iModeler July Awards
Once again it is time for our monthly retrospective - a look back at some of the notable articles posted at this site during July.
First and foremost, July was an incredibly hot month for most of our members. Spending the days in an ice-filled bath tub would have been a valid pastime, still we had 117 new entries adorning the headlines, prompting an impressive 1,651 comments and 26,000 individual article reads.
According to our long-standing tradition we are giving away a pair of awards as a token of appreciation to our contributors. The jury panel this month were @aisak, @editor, @gregax, @halvarvonflake, @magnusf and @raikisan.
Every month, all Headline contributions are included in our traditional honorary prize draw. We're looking for the entries that represent the month's highlight in terms of modeling quality and presentation. We also allot an award to a randomly chosen article to emphasize that all contributions to this site deserve recognition.
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iModeler Best in Show - July 2018
Dmitry Ryzhenkov has been around at iModeler for a while now, and his builds never fail to impress. Point in case: His Modelsvit Tu-22. Dmitry not only improved the kit's control surfaces, but managed to pull off a convincing worn natural metal finish. Also noteworthy are the pictures which make you forget you are looking at a 72nd scale plane!
imodeler.com/2018/07/tupolev-22kdp-1-72-modelsvit/
But wait, there is more! – the Random Award
We are also awarding a prize as a token of appreciation to all our contributors. This is selected through an entirely random draw among all the entries of the month. This time, our lucky winner is G. Ley and his scratchbuilt aircraft hangar in 48th scale.
imodeler.com/2018/07/so-youve-built-a-1-48-hanger-but/
Honorable Mentions: Our 10 Fabulous Finalists
(in no particular order)
1. Charles King - Business as usual – ‘After the war’
2. Yi Xudong - Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder Block 10
3. Anthony Alvear - USS Indianapolis CA-35 Heavy Cruiser 1945
4. Carl Christensen - Star wars ‘Battle of Hoth’
5. jonghwan Lee - 1/32 Jeannin Stahltaube
6. roger fabrocini - Airfix 1:72 B-25C/D as a USMC PBJ-1D
7. David Polak - 1/35 M151A2 “jappas” in IDF service
8. Roman Fittl - Oosterbeek, Niederlande, 17. September 1944
9. Tolga ULGUR - 1/32 Eduard P-40N Warhawk “Lulu Belle”
10. Ulf Lundberg - HMS Zinnia in 1:350
Congrats Dmitry, well done everyone
Hello dears! Very unexpected and good news! I thank the site administration and jury for such a high appreciation of my work. July really surprised us all not only with its hot weather, but also very interesting models. You all did a good job and showed the results of the work. Well done to ALL! I always look at your models with interest. Thank you!
Congratulations Dmitry. Well deserved. And congratulations to everyone...great work by all.
Congratulations to all contributors.
Lots of fabulous models. Great forum.
Regards, Dirk
Winners one and all in my book...congratulations to every one of you - !
Congratulations to all of you. Very good work!
Great work by all. Dmitry's Tu-22 is a true stand-out on all levels - assembly and finish and a thoroughly realistic result.
Well done to all
Lovely photos of some great models
All very well deserved!
Bravo!
Great choices! Congrats to all!
A deserving winner! Congrats to all - lots of excellent modeling going on as usual.
Thanks for the honorable mention to my work, and congratulations to the winner, greetings.
Damn, that TU-22 is just gorgeous, Dmitri. Love it all over.
Congrats to Dimitry for a job beautifully done. The finalists' works were superb.
Congratulations to the winners!
Dioramas are simply gorgeous, especially Star Wars!))
Congrats !
Well deserved to all,
and a particularly hard decision to make again this month... I wouldn't want to be a judge trying to pick just one.
Well done to the winners and all honorable mention participants. Also a thank you, personally, for even including me, among a bunch of wonderful modelers.