Welcome to Malta’s community of very active members of IPMS Malta who are proud to form part of this worldwide modellers’ organisation.

Established in January 1981, the society’s primary objective was to raise the level of scale modelling to the highest possible standard and to change public perception from that of a hobby for dilettantes to that of an appreciated art-form. This objective was reached and surpassed through the years as attested by public attendance at the Society’s events which have taken place every year since its inception and continue to this day. The main event of the Society is that of its Annual Exhibition which has evolved from a National Championship in the 80’s, Model Expo in the 90’s, History in Scale in the first years of the new millenium and is now called Minjatura. The venues have varied from Malta’s most popular hotels to a hangar of the Aviation Museum at Ta’ Qali where the club also has a permanent exhibition consisting of aircraft models and dioramas. In recent years Minjatura Scale Model Expo has taken place at the Malta Maritime Museum on the Vittoriosa Waterfront. This year the event will be taking place at the MCAST Campus in Paola.

IPMS Malta has its premises centrally located at Blata l-Bajda just outside the town of Hamrun where members meet every Wednesday evening from 18.00 onwards where talk centers on all different aspects of modelling. Members bring their work-in-progress models for appraisal or feedback by fellow members or their latest finished masterpiece to be viewed and appreciated. The evening is usually accompanied by food and drink or during the warm Maltese summers, it is  Barbeque time occasionally on the rooftop terrace.

Now and again members from IPMS Malta take part in various international competitions like the IPMS Nationals (UK), Scale Model Challenge (Netherlands), World Expo, EuRoma, MosonShow (Hungary), MFCA (USA), Atlanta (USA), CSMS (Catania), A.M.T. Torrent (Spain) and MeMo show in Acireale and have always returned home with flying colours and many awards.

IPMS Malta is an affiliated member of the World Model Soldier Federation that organises the World Model Expo every three years.

Our doors are always open for new members and visitors so if you like to build models, interested in trying it for the first time or a modeller visiting our island, do not hesitate to contact us and meet the members.