International Plastic Modellers' Society

The International Plastic Modellers' Society (often shortened to IPMS) is an international organisation of hobbyists interested in building plastic model kits. The Society is made up of national branches, and within these, local clubs who usually represent a town, city or locality. The first branch was established in the United Kingdom in 1963.

Local clubs organise regular meetings, typically once a month for members to meet up, show off their latest models, discuss the hobby and work on ongoing projects. Many also organise their own annual shows and invite fellow clubs to display alongside traders, and together, these shows make up a busy calendar of events throughout each year. The UK has the most developed club network, with organisations covering virtually the whole country. Elsewhere, local clubs can often function as national branches simultaneously, such as IPMS Argentina who also represent the Mar del Plata region of the country.

At a higher level, national branches will also organise their own shows. These are typically termed 'Nationals'. The largest of these is IPMS UK's Scale ModelWorld, held at Telford in November each year and features not just local British club displays, but also contributions from overseas branches and clubs, such is its scale.

In addition to the branch and club structure, Special Interest Groups (SIG) exist which focus on a specific area or type of model building, for instance a particular aircraft such as the Tornado, a time period like the Cold War, a manufacturer such as Airfix or a genre like science fiction and fantasy. SIGs often transcend club and branch boundaries, being made up of modellers from around the world sharing a common interest. As a result, most SIGs do not meet up on a regular basis like clubs, but instead communicate more frequently online.

The following is a current list of IPMS (UK) SIG's

Aerobatic Display Teams ; Aircraft Carrier ; Airfix Modelling ; Airliner ; Airport, Aerodrome & Airfields ; Armour TAS Armour ; Australia ; Aviation Ireland ; Battle of Britain ; Battleship ; Between The Wars ; Beyond the Box ; Biggles ; Bomber Command ; Brazil (São Paulo) CAFFE ; Canberra ; Car & Motorcycle ; Civil Aircraft 1/72 ; Classic British Jets ; Classic British Kit ; Classic US Jets ; Coastal Command ; Cold War ; Cruiser ; Czech & Slovak ; DC3 / C47 Dakota ; Eighth USAAF 1942 - 45 ; English Electric ; F-4 Phantom ; Fine Waterline ; Finnish ; Fleet Air Arm ; Formula 1 & Motorsports ; French Airforces ; Gulf War ; Harrier ; Harvard ; Hawk AJT ; Hawker Hurricane ; Hot Rod and Custom Car ; Israeli Defence Forces ; Italia ; Japanese Aviation ; Landing Craft ; Latin American Aviation ; Luftwaffe ; NASA ; New Zealand Aviation ; Night Fighter ; Panavia Tornado; Photo-Recce ; Portuguese Military Aviation ; Project Cancelled ; Racing and Record Aircraft ; Red Cross Wings ; SAAF ; Sci-Fi and Fantasy ; SIG 144 ; Small Warships ; South Atlantic ; Soviet Aircraft ; Special Schemes ; Spitfire ; Splash ; Swedish Airforces ; 1/32 Scale ; Truck ; UK and Commonwealth Armed Forces ; US Air Forces of WWII ; US Airforces ; US Naval Aircraft ; Vietnam ; Warbirds ; What If? ; World Helicopters ; World War Two ;

IPMS (USA) SIGs

List of current SIGs

List of IPMS National Branches
Name Year founded Website
IPMS Argentina 1985 IPMS Argentina
IPMS Auckland (New Zealand) IPMS Auckland (New Zealand)
IPMS Australia 1964 IPMS Australia
IPMS Austria 1970 IPMS Austria
IPMS Belgium 1968 IPMS Belgium
IPMS Brazil (GPPSD) 1978 IPMS Brazil (GPPSD)
IPMS Brunei
IPMS Bulgaria 2011
IPMS Canada 1964 IPMS Canada
IPMS Chile 1987 IPMS Chile
IPMS China IPMS China
IPMS Colombia IPMS Colombia
IPMS Costa Rica
IPMS Croatia 2016
IPMS Cuba
IPMS Cyprus 1996 IPMS Cyprus
IPMS Czech Republic IPMS Czech Republic
IPMS Denmark IPMS Denmark
IPMS Ecuador (GMEC) 2013 IPMS Ecuador (GMEC)
IPMS Egypt IPMS Egypt
IPMS El Salvador
IPMS Finland 1968 IPMS Finland
IPMS France 1975 IPMS France
IPMS Germany 1966 IPMS Germany
IPMS Greece 1981 IPMS Greece
IPMS Guatemala IPMS Guatemala
IPMS Honduras IPMS Honduras
IPMS Hungary 2017
IPMS Indonesia 2001
IPMS Ireland 2007 IPMS Ireland
IPMS Israel 1987 IPMS Israel
IPMS Italy 1968 IPMS Italy
IPMS Lebanon 2017 IPMS Lebanon
IPMS Korea 2011 IPMS Korea
IPMS Latvia 2014 IPMS Latvia
IPMS Luxembourg 1980 IPMS Luxembourg
IPMS Malaysia
IPMS Malta 1981 IPMS Malta
IPMS Mexico 1977 IPMS Mexico
IPMS Netherlands 1971 IPMS Netherlands
IPMS Norway IPMS Norway
IPMS Pakistan 2017 IPMS Pakistan
IPMS Panama IPMS Panama
IPMS Peru
IPMS Philippines 1968 IPMS Philippines
IPMS Poland 2011 IPMS Poland
IPMS Portugal IPMS Portugal
IPMS Puerto Rico (Borinqueneers) IPMS Puerto Rico
IPMS Qatar 2012 IPMS Qatar
IPMS Romania (AMA) 2010 IPMS Romania (AMA)
IPMS Russia
IPMS Serbia 2011 IPMS Serbia
IPMS Slovenia IPMS Slovenia
IPMS South Africa IPMS South Africa
IPMS Spain IPMS Spain
IPMS Canary Islands IPMS Canary Islands
IPMS Sweden 1967
IPMS Switzerland IPMS Switzerland
IPMS Turkey IPMS Turkey
IPMS Ukraine 2018 IPMS Boryspil (UA)
IPMS UK 1963 IPMS UK
IPMS USA 1964 IPMS USA
IPMS Uruguay 1987 IPMS URUGUAY
IPMS Venezuela IPMS Venezuela
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