iModeler Armor

All about AFV and related military model making.

Churchill AVRE with SBG Assault Bridge. 1/35.

The excellent AFV Club Churchill Mk.IV AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) with the Resicast SBG (Small Box Girder) Assault Bridge. The hull of the Churchill is packed full of ballast to counter the weight of the bridge.

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger (Henschel)

Here's one more Armor model for tonight. I built this King Tiger without zimmerit and its painted in the "Ambush" tri color scheme. The German tank manufacturing companies discontinued the use of Zimmerit paste in September [...]

1/35 Tamiya JS-3 Stalin Tank

Here's one fresh off the work bench. I just finished up the pastel weathering. It has been built for a little while, but was lacking the final details. It has Fruilmodel tracks, and I fabricated tow cables from copper wire. I used [...]

Hobby Boss 1/35 GMC with 40mm Bofors AAA.

This is the Hobby Boss GMC with 40mm Bofors, built OOB and finished with Vallejo acrylics, artists oils and pastel chalks.

1/35 Tamiya Jagdpanther (late)

This is my second article posted. I'm new to I-modeler and I have received a warm welcome from many. Thanks! I have a lot of finished models, mainly 1/48 aircraft (some 1/32) and 1/35 armor. My main interest is in the WW2 and Korean [...]

Review: Dragon 1/35 MIM-104B Patriot review

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Dragon’s ‘Black Label’ M103A2 Heavy Tank in 1/35th scale

It’s been quite a while since finishing my last project and this, as the title says, is Dragon’s ‘Black Label’ M103A2 Heavy Tank in 1/35th scale. I won’t bore you with a blow-by-blow account but I used the following additional [...]

Review: Trumpeter 1/35th BM-21 Grad Rocket Launcher review

Heavy Metal Car

I couldn't let my friend Dennis's 1/48 Tamiya armor kit go in answered. Here's my latest kit in quarter inch scale, the Tamiya Sd.Kfz.232. As Dennis has said numerous times, these kits go together fast with very little cleanup or [...]