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The Big Move

I'm writing these words during my morning commute, after a busy night and a just completed transfer of iModeler to its new hosting center. After weeks of planning, rehearsal, long evenings at the computer, checking an rechecking - we have [...]

RIP Ed Maloney, 1928-2016

My friend Ed Maloney died yesterday afternoon of complications from heart problems. Very few people can say that they changed things single-handedly, but Ed Maloney did. As everyone at every air museum around the world I have ever spoken [...]

Imodeler helps build model airplanes in Russia

I am pleased. I received the prize for the Best in Show victory in May with my model of Grigorovich M-5: (link) The prize I selected is the set of microtubues. These microtubes are essential for rigging in my models. With Imodeler.com I [...]

Two Oldies Join Forces

Italeri came out with the Opel Maultier years ago and along with the older Tamiya FLAK 2 cm Quad I brought them together in my multitudes of vehicles. Neither kit is of the high quality found in today's kits but there is enjoyment in [...]

iModeler July Awards

I hope you'd agree that with the outpour of new model presentations that we enjoy these days, iModeler remains a premium source of modeling inspiration. Let's hold on to that feeling by looking back at some of the notable additions in [...]

Very Happy Winner!!

As the lucky winner for June I was fortunate to receive the 1/32 scale Kitty Hawk OV 10 A/C. Many thanks to all the staff here for voting for my Adler kit and of all of you out there who posted such wonderful and encouraging comments, I [...]

IPMS Race City Modelers July Meeting

The IPMS Race City Modelers had our July meeting yesterday. George Witters gave a demonstration on working with Aves epoxy and John Loner led a discussion on types of adhesives used in plastic modeling. Race City Modelers is entering the [...]

Announcing June iModeler Awards

It's time for the June retrospective at iModeler - a look back at some of the last month's notable postings. June brought 62 new headline articles that prompted no fewer than 1000 comments. As per our tradition, we are awarding the Best [...]

Announcing iModeler May Awards

Once again it is time for our monthly retrospective - a look back at some of the notable March additions at iModeler. Altogether, 84 new articles were posted to the headlines during the period, prompting a healthy 989 comments. As per our [...]

Kraków Model Fest 2016 (Festiwal Modelarski – Kraków 2016), Poland, June 11-12

On 11th and 12th June 2016, in Kraków, Poland, Kraków Model Festival will take place. It will be hosted by the Kraków Polish Aviation Museum which has been scored as eighth world's best aviation museum by CNN television. Both plastic [...]