iModeler News

Commentary on current events or industry news

Just arrived, new Airfix Spitfire Mk Vb

For winning the random draw for the last month I received the Airfix Spitfire Mk Vb. Here is the box up on my Spitfire shelf in the study. The molding is excellent and the instructions appear to be CAD generated. Now I need to move the [...]

Celebrating the 3rd Annversary of iModeler

Besides our succesful coverage of Scale Modelworld in Telford, November marked another milestone - the 3rd anniversary of iModeler. Wow! Incidentally, at the same time we have also passed another symbolic threshold - 4,000 headline [...]

Product news - Zvezda

In Telford, Zvezda had been showing their just-released 1/48 scale Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber. It's a long-overlooked subject, and the kit is certainly looking good on the sprues!

Product news – Meng

Here's a forthcoming 1/72 scale Meng Convair F-106 Delta Dart Interceptor, apparently an almost production-ready kit.

Product news – Kinetic

In Telford, Kinetic has been showing their forthcoming kit releases. These include, among other items, a 1/24 scale P-47D Razorback. There were also seemingly almost complete sets of sprues for 1/48 Super Etendard and a Sukhoi Su-33 [...]

Product news – Zoukei-Mura

In Telford, Zoukei-Mura had their forthcoming 1/32 scale Dornier Do 335 on display, and it sure looked like a very impressive kit! A surprising news from the same company is the forthcoming 1/48 scale... F-4J Phantom. The depicted model is [...]

Product news – Gaspatch Models

Gaspatch Models' second 1/48 kit will be the Henschel Hs 123. The company has been showing an advanced prototype of the kit, which according to the company is only months away from release. What do you think - I'd say OMG!

Scale Modelworld – New releases by Airfix

Airfix surprised today with an incredible array of new and projected kits at their Telford stand. There's really too much to describe here, so we'd rather let the pictures speak for themselves. Looking forward to everyone's comments... [...]

Time for Scale Modelworld!

The weather is dreadful, the traffic is jammed, the lines are long - time for Scale Modelworld 2015! Watch this space for live reports from the show during the day 🙂 (link)

What iModeler is all aboutin 2 minutes flat (video)

We think that iModeler is a cooler type of hobby community, but how does one explain its qualities in a concise manner? Well, how about a video - we have prepared a short explainer clip for iModeler. Our new visitors are now able to view [...]