Category Archives: Swedish Plastic

Articles about creating Swedish armoured vehicles in model form

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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Pbv 301 in resin

The same company that brought us the SAV m/43 a couple of months ago has now released their pbv 301 in 1/35 scale. The kit is avaliable thru Panzer Shop and costs 144€, slightly more expencive than the SAV at … 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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New kit, the SAV m/43 in resin

This is not really breaking news, but I didn´t think of putting it in here until now.. sorry. A new resin casting company has produced a complete kit of the Stormartillerivagn m/43 in 1/35. The kit is available through Panzershop … 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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Stridsvagn 122 by Markus Eriksson

This is the HKCW resin conversion and the Tamiya Leopard 2A5 kit built by Markus Eriksson. Continue reading

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Pbv 401 by Erik Gustavsson

The Skif 1/35 MTLB converted to pass as a Pbv 401 in Swedish Army service.

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Stridsvagn 102R by Markus Eriksson

Jag har velat bygga en svensk Centurion ända sedan jag gjorde lumpen som stridsvagnsbärgare på Gotland 94-95. Iden att bygga just en STRV102 kom av att jag kört och arbetat mest med de vagnarna. Det stora problemet har varit just … Continue reading

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Stridsvagn 103C by Erik Gustavsson

Accurate Armours resin kit of the “S-tank”. The tracks were replaced with a pair from the Italeri Leopard 2 kit since I was to lazy to use the “flexible resin” tracks that came with the kit. Other modifications are the … Continue reading

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