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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.

Water wings extraordinary

A legacy of my unfinished book project that I had been working on previously is that I find enjoyment in browsing and researching historic archives on the web. Having a few spare hours today I found a wonderful photo collection from the [...]

Announcing January iModeler Awards

Let's have a look back at some of the notable iModeler contributions in January. The month brought 118 new headline articles and 1836 comments - a very good month with many fantastic models on display. As per our tradition, we are awarding [...]

1:72 Polikarpov I-3, from Small Stuff [video]

(link) Can't help but marvel at Tom Grigat's stop-motion modeling videos at Youtube. This time he goes really tiny with 1:72 Polikarpov I-3, a fine resin kit from Small Stuff. Enjoy. The same kit has been built recently by Pavel [...]

Delivering the iModeler Award

During the four years of the iModeler monthly contest, we have happily managed to deliver around 100 kit prizes to modelers in all corners of the globe. When Stellan Schroeder Englund was elected the winner of our December award, I [...]

About Marmite chipping [video]

I've recently learned about using Marmite instead of salt as a masking medium for chipping, and I immediately fell in love with the idea. Before trying it out on my current project, I've found this very useful video tutorial from Tom [...]

iModeler December Awards

In the context of iModeler, the year 2016 will be remembered for the solid stream of fantastic modeling inspiration. One last remaining action is looking back at our December contributions. It is my pleasure to announce the December [...]

Camouflage & Markings – English Electric Lightning

The English Electric Lightning is one of those iconic aircraft of the Cold War era. It was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric, a company that subsequently came to be absorbed by the newly formed British Aircraft [...]

Amazing hand-painted 1/35 Mil Mi-24 Hind

A picture in Rob's latest Friday Briefing showing a Hungarian Mi-24 Hind painted as a bird reminded me of this, the Best in Show winner at this year's Moson Model Show. This 1/35 scale Hungarian Air Force Mi-24 Hind “Csőrike 2” was [...]

iModeler November Awards

It's time for the year's final Awards announcement. As our regular readers would know, our way of celebrating the authors at iModeler is awarding monthly kit prizes among the contributions of the month. November was a very prolific [...]

Camouflage & Markings – McDonnell F2H Banshee (Part 2)

In contrast with the profiles posted in the first part of this article, the later versions of the F2H Banshee offered a rather greater variety of color schemes. These late-production Banshees also looked quite different from the [...]