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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 [...]

iModeler May Awards

Once again it is time to announce the results of our monthly new content roundup - the iModeler Awards. 99 new articles were added to the iModeler's headline page during May, prompting just over 1,000 comments. The level of workmanship on [...]

iModeler April Awards

Time to announce a new round of iModeler Awards. Familiar to all our registered members, the ongoing iModeler contest is designed to promote great content and modeling stories on the web. To that end, all Headline entries at this site are [...]

Stunning Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 Dora in 1/5 scale

While my extensive coverage of the Moson Model Show is over, I couldn't resist sharing this one more thing. Besides all the variety of modeling on display, the proverbial show-stopper of the event was this 1/5 scale Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 [...]

Moson Model Show 2015 – Part 15 (1/35 armor, final part)

Time to round off our photo tour of the incredible 2015 Moson Model Show. Thanks for watching! Here's a further selection of 1/35 armor models. Check this space for many more photos from the show. Note: If you were participating in the [...]