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Interesting modeling videos found on Youtube, curated by the iModeler staff

Video: Working with Scale Drawings

Properly sized plans are extremely useful when building scale models. This video describes a convenient method for working with scale drawings.

Video: Tasca Asuka Sherman Suspension Tips

This video describes several construction methods of the Tasca Asuka Sherman VVS Suspension bogie. Tasca Asuka M4 Sherman models have long been acknowledged as the most accurate and this video will help modelers utilize their unique [...]

Video: Building Wingnut Wings 1/32 Fokker D.VII Interior, Engine and Cockpit

Video: Nürnberg 2018

Spielwarenmesse®, the international toy fair in Nuremberg/Germany. For more details about Spielwarenmesse® Nürnberg please visit : (link) Save the date! Spielwarenmesse® Nürnberg 30 January - 3 February 2019. Music copyright ® by [...]

Video: An Alternative to a Contour Gauge

This video explains why a contour gauge is not always a very good choice for scale modeling and demonstrates a more precise way to transfer contours.

Review: Airfix 1/48 Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 review

Video: Measuring Tools for Scale Modeling

Measuring tools are an essential to any scale modeling workbench. Here are several the measuring tools that I use most often. Here is a link to my webpage with additional information on more measuring tools for scale modeling [...]

Video: The Chopper

The Chopper II is an extremely handy tool to have on your modeling bench. Here is a simple addition that will make transferring measurements a lot easier.

Video: Expanding Your Horizons

This video demonstrates a simple technique for lengthening or widening structures of plastic models. The example here uses the hull correction for an Academy M12.

Video: Correcting the Trumpeter USS Texas Hull pt. 2

This video is the second part of the Trumpeter USS Texas and Trumpeter USS New York hull corrections.