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iModeler April Awards

by Boris Rakic on May 21, 2019 · in News · 18 ≡

It's time for our look back at some of the excellent work posted on iModeler during April. 219 new articles prompted 2,371 comments and 66,300 individual article reads, making it an impressive month indeed. According to our long-standing [...]

On This Day…May 20th.

by david leigh-smith on May 20, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 15 ≡

On May 20th, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in New York, bound for Paris and a place in the history books. The flight and the man are the stuff of legend, his deeds famous and infamous in equal proportion. On the [...]

Detail I’ve never seen – Japanese Aircraft Detail

by Jeff Bailey on May 20, 2019 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Greetings, fellow iModelers! I was watching a short 1952 movie entitled "Okinawa." In it were some great shots of Japanese pilots (actually filmed by Japanese photographers) manning their planes (dive & torpedo bombers) [...]

Eject! Eject! Eject! Jolly Rogers F-14A continues

by Rob Anderson on May 19, 2019 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Chuck has an excellent review of this kit today, and I can tell you it builds like a dream. One area it needs attention from though is the seats. I bought Eduard Brassin seats, modified the cushions to the non-ribbed type, added a few [...]

Eduard FW-190 A5 1/72: Oblt. Rolf Strohal, I./JG 1 Deelen, The Netherlands

by Andreas Fey on May 19, 2019 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Hi everybody, After a long abstinence I am back today with the type model, which I think I know best. I have dedicated myself to the "weekend kit" of the FW-190 A5 from Eduard in 1/72 and added a set of etched parts to it. I have [...]

Review: Tamiya 1/48 Grumman F-14A Tomcat

by Chuck A. Villanueva on May 19, 2019 · in Reviews · 14 ≡

The iconic F-14 has been retired since 2006 from USN service. 13 years ago, doesn't feel that way. Iran still flies the few they have left. And here is the "new " Tamiya F-14A kit, and yet it has been out into our hot little [...]

1/72 Horsa Glider. D-Day, Operation Deadstick – Part 2 of 3

by Manuel Magrinho on May 19, 2019 · in Figures · 8 ≡

Hi all! To go along (abord 🙂 ) my recently finished Horsa glider (posted last month), I've been painting some airborne troops. Not much to say about it, they are not very good, but there are not much on the market... And the 'artist'... [...]

Airfix 1/72 Ju 87B-1 Stuka

by Marty Sanford on May 19, 2019 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Here is my 1/72 Airfix Ju 87B-1, kit #A03087, my first model completed this year. Eduard PE Interior, 73-543; Canopy mask CX 436. Rear gunner’s MG 15 is a resin and brass Eduard “Brassin” item. Kit pilot’s canopy was separated from [...]

On This Day…May 19th.

by david leigh-smith on May 19, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 5 ≡

A sumptuous photograph of a Spitfire Mk VB of the 92nd RAF Squadron flying over Kent in May 19th 1941. Their emblem with the motto, ‘Fight or Die’. The Bismarck at sea, seen from the Prinz Eugen On the 19th of May, 1941. F4U-4 [...]

McLaren 570S

by IAN JACKSON on May 19, 2019 · in Automotive · 6 ≡

RoG's McLaren 570S all done, finished in Tamiya TS21 Gold, with Semi Gloss Black and Alclad Dark Aluminium details. Interior is my own 'cream' and 'light black' acrylic mixes. The CF decals are from Ka Models of Korea (highly recommended). [...]