Category Archives: Swedish Plastic

Articles about creating Swedish armoured vehicles in model form

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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To build an LVKV 90 – Five easy steps

What is an Lvkv 90? The Lvkv 90 is the anti-aircraft version of the CV90 family of vehicles developed by Hägglunds in the 1980s for the Swedish army. The Lvkv uses the same Bofors 40mm gun as the regular IFV … Continue reading

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Decal Review: J26 Swedish Mustangs from RBD Decals

On 08-Open I met a nice guy called Robert Bergwall. He is the man behind the decals that is shipped with the Tarangus Lansen kit. He is showing and selling his own decals under the brand RBD Decals. When Robert … Continue reading

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HobbyBoss Strf 9040C review

It´s finally here, the Hobby Boss Combat Vehicle 90C in 1/35. It has been a few years since it first appeared as a rumour on the internet. For one and a half year now we have had the Academy CV90 … Continue reading

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Olga Belle – a Swedish M3 scout car

For some time, I have been planning to write an article about Olga-Belle and publish it here on Plastic Warfare. However, as it turned out, the article was first published on paper. I won’t write a long article here, but just post some pics. … Continue reading

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Tarangus 1/48 A32 Lansen review

Finally it arrived, after more than a year since we first heard of it, the Tarangus 1/48 scale SAAB A32 Lansen. The kit is a limited edition injection moulded plastic kit with five grey plastic sprues, one transparent plastic sprue … Continue reading

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A frosty CV9040B

The CV90 is the current tracked combat vehicle of the Swedish army, operated by the mechanised infantry and armoured units. The CV90, called Stridsfordon 9040 locally, were built to accompany the newly acquired Strv 122/Leopard 2 in the early 90s. … Continue reading

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CV 90 Photoetch Shootout

This is a small in-box comparison review of the Voyager Model and KA Models photoetch kits for the Academy Stridsfordon 9040B kit in 1/35. Let´s start with the Voyager Model set. VoyagerModel Modern Swedish Infantry Vehicle PE 35383 The set … Continue reading

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IKV 91

The IKV 91 (Infanteri KanonVagn 91) is not what many think, -a tank. It is a lightly armored, self-propelled anti-tank gun, intended to increase the anti-tank defense capability in infantry troops on brigade and battalion level. The IKV 91 was … Continue reading

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