Anniversary of Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805
Thirty seconds of serious firepower as would be seen from enemy ship more than two centuries ago. Pretty impressive.
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iModeler Awards – September
Once again it's time for the editorial review of the last month's highlights. 107 new entries were posted to the Headlines in September, prompting no less than 1752 comments and 23444 individual article views.
All Headline contributions [...]
OMG! Airfix announces 1/48 Blenheim IF for 2018!
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To further ensure scale modelling immortality for this magnificent aircraft, we are excited to bring Workbench readers the exclusive news that a newly tooled example of the Bristol Blenheim Mk.IF will be taking its place in our ever [...]
Battle of Kasserine Pass/Tunisia Campaign Build Group Call
From February 19-25, 1943, the Allies fought their Axis foes in the Battle of Kasserine Pass. It was the first major land action by the American ground forces in the European Theatre of Operations (Operation Torch, early November, 1942, [...]
My award for the Eduard FW-190 F8 1/72
Hello dear board members,
this weekend I got my award for the model of the month, the Eduard FW-190 F8 in 1/72
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This is a very generous gift from iModeler, and I am very happy with that kit. It is the
Eduard Profipack 1:72 [...]
The iModeler Store has Landed!
Dear all,
Some time ago we announced that iModeler would become a startup company, and your incredibly positive reactions included calls for T-Shirts and other garment. Well, a couple of weeks have passed since, weeks we have spent drawing [...]
iModeler August Awards
With 119 new articles and a record-breaking 2065 comments, August was a sweet month here at iModeler with an abundance of great modeling to behold. Continuing our tradition, here is our selection of models and articles that we think have [...]
iModeler random award July 2017
Well, the postman arrived with this lovely prize from everyone's favourite modeling community, the sun is shining, the smell of pancakes is wafting from the kitchen, and the teenagers are sleeping in. And it's Saturday.
Thank you to Martin [...]
RIP John Alcorn
Noted scratchbuilt modeler John Alcorn died this past Sunday of complications of Alzheimers and congestive heart failure.
I first met John 45 years ago, when he walked into a meeting of Golden Gate IPMS in Berkeley, California, at the [...]
Peace at last for the brave men of the USS Indianapolis and their families.
In a world where it can be easy to succumb to cynicism through pessimistic images and events, there was some great news this week that after 72 years the Indianapolis was found at rest in the Philippine Sea. A civilian crew headed by Paul [...]
