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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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Camouflage and Markings – Hawker Hurricane in the Battle of Britain

The following profile artwork is displayed by kind permission of Mr Rick Kent – Ed. At the end of June 1940, following the fall of France, the majority of the RAF's 36 fighter squadrons were equipped with Hurricanes. Both the [...]

Eduard 1/72 Lavochkin La-7

Officially finished my 3rd model this year. This is Eduard's 1/72 scale Lavochkin La-7, initiated one year previously as a quick OOB project. It is one of Eduard's early mainstream kits and I regrettably rank it as one of the company's [...]

iModeler September Awards

Once again it's time to award a selection of last month's contributions here at iModeler. September was another busy month, bringing exactly 100 headline articles and 2198 readers' comments. As usual, we're awarding the iModeler Best in [...]

iModeler August Awards

It is high time to announce the results of our friendly August competition. There's an explanation to the delay; the level of workmanship on display at this site during August was really as good as it gets, resulting in what came to be one [...]

Meet your new modeling self

Almost two years ago I had a privilege of posting the very first article at iModeler and have been closely watching the development of this community ever since. I cannot tell you how excited I am about all the wonderful submissions to the [...]

How about modeling an entire airport?

(link) Found on YouTube. This is allegedly the biggest model airport diorama in the World, displayed at MiWuLa (Miniatur Wunderland) in Hamburg. I want one! (link)

iModeler July Awards

It is high time again to announce our monthly winners. With the warm summer weather spreading across the northern hemisphere, July was a bit slower than usual with regard to modeling activity. At iModeler, it still meant 90 new headline [...]

How-to: Getting that worn look to an aircraft’s camouflage using dry pigments

A wee tutorial of getting that worn look to an aircraft’s camouflage by working with dry pigments. This is part of an ongoing video blog by Mr. Gary "Making Models Again" Bottoms. Example kit in this case is the Airfix 1/72 [...]

iModeler June Awards

Time to announce the winners of the iModeler July Competition. A month that brought us an excessive D-Day Anniversary celebration and a total of 111 new articles followed by 1798 users' comments. As per our usual procedure, we are [...]

A Real Lady – Airfix 1/48 Spitfire PR XIX

Following the last year's review of the 1/48 Airfix Spitfire PR Mk XIX by Tom Cleaver, this is one of these kits I just had to lay my hands on. The idea was a simple out-of-the box project with a single-color paint scheme giving a chance [...]