Author Archives: Erik Gustavsson

About Erik Gustavsson

One of the founding fathers of Plastic Warfare, and the creator and administrator of this website.

Stridsbåt 90

A gallery of images of the Combat Boat 90 used by the Swedish Defense Forces. The photos are from the Baltops Exercise in 2015. The big ships in the background are HMS Ocean of the British Royal Navy, and USS … Continue reading

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C4-Open 2015

Some pictures from C4-Open in Malmö. I also added a film clip at the bottom of the page.  

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JAS 39C Gripen – some reference photos

 

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CV 9030, the Norwegian CV90

This is the Hobby Boss 1/35 kit of the Hägglunds (now BAE) CV90 version used by Norway. Norway was the first export customer of the CV90 IFV. It is, as its name suggests, equipped with a 30mm Bushmaster chaingun. The … Continue reading

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Putte, an FT-17 in Swedish service

This is Meng Models little kit of the Renault FT-17, built as the single FT-17 bought by the Swedish Army in 1925 to explore the capabilities of modern tanks. The FT-17 turned out to be neither modern nor very capable, … Continue reading

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J 21A3 in 1/48 from Pilot Replicas

Pilot Replicas is a fairly new manufacturer who has specialized in Swedish aircraft and related items in mainly 1/48. They appeared a few years back with the promise of not only one, but several kits of the Sk 60/SAAB 105 … Continue reading

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Viggen details

Now when Tarangus finally released their 1/48 kit of the SAAB Viggen I think some detail shots were needed. I therefore went to the aircraft museum “Aeroseum” just outside Gothenburg to shoot some of their Viggens. Unfortunately they only have … Continue reading

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C4-Open 2012, Armour classes

The entries in the Armour/Military vehicles classes at C4 Open, Malmö 2012.

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AiM 2012 – Aircraft classes

A lot of aircraft were present. Below you´ll find 153 photos, so the total must have been something like 150 models!

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AiM 2012 – Military Vehicles

These are the contest entries of the military vehicles and artillery classes of Art in Miniature 2012.

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