, 2025
    I haven't built a B-17 kit in some 30 years and want to do the RoG kit but needed some practice so I tried this one. I forgot how big this thing is!! Tried to fix the wing dihedral with some... more »
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