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1/24 Revell / Monogram Scarab, Done, Finito, Finished.

I built this years ago and it was a glue bomb. I wanted to go back and give her another try. There is still a few woogies here and there, but I am happy with the results. The only modification I made was to add a top half of a engine under [...]

A Very large container was delivered to the factory today! Very large!…….

Thank you Martin, I never expected this much fun. And thank everyone for all of your nice comments. Woo Hoo! This kit is going to be a fun one. This is the kit I chose from Martins contest. The Commandant is reviewing the instructions. [...]

The Worlds (almost) smallest model. See if you can see it on the first picture….

I'm putting this dio together for a friend. It is a precast base and stone road. I have added a war damaged wall to the background. But where is the model?, see the last image. Most of the time when I do a diorama for someone else I will [...]

1/48 Tamiya Blue Nose Bodney Diorama

iModeler September Awards

Once again it's time to award a selection of last month's contributions here at iModeler. September was another busy month, bringing exactly 100 headline articles and 2198 readers' comments. As usual, we're awarding the iModeler Best in [...]

Honey I shrunk the model!!!

OK it's the old giant toy quarter trick. But I have to say I have never seen it done. In the second photo the real quarter is on the left. Sorry about the photos but it is hard to hold still when you are laughing. Who says you can't have [...]

Johnnie Johnson's MK392

The Spitfire IXe was a development of the standard Spitfire IX that inverted the position of the 20mm cannons and replaced the outboard .30 caliber machine guns with .50 caliber weapons in the wing position formerly occupied by the [...]

So!.... how about a bit of a teaser?..........

this is a repop of the Monogram 1/24 scale Scarab rear engine race car. I built this same model years ago, and I built a glue bomb. Now I want to set the record right. More to come... California Steve.

Ace-signed copies of “Fabled Fifteen” now available.

There are 68 copies of the newly-published hardback edition of "Fabled Fifteen" available, signed by LCDR Jim Duffy of VF-15, the last living fighter pilot to have scored victories at the Marianas Turkey Shoot and the Battles of [...]

VALLEY CON 2015 — The 25th Anniversary Edition, kicking it up several notches!

Well, after twenty four consecutive years of producing one of Southern California's top model building contests and exhibitions, we are going to kick it up several notches ! The attached flyer will give you the details but we're moving [...]