iModeler News

Commentary on current events or industry news

All Good Things Come in Twos?

One cannot help but notice a trend in the scale modelling world: Whatever your area of interest is, chances are there are certain gaps in the lineup of available kits (unless, of course, you are into German WWII armor). These gaps are here [...]

WnW 1/32 Lanc

Coming in 2019...

CSM Nieuport XVII (Early and Late versions)

A preview of Copper State Models’ new 1/32 Nieuport, together with a selection French figures. They state they hope to have all available at atelford in November. ————- Stop Press! This just in... (link)

Airfix announces a 1/48 Spitfire F.R.XIV for 2019!

Finally! A new tool Spitfire XIV! (link)

8,000 Articles on iModeler!

On November 4th, 2012, the first article was posted by a member of our community - and quite fittingly for the iModeler logo, it was an article about the Spitfire. Fast forward to today, we just reached our 8,000th article. There is so [...]

iModeler August awards

At the beginning of each month the iModeler editorial team takes a look back to highlight some of the notable contributions to iModeler during the month that ended. Today I'm pleased to announce the results of our August [...]

Hasegawa returns from Na-nu Na-nu Land (lower prices!)

Hasegawa has dropped their exclusive importer arrangement with @#$^%$$@#@! Stevens International - which company should be taken out and hung by their heels from a streetlight in front of a gas station, where modelers can do to them what [...]

iModeler is encrypted with https

Dear all, As of today, iModeler uses https for all users and visitors. This means that whenever you access our site, your browser will send and receive data from it using a secure, encrypted connection. This will be indicated by the [...]

You Say It's Yer Birthday... It's My Birthday, Too!

Yes, guys, you're correct. Today is indeed my birthday, and I wanted to give a big thank you to Martin and the team for the unexpected birthday present of a 1:1 Short Sunderland V Flying Boat! Wow! Talk about lost for words! The guy on the [...]

David Hannant 1930-2018

David Hanant, Scale Modeling's greatest friend, passed yesterday, August 31, after a short illness. David was my good friend for the past 20 years, since we met at the IPMS-USA Convention in San Jose in 1998. He was a strong supporter of [...]