iModeler Uncategorized

Anyone need paint?

The classified section seems to have disappeared, so... A year or so ago, a friend on a road trip came upon a hobby shop that was closing and stopped in to see what was left. Knowing I was a plastic modeler, he bought their entire [...]

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Statistics Facts About Addiction

The test-retest reliability of the drinking onset variable was good, with a kappa of 0.72 (Grant et al. 1995). Arkansas has more alcohol-related deaths per capita than a majority of states and a higher rate of underage drinking. Alcohol [...]

Somewhat Out of the Norm

The Tamiya family of 1/48th scale FockeWulf 190s have long been pilloried by certain elements of the modeling community as being heavily flawed, to the point where some have even stated that the kits aren't worth building. I've always [...]

325th FG P-51D Checkertail done!

Haven't posted much on this since in work photos of Tamiya's 1/32 P-51D abound on the net. I used Draw decals checkers after failing many times with masking and then trying to cut our my own. They fit quite well. Lots of Barracuda [...]

Odds and Ends: Various Subjects of a Scattered Mind

In a previous article, I mentioned to save space, cost, time, and sanity, I narrowed my collective focus to "Aviation, 1/48 scale, up to September 1945." Before that cut off decision was made, I dabbled in a lot of various [...]

The Airfix pilot dream

This is a short story regarding an old build, found here at (link), and published first on (link) . I hope you like it. The Airfix Pilot Dream Once I built a model, an Airfix Spitfire MK1A 1:72. I built it following the specifications, [...]

Покупайте с кешбэком на Rakuten ZenMarket jp товары из Японии с доставкой

В 2000 году акции  Rakuten появились на бирже JASDAQ и принесли ей доход в $600 млн. К этому его подтолкнула пережитая 1995 году трагедия — из-за [...]

Fujimi 1/24 Ford GT40 MkII'66 Le Mans

Hi there, This was being built in the background whilst I'm struggling with the Lysander. Something that kind of fell together. Some errors on my part. I forgot to put the rear view mirror in and made a bit of a mess of the tyre logos. The [...]

My collection of mini planes

My collection of mini tiger model planes. Lack the bf 109 very hard to find in France

Hydraulic Jack

Another weathering test subject. This time a simple hydraulic jack. What do you guys think? What I used to weather: Tamiya Black Panel Line solution Tamiya Brown Panel Line solution Mig Black and Light Rust pigments Another odd brand [...]