iModeler Reviews

Reviews of scale model kits, products and publications.

Review: Tamiya 1/12 Yamaha VX1600 Roadstar review

Review: Notes on assembling the Tamiya P-38

While this model will be completed over the weekend, it won't be reviewed at Modeling Madness (first place of publication) till November 7, since Scott went and played hooky and gave himself a life this week, pushing the reviews back a [...]

Review: Zvezda 1/72 SU-57 review

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 [...]