Commentary on current events or industry news
Kotare Models have announced that their first kit, K32001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid) is now available to pre-order. The production item will be shipping hopefully in late November-December 2022 subject to worldwide trade [...]
Hopefully I'm not violating any iModeler rules here... but here goes.
A few months ago an older modeler passed away, and his son asked us to take about 1800+ models (mostly aircraft) off his hands, only asking that we get them donated to [...]
So, some of you may have noticed over at the Eduard website that they have an actual historian writing their Wildcat history (with more to come). That would be yours truly, who was asked by Vlad if I would do that, and said [...]
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Air & Space Magazine finally does an article about modeling.
I have to say, myself, I love the modern kits - they're the kits I wanted way back then, accurate kits of the airplanes I loved. I look at the old kits and all I can [...]
Just want you all to know that if you correspond with our friend Bill Koppos, you may get an email from "William Koppos" from an email "
[email protected]" - while the "handle" is right, the server is [...]
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This looks a whole lot better than I was expecting it to. The CGI - which they had to have - looks close to "real."
Maybe this time, my hopes of a good movie will come true.
Ze Beeg Box from EdUard landed on the porch here at Le Chateau du Chat today.
Nothing brand new, but some nice re-releases of previous kits.
"Zero-Zero! A6M2 Zero Type 21 1941-1944" - limited double release. 1/48 Item [...]
Brett Green reports:
I am greatly saddened to report that prominent Ukrainian artist Valery Grygorenko was killed in a Russian attack near Kyiv yesterday. Even if you don't recognise the name you will almost certainly know his work, in [...]
The following companies are all in Kyiv:
My friend Eugen Evtushenko at Dora Wings has let me know everyone he knows in the scale modeling community are sheltering.
Armory Models Group
Big Planes Kits
A&A Models
Dora Wings
ICM [...]
On 19th of February 1942, just 73 days after the attack on Pearl Harbour (8th December 1941 Australian time) the Australian city of Darwin was bombed by the Japanese. The attack was led by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, who had also led the [...]
