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On This Day…January 6th

by david leigh-smith on January 6, 2019 · in News · 9 ≡

On the 6th January, 1945 the USS Columbia (CL-56) was assisting in pre-invasion bombardments in Lingayen Gulf. Having narrowly missed being kit by a Japanese Zero just moments before (photo below; did that photographer have some guts...) [...]

We had some real fun but it's time to say "Good-Bye".

by paul teixeira on January 5, 2019 · in Uncategorized · 29 ≡

Well. I am officially saying good-bye to all for some time, actually 3.5 to 4 years. I enjoyed my time so much participating with this wonderful group of model makers and enthusiasts. I truly believe this is the best model site on-line [...]

2018 Build review – the ones that got finished last year

by Ferry Dierckxsens on January 5, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 7 ≡

This is what I finished in 2018, not the amount I had hoped for but pleased with the outcome. The Stuka and the Macchi were part of the North Africa campain GB. The Mirage 2000-C a late entry to the Year of the Cat GB. The Harrier [...]

My first article here!

by Michael Gosse on January 5, 2019 · in Aviation · 36 ≡

Hello everybody! I am following iModeler for the last 2 or 3 months now. So, I thought I should participate, too. I do especially appreciate your DAILY NEWS thread! A lot of unknown pictures and impressive facts - brief and [...]

1/32 Scale Hawker Sea Fury T 20 “DREADNOUGHT’ Fisher Model and Pattern.

by Marc Barris on January 5, 2019 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Here are some work in progress pictures of my Sea Fury that I am converting to the air racer Dreadnought. I had to make a few modifications to get the look of the real race plane, not to difficult at all, I am sure you will notice the work [...]

Eurofighter 2000

by FRANCO GRESPAN on January 5, 2019 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

100th Anniversary Gruppi Caccia Special Colours - IX Gruppo Caccia - Grosseto 2017 - XII Gruppo Caccia - Gioia del Colle 2017

On This Day…January 5th

by david leigh-smith on January 5, 2019 · in News · 9 ≡

On January 5th, 1941 while flying an Airspeed Oxford for the Air Transport Axilliary from Prestwick (Scotland) to RAF Kidlington near Oxford, Amy Johnson found herself off course in poor weather conditions. Reportedly out of fuel, she [...]

Final resting place

by Carl Christensen on January 5, 2019 · in Diorama · 18 ≡

Time for something COMPLETELY different. Felt like having a bit of a play with something I've always been fasinated by; sunken tank graveyards. Here I've attempted to show a 1/35th Japanese Type 97 medium tank sunken in shallow water off a [...]

This ain't "kid stuff," kiddo! :-)

by Tom Cleaver on January 5, 2019 · in News · 11 ≡

Then came the moment that recovering addicts pray never happens: He began lurking the aisles of hobby stores, searching for ever more obscure historical models, then buying them and building them at the desk where he once graded papers. He [...]