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Hi, my name is Martin; I am the orginal inventor of iModeler, and proud webmaster of this site.
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Images of the Battle of Britain… (part 2)

Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. On this day in 1940, the Luftwaffe embarked on their largest bombing attack yet, forcing the engagement of the entirety of the RAF in defence of London and the South East, which [...]

Images of the Battle of Britain… (part 1)

Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. On this day in 1940, the Luftwaffe embarked on their largest bombing attack yet, forcing the engagement of the entirety of the RAF in defence of London and the South East, which [...]

iModeler August Awards

Dear all, it's high time for our monthly iModeler retrospective, this time looking back at our August entries. 122 articles were added to the headlines by 54 authors, prompting no fewer than 1842 comments. That's equivalent to 16 comments [...]

Airfix 1/72 Gloster Gladiator stop-motion build

(link) Found on Youtube today is this animated build of Airfix 1/72 Gloster Gladiator by Tom Grigat. Don't ask me how the video was done - I have no idea, but it sure is beautiful!

Airfix’s next big bomber in 1/72 scale revealed

Airfix next four-engine bomber release in 1/72 scale has been revealed at the company's blog. Coming in 2016 is the new-tool Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress. Accompanying this welcome anouncement were the attached series of 3D CAD screenshots [...]

Forthcoming 1/32 Mirage III from Italeri

Recently Italeri has published a finalized boxart and some preview images of a forthcoming Dassault Mirage IIIC in 1/32 scale. No release date has been revealed at this point, but it wouldn't be surprising to see this kit on the shelves [...]

Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton – preview

Airfix has released the boxart, detailed CAD images of their forthcoming 1/72 scale Avro Shackleton. These are also photos of the assembled test-shot model. It sure looks to be an impressive kit! Its estimated release date is December 1st.

iModeler Awards – July

July used to be a slow month in modeling. In sheer numbers, this is noticeable - 66 articles were added to the headlines during the month. Luckily, they prompted no fewer than 1301 comments and we certainly didn't experience any lack of [...]

iModeler June Awards

With a little bit of delay due to the Summer holiday season, it is my pleasure to announce the June iModeler Award Winners. New and would-be members of iModeler please note: Every month, all articles posted among the Headlines are [...]

Amazing naval dioramaKamikaze attack on USS Missouri, 11 April 1945

The fabulous naval diorama of Operation Ten-Go (the last sortie of the Battleship Yamato) by @anthonyp Anthony Polychroniadis reminded me of anoter naval diorama seen in Telford last year which commemorated a moment from the same battle [...]