Scale Model Team

Got two strv 103B from Arctic Skunk / Shapeways yesterday. It´s one with dozer blade and one without. Altogether 290 strv 103 was built, 70 of them strv 103A, and in 1968 the strv 103B was introduced. Later al 290 was rebuilt into strv 103C. The tanks equipped three armoured brigades and two indepen...

Another RR-car built for transportation of military equipment, the Oa-class. 100 of these car was built in 1949 to transport the heavy (?) tanks m/42. They could also be used to transport two 10-12 ton tanks.



Still some works left to be done to the car.

/Ola

The strv 81 almost ready;







And then as Strv 81 no 81341 placed on SJ Sdu no 100407



/Ola

Got 13 tanks back from my brother today. Now it´s up to me to get decals on them and to do the final painting. http://i65.tinypic.com/2aa0mjt.jpg One tractor, two strv m/37, three strv m/38, two strv m/40 and five strv m/41. I also got a Pbil m/41 back. This time my brother did al the painting an th...

One Strv 81 ready to get it´s green military paint. It´s an Artitec Centurion Mk III and it´s right for a Swedish Strv 81 that we got 80 of starting in 1953. Another 160 was bought short after. In 1959 110 Centurion Mk 10 was bought as Strv 101. The older Strv 81 was then up gunned with a new gun an...

A military version of the Volvo LV125 "Rundnos" from Modell Produktion. This Terränglastbil m/42 was used by the Swedish army from WW2 until mid 1960.







/Ola

More 3D models from Arctic Skunk / Shapeways http://i67.tinypic.com/14mt5bn.jpg Landsverken produced two types of six wheeled armored cars in the mid 1930. They where named type L-181 and L-180. The L-181 was produced first and L-180 later. A model of the L-181 exist from Artitec (1/87 scale) and it...

The only L-120, one more was built but in steel and without turret, that was delivered to the Swedish army. It was not used as a tank as 48 strv m/37 was bought instead.





A 3D model from Arctic Skunk / Shapeways.

/Ola

Four strv m/37 painted.





Another (?) Swedish tank, the Landsverken Ninrod;



This time a model from Miniature shop / Shapeways.

/Ola

Got some new models from Arctic Skunk / Shapeways yesterday. http://i63.tinypic.com/2iwaly0.jpg One out of three Landsverken L-120 machine gun tanks built. http://i65.tinypic.com/npmmiv.jpg Sweden ordered two of L-120 which one was only a chassie of steel. The tanks wasn´t accepted by the army and l...

So four and a half year later I finely can say that the Pansarbil m/39-40 Lynx are at last finished. http://i65.tinypic.com/25po17d.jpg It´s one out of 48 armoured cars made. The first three was made for the Danishes in mid 1939, 18 was ordered but 15 was taken over by the Swedish army as Pbil m/39....

Another modell from Arctic Skunk, strv m/42 nr 757;





/Ola

First, to clerifiy, the models above are made by Arctic Skunk, I just painted them. So to another 1/87 scale military model. In 1978, as a sub-lieutenant, I´m embarked HMS Småland as a gunner and in charge of the turret 1. It was a Bofors Twin 12 cm turret and one of 34 turrets built. Four of these ...

Strv FT 17 "Putte"



Strv m/40 nr 389



Strv m/40 nr 412



PVKV IV A nr 377, rebuilt from strv m/40



Models from Arctic Skunk / Shapeways.

/Ola

Did get back from my brother some tanks that he had painted camoflage on, now it´s up to me to paint the rest and get the decals on; http://i64.tinypic.com/2zsv4go.jpg It´s 3D printed model in 1/87 scale from Artic Skunk (Shapeways) .... http://i68.tinypic.com/2uxxonc.jpg ... and I will use the mode...

The "Artillerisystem 08" more known as "Archer" are now in service with the Swedish army. There are, will be, 36 Archers with another 12 in store. These 12 will be offered on the exportmarket. A 3D-modell exist on Shapeways, made by "Keymaker", in different scales and I...

The two flatcars;





SJ litt Or 29181



SJ litt Os 22753

/Ola

Back to basic?

My main intress is model railroading. At the moment I´m writing a article on transportating of military equipment on rail for a Swedish magazin.





/Ola

The Volvo "rundnos" was also built to the Swedish military in a four Wheel drive version, Tgbil m/42



/Ola

Some more models of Swedish vehicles. Parts for this Volvo "rundnos" (roundnose) was made around ten years ago by a friend of mine. In 1939 Volvo introduced a new truck, named "rundnos" or LV125. When WW2 started the Swedish military either orderd or requested civilian trucks to ...