iModeler News

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2016, A year in review

Well I was able to complete 4 of the 12 subjects in 2016, though I was also able to start 10 of the 12. With 4 new projects on the bench with 3 older projects still on going. Even one unplanned build was completed. So all in all it was [...]

My Modelling Year (Theme)

Having recently completed my final project for 2016, I wanted to look back at the 'modelling year' to review the annual plan hopefully to find I hadn't deviated from it too much. In terms of subject, the weighting was towards dioramas and [...]

October Imodeler “Random Award”

I want to take this time and thank the staff of Imodeler. I was chosen as the lucky winner for the month of October for the random award. I had by chance joined Imodeler earlier that month. Since then I have made some new friends and [...]

Announcing iModeler October Awards

All the work and excitement of Scale Modelworld made us more than a bit late with the announcement of the October iModeler Awards. I'll blame it on the fact that more than half of our judging team was kept busy in Telford! Now let's have [...]

Telford 2016: New kit releases from Revell

Revell presented their all-new 1/32 Messerschmitt Me 262B Night Fighter. The completed demonstration model looked really impressive, including things like open slats, detailed engine and gun bays as well as delicately moulded radar [...]

Heading for Scale Modelworld 2016?

This coming weekend, modelers from all over Europe (and indeed, the World) will be meeting in Telford for the annual IPMS Scale Modelworld. By Friday I will be on a plane to Manchester to join the crowd, meeting up with my friends @magnusf [...]

My Best of iModeler Prize

I want to thank iModeler again for the recognition, and the prize and just received. I just started working on the MiG-29 I won last year and this will be a really nice addition to my collection of U.S. and Russian jets. Can't wait to get [...]

iModeler September Awards

Time for another iModeler retrospective, looking back at our collective activity in September. The month brought a total of 90 new headline articles and 1166 comments. It is worth noting that we also passed the 5,000 articles threshold, a [...]

IPMS Race City Modelers October Meeting

Here is some pictures from our October meeting at Hobby Town USA in Mooresville, NC. Show and tell was a little sparse this month but what was there I think was pretty dang good. The store owner said he is going to have another plastic [...]

IPMS Race City Modelers September Meeting

The IPMS Race City Modelers had their September meeting this past Sunday. There was a wide variety of models for show and tell reflecting the diversified interests of our membership.