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43 years of age, 36 of which I spent glueing plastic parts together. Living near Vienna, Austria. Military history buff, mainly US since the 20th century.

Built tanks and vehicles exclusively for all but 20 years, got into planes and then ships. And sooner or later will attempt to paint figures without sucking at it. Yeah...

Have been working in advertising and web design my whole career, I recently switched from producing stuff to teaching stuff, training people in the fields of project management and teamwork.

iModeler February Awards

Once again it is time for our monthly retrospective - a look back at some of the notable articles posted at this site during February. With 175 new articles, 2,027 comments and 47,000 individual article reads, this was a very good February [...]

Review: Build Review – Airfix 1/48 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IF

Building the Airfix Blenheim does not differ from any other aircraft – construction starts with the cockpit. So instead of walking through the whole routine I will focus on what my particular experience and thoughts are. There are a [...]

Academy 1/48 F-4C Phantom II

I built this one almost two years ago, but never got around to posting pics. And looking at them now, I think I know why - something is off with the lighting, and I guess it's about time to try it once again. Anyway, the kit is the well [...]

iModeler January Awards

Once again it is time for our monthly retrospective - a look back at some of the notable articles posted at this site during January. This was a month, our community added another 203 new articles to iModeler, prompting an impressive 2,655 [...]

Takom’s New Kit Announcements

With the Nuremberg Toy Fair in full swing, 'tis the time for manufacturers to let us have a peek at what's coming. And Takom does not disappoint with their previews of 1/35 vehicles... The Bergepanzer 2 is an armored recovery vehicle based [...]

New 1/48 A-26 Invader on the Horizon

ICM just released their 2019 catalogue, and it features these gems: 48281 - B-26B-50 Invader, Korean War American Bomber 48282 - A-26B-15 Invader, WWII American Bomber With the Monogram kit a bit long in the tooth, and the MustHave! Models [...]

iModeler December Awards

Once again it is time for our monthly retrospective - a look back at some of the notable articles posted at this site during December. This was a month with some incredible entires - and our community added another 250 new articles to [...]

Review: iModeler Review – Airfix 1/48 Hawker Hunter F.6

Airfix Hawker Hunter F.6 Scale: 1/48 Kit No: A09185 A modern tooling of this British classic that was long overdue. Airfix' mold quality has again improved, surface detail could still be more refined. Three marking options from two [...]

New Airfix Releases 2019

Airfix just released their 2019 catalogue, and amidst the usual re-releases of all sorts of stuff, there are are some new kits - and what looks like to be new cooperations between Airfix and other manufacturers. So let's take a look at [...]

2018 in Review

Here's a look at what's been happening on my bench during the past twelve months. 2018 was a bit armor-heavy, appologies for that 😀 Tamiya 1/35 Crusader Mk. III A quick fun build to test the AK Real Color line of paints. It's a re-box [...]