iModeler News

Commentary on current events or industry news

Sad news: RIP Burl Burlingame

I'm sure many here have met Burl Burlingame over the years. A talented modeler, superb writer and journalist, overall witty presence. Burl contracted both strains of the flu over the past two weeks and died last night in his sleep. I had [...]

In case you had the slightest doubt that modelers are crazy (:-) )

From the Daily Mail. 70 years to make all 484 warships that have served in the Royal Navy since 1945. Made with matchsticks! (link)

iModeler February Awards

Once again it is time for our monthly retrospective - a look back at some of the notable articles posted at this site during February. With 175 new articles, 2,027 comments and 47,000 individual article reads, this was a very good February [...]

iModeler Award – December

December award arrived safe and sound and is resting on the workbench, which is tidy as it can be and everything's at arms lenght! A big shoutout and thanks to iModeler community! Cheers, Olli

New Kit News: 1/48 Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle from Bobcat

After the success of their first kit (1/48 scale Yakovlev Yak-28P Firebar), the second kit release from Bobcat of China is another interesting Cold War subject, the 1/48 Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle. The Il-28 was Soviet Union's first [...]

iModeler Award – November 18

Hello & Thanks for voting for my ISU. It was a present for my friend, and he really likes it .. btw do you ever build any models for your friends, familys, cooworkers ...? I did a lot of them and when it is finished it warm twice 🙂 [...]

New kit news: Eduard to release a new-tool 1/48 P-51D Mustang in 2019

So it's confirmed. With the proverbial Tamiya shake-and-bake kit still to be considered a benchmark in kit engineering, challenged by recent new releases by Meng and Airfix... Eduard will be bringing us another 1/48 scale kit of the [...]

Paul Allen’s research vessel “Petrel” has found USS Hornet (CV-8)

17,500 feet down, with 140 of her crew still aboard. Lost at the Battle of Santa Cruz, the last US fleet carrier lost in combat. (link) Also here is the first report: (link)

iModeler January Awards

Once again it is time for our monthly retrospective - a look back at some of the notable articles posted at this site during January. This was a month, our community added another 203 new articles to iModeler, prompting an impressive 2,655 [...]

New kit news – Revell 1/144 Antonov An-225 Mirya

Here's a new kit from Revell that only hit the store shelves this Christmas. The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a super-heavy cargo aircraft that was designed by the Antonov Design Bureau during the 1980s. It ranks as the largest and heaviest [...]