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Coming June 17 on Hulu – “Das Boot”

Gonna have to be really good to be in the same ballpark with the original. Looks like there's more to the story - French Resistance, etc. (link)

Thank you iModeler

Just received my kit for the March awards! Finally gonna sleep with an Italian beauty. Thank you imodeler and congratulations to all!

New "Easy Eight" Sherman from Rye Field Model

If we needed any more proof that 2019 might be the year of the Sherman, Rye Field Model (RFM) just delivered it. The latest announcement in their line of 1/35 tanks covers the M4A3E8 Sherman, the last major variant of this vehicle. So lets [...]

RIP George Creed, iModeler contributor

Just got word this morning from a good friend that George Creed died Tuesday. Cause unknown at this time. I really don't like news of young whippersnappers who aren't as old as I am shuffling off prematurely like this. It would take a [...]

Big Thanks: iModeler March Award

I want to thank Martin & the iModeler team for selecting me to receive the March iModeler award. I know this is a "picked out of a hat" award, but I literally have never won anything in the last 68 years of my life (if you [...]

Best in Show Award, January 2019 – Su-34, Hellduck from Kitty Hawk

What a momentous day - the illusive Hellduck is snarling on my bench! Notoriously difficult to spot in our temperate lands, this particular breed is the stuff of legends. So far I just heard tales from far away about this great beast, all [...]

Mosonshow 2019 – A Preview

The 23rd edition of the Mosonshow is about to take place on the 27th and 28th of April. As the largest scale modelling event on the European continent, Mosonshow has become a focal point and a “must go” for many modellers – as last [...]

New Sherman from Meng in the Pipeline

Oh boy... after last year's Panther frenzy, it looks like Meng is going Allied. They just announced their upcoming M4A3(76)w - a Sherman with the 76mm gun in T23 turret that is. Looking at the 3D renderings and reading Meng's description, [...]

RIP: LCOL Richard Cole – last Doolittle Raider

The last Doolittle Raider, LCOL Richard Cole, who flew the mission as Doolittle's co-pilot, died yesterday at 103. (link)

iModeler March Awards

It's time for our look back at some of the excellent work posted on iModeler during March. With 220 new articles, 2,291 comments and 53,500 individual article reads, this month really picked up the pace. According to our long-standing [...]