- IPMS
The International Plastic Modellers' Society (IPMS) consist of local and national chapters of hobbyist interested in building
Plastic model kits. The first chapter was established in theUnited Kingdom in 1963.These chapters usually organise regular meetings or attend events of interest such as air shows.
Within each chapter, Special Interest Groups (SIG) are formed which focus on a specific area or type of model building, for instance aircraft or science fiction figures.
ee also
;Similar societies:
*Armor Modeling and Preservation Society (AMPS);Models and model building:
*Model aircraft and alist of model aircraft manufacturers .
*Kitbashing , creating a model by combing different kits.
*Model military vehicle
*Ship model , some of which are plastic kits.
*Gundam Models , plastic models of Japanese science fiction.;Manufactures:
*Tamiya Corporation
*Academy Plastic Model Co.
*Revell
*Aoshima Bunka Kyozai Co.
*Dragon Models Limited DML.
*Hasegawa
*Kyosho External links
* [http://www.ipmsaustralia.com.au IPMS Australia]
* [http://www.ipms.be/index-eng.htm IPMS Belgium]
* [http://ipmscanada.com/ IPMS Canada]
* [http://www.ipmsguatemala.org/ IPMS Guatemala]
* [http://ipmsnz.hobbyvista.com IPMS New Zealand]
* [http://www.ipmsphilippines.com IPMS Philippines]
* [http://newsite.ipmssa.za.org IPMS South Africa]
* [http://www.ipms-uk.co.uk IPMS UK]
* [http://www.ipmsuruguay.com IPMS Uruguay]
* [http://www.ipmsusa.org IPMS USA]
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