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iModeler May Awards

by Boris Rakic on June 22, 2018 · in News · 21 ≡

Once again it is time for our monthly retrospective - a look back at some of the notable articles posted on this site during May. It was an very good month, with 158 new entries adorning the headlines of iModeler during the period, [...]

Tamiya Bf-109V-14

by Tom Cleaver on June 21, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

The Bf-109 V13 and V14 prototypes were the first Bf-109 airframes to utilize Daimler-Benz DB 600-series engines, which finally gave the airframe the power it had needed since it first flew. The DB 600 was effectively the prototype for the [...]

Airfix 1:72 Me262

by Dennis Meyers on June 20, 2018 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Another great little Airfix kit. I added Eduard PE to detail the cockpit and used Mission Models paints. It is good kit, but one tricky point is the filler needed to blend in the joins between the wings and engine nacelles.

Trumpeter Firefly

by Jeff Carle on June 20, 2018 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

I have waited a while for a 48 scale kit that suited my modeling skills, and still I wait! This kit is nicely molded, but the fit is quite “fiddly”. I will post more as I work through this, but I had to remove a lot of locating ribs to [...]

Ferrari V12

by Richard Mcstay on June 20, 2018 · in Automotive · 12 ≡

Hi folks! This is the 6.3l V12 engine from the Tamiya LaFerrari. It generates a whopping 800 bhp and is combined with an electric motor, giving the car a total of 950 bhp. Not bad for a road car... It's the first time I've posted an [...]

Video: Avro Lancaster Engine Start Up -2016

by iModeler Youtube Picks on June 20, 2018 · in How-to

This is the Nanton Lancaster at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton Alberta. It has been restored to taxiable condition and is dedicated to Ian Bazelgette I forgot that this was on my computer. This was recorded by my brother in [...]

Review: Takom 1/35 Typhoon K review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on June 20, 2018 · in Aviation, Reviews

Eduard 1/48 Bf-109G-14 (Profipack kit)

by Tom Cleaver on June 19, 2018 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

By the Spring of 1944, the Bf-109G-6, which had been the primary production version of Messerschmitt’s fighter since the previous fall, was falling behind in the relentless race for performance. Beginning in the late spring, many [...]

Review: Hobby Nu Nu / Platz 1/24 BMW M6 GT3 review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on June 19, 2018 · in Automotive, Reviews

Airport Diorama – Progress report

by G. Ley on June 18, 2018 · in Diorama · 14 ≡

Once upon a time, in an age before cell phones, there existed a certain kind of airport with certain kinds of airplanes . . . The Stinson and Beech Staggerwing are courtesy of Mr. Terrence Davis. I had these kits in my build-project [...]