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Here we describe our ongoing and completed projects, how-tos and other modelling tips

Pbil m/31F, the BA-10 in swedish service

It is a little known fact that the soviet armored car BA-10 served in the swedish army during the second world war. Three BA-10 was given to sweden by finland, who had taken them from the soviets during the war. … Continue reading

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Building a swedish Piranha II

Background A few weeks ago I was participating the yearly meeting of SPHF, the swedish armour historical association. The meeting took place during a weekend, and as always there were activities involving armour of some kind on the programme. The … Continue reading

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SO-90 M-36B2 Mod-1

Take an AFV Club M36 Jackson, add the Tank Workshop exterior update and the Eduard photoetch. What do you get then? Well, with a little more scratch building you’ll get a Serb M36 from the war in Bosnia. The Yugoslav … Continue reading

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What shall we do with the Hobby Boss Stridsvagn 122?

UPDATE 2008 08 23: Ingvar has been kind to send us photos of the finished model and somewhat larger copies of the images found in the article. You will find the new pictures in the gallery at the bottom of … Continue reading

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Building the Strv 81 from the AFV Club Centurion Mk 5/1

Finally there’s not one but two decent Centurions on the market and for us that builds swedish armour that’s great news. Now we can build the Strv 81 and 102 almost straight from the box. Well, it’s not that simple, … Continue reading

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How to make realistic Barracuda camouflage netting in 1/35

At Plastic Warfare we are proud to introduce a new author on our site. Ingvar Sylegård. Ingvar might be most known for the splendid scratchbuilt 1/35th scale Stridsfordon 9040C that was featured in an article in AFV Modeller. In this … Continue reading

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A suprisingly useful modelling tool

I just wanted to share with you my thoughts about a very useful modelling tool. I am not speaking of my Xuron Micro-Shear I bought last week, although it is very useful, no, the object of my love this time is The torchlight. […] Continue reading

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Building a Strv102 Dozer from the AFV Club Centurion Mk 5/1

This project started out as a strv 81 but I have learned that it’s actually a strv 102 but with 20pdr barrel type B. The 20 pdr was used for target practice since the ammo was cheaper than the 105 … Continue reading

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Pbv 301 project

I thought I´d share with you my latest project in 1/72nd scale, a Pbv 301 apc that was used by the Swedish army before the more known Pbv 302. The 301 was built using the hull of the Strv m/41 … Continue reading

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The science of tracks part one. To slack or not to…

There are countless discussions on various forums regarding painting of tracks and how much tension there should be. Here are some reflections by us, Erik and Thord, regarding track tension and painting. We´ll look at track tension first. As with … Continue reading

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