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Hello everyone. This is a short note to let you know it's official.
Our website owner / admin Martin (the wonderful fellow who has made Imodeler possible), has kindly given permission for us to have this brand new group build, held in [...]
Hello again everyone. Most of you will know by now that we recently lost a great person, and fellow Imodeler who was also a well known and accomplished author. Topping this off, Jim was very passionate model builder too.
Jim Sullivan [...]
All,
It is with the greatest of sadness that I write to inform you that our friend Jim Sullivan has passed.
Jim has been a fixture of my life since 1973, when he became one of the first aerospace photography "heavy hitters" to [...]
New 1/35 Nato weapon sets from Magic Factory, it's said to be released May some time.
Nice way to start the day.
Step outside to check the weather forecast against personal experience (we definitely now have Spring after the longest winter I remember in 50 years here in L.A.) and I almost tripped over the box sitting on [...]
This is a story about honouring an Australian World War Two pilot, but I need to start with the historical and cultural context.
Today, 25th April, is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand.
The Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (ANZAC) [...]
Just heard that Norris Graser died of a heart attack this past Sunday. Man! That is such a shock! I was emailing with him 2 weeks earlier; he asked me for some ideas of "P-47s not previously done to death" from my research for [...]
Here are a few pics from one of Canada's larger model shows, held yesterday at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum near Hamilton, Ontario. This gathering was the largest show in the 15 year history of the event, with over 1000 models. [...]
Hello again everyone.
This is just a friendly reminder to let you know that our highly successful Korean War Group will come to a close in late July.
This group followed the actual dates of the so called "Police Action", which [...]
The Concours d’Miniature
The Concours d’ Miniature is a first of it’s kind event solely created to celebrate the best model car builders in the world. Based on the great Concours d’Elegance’s of the world, the Concours [...]
