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Hi, my name is Martin; I am the orginal inventor of iModeler, and proud webmaster of this site.
If you want to know more about me, please read: Editor’s Story: How iModeler came to be.

iModeler November Awards

Time to announce the results of our November (1st Anniversary) Contest. 117 new articles and 1230 comments were posted at iModeler during November, and the level of workmanship on display was indeed as good as it gets. As usual, we are [...]

Building Tamiya's 1/350 Battleship Yamato

Here's an inspirational 5-min video showing the construction of Tamiya's new 1/350 battleship Yamato, expertly built and finished by Mr. Guilherme D. Santos from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. (link)

2013 IPMS UK Scale Modelworld – on video

Found on Youtube is this comprehensive video coverage of the 2013 IPMS UK Scale Modelworld in Telford, England. Expertly presented by someone... a bit unexpected. Viewing the two clips will take about 20 minutes of your time, in return [...]

iModeler October Awards

It's high time again to award our last month's contributions. These were selected by the editorial jury among 101 new articles added during the month, prompting a total of 958 readers' comments. As usual, we're awarding the iModeler Best [...]

iModeler September Awards

Without further delay, here are the results of iModeler Septeber contest, selected among the 118 new articles added during the month. As usual, we're awarding the iModeler Best in Show title to the entry that wins our prize, but also list [...]

Weathering with Humbrol pre-mixed washes and powders

(link) Much has been written about the revival of Airfix under the new ownership of Hornby. Not nearly as publicised, another venerable brand is getting a makeover under the same ownership: Humbrol. Here's a demonstration video for their [...]

iModeler August Awards

Disruptions in our editorial work continued last week as yours truly went through a thoroughly frustrating network and computer upgrade of my home office. Apologies to everyone for a delay -- here are the results of our August contest, [...]

iModeler July Awards

It's high time to announce our iModeler awards for July. These were selected by the editorial jury among the exactly one hundred new articles added during the month, which prompted a total of 835 readers' comments. As usual, we're [...]

iModeler June Awards

Due to the holiday season, we've had a bit of disruption in our monthly judging procedure. Fortunately, this could be solved so the results are finally here. Selected among the 86 new articles that were added during the month which [...]

iModeler May Awards

Another month has passed and one can almost sense the anticipation pending the announcement of our mothly winners. So without further ado: here they are, carefully selected among the 145 articles added during the month. Maxim Bylkin's ( [...]