iModeler Reviews

Reviews of scale model kits, products and publications.

Review: Tamiya 1/48 P-38F/G Lightning in Review Pt 1

2019 has continued to be a year of incredible new mold kits and pleasant surprises and most have become available in the last quarter of the year. Just in time for the Christmas holiday season. The P-38 Lightning is one of them. And [...]

Review: Meng 1/35 M4A3 Sherman review

Review: Some observations regarding the Tamiya P-38

First: it lives up to the hype. As someone who spent quite a bit of time around "Glacier Girl" when she was at Chino, Tamiya has definitely done their research. Not clear whether they did this off GG or the "White 33" [...]

Review: H-K Models 1/48 scale B-17G Flying Fortresshere it is with the full review

Utilized by the USAAF as a strategic weapon, the B-17 was a relatively fast, high-flying, long-range bomber with heavy defensive armament at the expense of bombload. When Seattle Times reporter Richard Williams first saw the Model 299 [...]

Review: RPG Models 1/35 MK.15 Phalanx review

Review: ICM 1/48 B-26B Invader Review

Review: KA Models 1/48 Bf-109G-10

Sometimes I feel like I am the last one to arrive at the dance. It always seems like when I get my hands on something new that many of you have not only seen it, but built it. So I was a little surprised when I came across this Bf-109 [...]

Review: Academy 1/144 B-1B Review

Review: CSM 1/35 Romfell Panzerwagen Review

Review: Airplane Porn! A big checkmark on the ol’ bucket list

I think I first saw a photo of the Red Arrows maybe 40+ some years ago, back when they were flying Gnat trainers. I was knocked dead by them. Over the years after, I used to say to myself, "I gotta go to the UK, and see the Red [...]