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Advanced Tie Fighter X 1

by Scott Nelson on November 4, 2017 · in Sci-fi · 18 ≡

I finally finished a kit! Even though I visit iModeler nearly every day, I haven’t posted anything in quite a while having started a new job this school year that has kept me very busy. But, bit by bit, I kept at this one and present my [...]

Tamiya 1/48th Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero (Hamp) PTO IJN WWII

by Chuck A. Villanueva on November 4, 2017 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

After coming home from Desert Storm, I had the urge to get back into modeling in the early 90's. And I set off to just stick to building aircraft and equipment that participated in Desert Storm. Then Accurate Miniatures came out with the [...]

1/350 U-boat VII/C “The beginning of the End.”

by Won-hui Lee on November 4, 2017 · in Ships · 39 ≡

"The beginning of the End." Hitler's U-boats, who drove Winston Churchill into the corner, as the allied forces acquired Ennigma, embark on a journey of long defeat. It meant Hitler's end. I refer to the underwater explosion of [...]

King Tiger 1/35 Ammo

by Matija Lisec on November 4, 2017 · in Armor · 9 ≡

Hello Fresh from the works, a slightly What if version of the cat, with a longer barreled gun,slight mods to the engine deck and a IR device, reboxing of a Takom kit by Ammo with their details. Kept it simple, removed some gear, cables, [...]

Knights large and small!

by Paul Carpenter on November 4, 2017 · in Figures · 10 ≡

Hi all My real fascination with models lies with figures. Figures really bring a model to life (and of course, if not done well can make a great model seem second rate...we have all probably seen some very nice aircraft or tank models that [...]

Gibson Les Paul /1:10 scratchbuild/

by Bartek Karpiński on November 3, 2017 · in Uncategorized · 20 ≡

Hi, This time I'd like to present model that perhaps to be quite unusual. Planes, tanks and other automotives seem to be most popular objects of scale modeling. Guitar model could seems not interesting for everyone. But those who enjoy [...]

Year of the Cat Group build updates:

by Louis Gardner on November 3, 2017 · in News · 25 ≡

It has been a while since this Group Build was started, back in mid June if memory serves me. It will end in sometime in mid February of 2018 (or thereabouts)... This GB has been very well received. We have had numerous models [...]

Review: Airfix 1/48 Supermarine Walrus Mk.I Review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on November 3, 2017 · in Aviation, Reviews

Yamaha YZR 500 GP racer

by George Williams on November 3, 2017 · in Automotive · 14 ≡

Tamiya occasionally decide to re-issue some of their older kits and I was especially pleased when they did a this with this one. Kit no 14001 was the first release in their successful range of 1/12 motorcycles back in 1980. this [...]

Getting Skyraiders right

by Tom Cleaver on November 3, 2017 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

One of the big problems for modelers building A-1 Skyraiders is that most of the time the model is under-weathered. A friend of mine who flew Skyraiders in Vietnam once told me that the major problem he had with most of the Skyraider [...]