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Telford kit news – Zoukei-Mura

After a premiere three or so years ago, Zoukei-Mura's has come to be an appreciated presence at Scale Modelworld. Today this company has been announcing three forthcoming kits: 1/32 scale Heschel Hs 129 1/72 and 1/144 scale(!) Horten Ho [...]

Telford kit news – Tamiya 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 preview

Tamiya have been showing all the sprues of their forthcoming 1/48 scale Bf 109G-6. This kit is apparently ready for production, but it will probably be released at the beginning of the next year.

Telford kit news – Airfix 1/48 Bristol Blenheim preview

Airfix teases us with a 3D-printed prototype of their upcoming Bristol Blenheim in48th scale. Although looking a bit rough due to the printing process, this kit already looks very promising. We will keep watching the kit's progress until [...]

Telford kit news – Airfix 1/72 Vickers Wellington preview

Due to be released next May, the Wellington Mk Ic looks to be a stunner of a kit! Seeing this amount of interior detail in 72nd scale shows how far Airfix has come over the past couple of years.

Telford kit news – Airfix 1/72 B-25 Mitchell preview

One of the iconic planes from WWII, the B-25 Mitchell gets a proper treatment in 72nd scale. The C/D version is due to be released in December by Airfix. The built-up model sure looks the part!

Telford kit news – Airfix 1/48 Hawker Sea Fury preview

There is something uniquely appealing about the Fleet Air Arm's colour scheme - and the new Airfix Hawker Sea Fury surely rocks it! Another release due for Christmas, it will definitely find its way on our wish list.

Telford kit news – Airfix 1/72 Phantom preview

in time for Christmas, Airfix will be releasing the Phantom FG.1 in 72nd scale. The built-up kit shows not only the typical extended front landing gear used for carrier operations, but also a bunch of stencils and a nicely detailed cockpit.

Starting Telford

The weather is bad, the queues seemingly looonger than ever... (indeed the line was huge this morning!). Let the show begin... New to me is the fact that as iModeler is a company now, we’re here for the first time with official media [...]

Reporting Live from Scale Modelworld 2017

The IPMS UK Scale Modelworld 2017 in Telford is on this weekend. Watch the iModeler headlines today for comprehensive coverage from the event. We have also set up a dedicates Scale Modelworld Channel to let you bookmark or share a link to [...]

Telford, here we come….

It's time for the 2017 edition of Scale Modelworld, The IPMS UK championship traditionally held in Telford, Shropshire. For the duration of the event, Telford will become the centre of the known modeling universe... The iModeler party will [...]