iModeler How-to

Tips and solutions to improve your modelling techniques.

How To ...Stay Organized

Found this desktop folder holder at a garage sale. Has separations for 7 folders, or 7 sprues in alphabetical order! No more fumbling thru the box.

What is the best glue for model kits? - 'What is' Series - Ep.1Fortunes Of War Models

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Lessons being a YouTuber taught me. Pt. 1

to say the learning curve has been steep, is an understatement. Whilst i never thought it would just be a case or turning up and making videos and boom, i would be sucessful, i didnt honestly take into account the amount of work that would [...]

1/35 Camouflage Nets

I hope that this might be of help to some of our group and that I am not "teaching my grandmother how to suck eggs!" I've been trying for a while to find what I think is a better way of adding camouflage nets (camnets) for my [...]

Simple airbrush aids

I would like to share a few simple tips that you might find helpful during airbrushing. Often pieces are too delicate to push into Blu-Tack or to hold using an alligator clips. This tool is easily made of polystyrene or wood and holds [...]

Video: You Can't Go Back

Some thoughts about the Tamiya P-38 and the fun of building plastic scale models.

Video: Super Detailed BMW 2002tii Scale Model Car | Building the Hasegawa BMW2002tii with USCP Detail Sets

Some excellent advice

I ran across this in the "Pocket" reads that pop up on my homepage. I would say, from looking back with 20/10 hindsight on the past 40 years of my life, that this is absolutely some of the best advice I have ever read. I know for [...]

'How To' TutorialChipping 101

Join me and Jack(ie) T. Ripper as we show you how to get nice, shiny, natural metal chipping on your model using chipping fluid. Might contain several bad jokes and internet culture tropes. (link)

The importance of the research phase and build plan.

If you’re an old sweat when it comes to modelling, this article is more than likely to be teaching you to suck eggs, and you are probably unlikely to find anything new or helpful within it. However, if you are new or relatively new, you [...]