iModeler News

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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 [...]

iModeler July Awards

Once again it is time for our monthly retrospective - a look back at some of the notable articles posted at this site during July. First and foremost, July was an incredibly hot month for most of our members. Spending the days in an [...]

the June Major Award

Hey Fellow iModelers! My "Major Award" arrived this week! It was pretty cool to be awarded model of the month for June. Thanks to everyone at iModeler for the award and all the kind comments from all my extremely talented [...]

New 1/32 Liberators from Hobby Boss

Hobby Boss’s two 1/32 B-24s, much vaunted in recent months and previewed at Nuremberg Toy Fair in February, are now about to hit the hobby shelves. No price confirmed, and no in-box reviews that I can see yet, but I see that pre-orders [...]

May iModeler Winner Prize has Arriveth!

Just received my award for the 1/32 Ho-229 I submitted in May. A big thank you to the judges for selecting my model. I built the BM version of this excellent AMK kit and have big plans for this one. This is probably one of the best kits I [...]

iModeler June Awards

A bit of panic struck last week as we realized that it's already past the middle of July and time was really pressing to conclude our monthly contest. Today, after numerous discussions but without further ado, it is my sincere pleasure to [...]

iModeler May Awards

Once again it is time for our monthly retrospective - a look back at some of the notable articles posted on this site during May. It was an very good month, with 158 new entries adorning the headlines of iModeler during the period, [...]