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Year In Review 2017

by Greg Kittinger on December 18, 2017 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Well, I started off the year with an experiment: a 2017 build plan (see here if interested: (link) ). I ended up completing 4 of the 11 proposed builds, and 7 total. I got distracted by group build opportunities and other surges of [...]

Dornier Do X, “Landing on Hudson River”, 1/144 Otaki

by Hongseob CHOI on December 18, 2017 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

The largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world (1929) This is my only made diorama, still, that I've finished just a year ago. Dornier Do X in 1/144 scale. built by old Otaki's kit that I found from german collector. I [...]

1/48th Trumpeter Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML Iraqi Air Force January 1991, The Great Escape

by Chuck A. Villanueva on December 18, 2017 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

It's 5:00 Am in late January, Capt Ahmad Al-Saladi is still contemplating what he and his brothers are about to partake. 2 days prior the Iraqi Air force had launched a rather ambitious attack against coalition ground forces that had [...]

Review: Airfix 1/48 North American P-51D Mustang

by Stellan Schroeder Englund on December 17, 2017 · in Reviews · 33 ≡

This is a review of the new (2017) Airfix model kit of the ever popular P-51D Mustang in 1/48 scale. Box number is A05131. I suspect we don´t need to waste any time and space on the P-51 history so we go straight to the review. The kit is [...]

2017 A Year in review

by Marc Barris on December 17, 2017 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

I was looking at Rob's Post, and I actually thought that I built a few models, I actually only built 2...Quite shabby if I must say so. I was a great year, I tried scratch building, and I really enjoyed making something from [...]

Spitfire Mk.IXc

by Carmelo Rodrigo on December 17, 2017 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

The 1/48 Spitfire from Eduard A good model without problems, the only problem for me is the scale, I usually work with 1:32 and this is my first 1:48 is a gift for a colleague. He asked me at this scale for size issues. But for my eyes it [...]

1/48 F-8E Crusader VF-162

by Brian Scott on December 17, 2017 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

I give to you the 1/48 Hasegawa F-8E VF-162 . Painted with Tamiya and MRP paints. Decals was off the Afterburner Yankee Station Mig Killers . Nice to have another shelf of doom project finished [...]

Seasons greetings, a year in review and more!

by Rob Anderson on December 17, 2017 · in Uncategorized · 16 ≡

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and all that to all in iModeler land! I like doing year in review, so maybe you guys could post your years out put as well. Also I have made progress on my Devastator, scratch building interior parts. The [...]

One Hundred Years of The RAF – Inventory now up and running in 'Groups' Section!

by Paul Barber on December 17, 2017 · in Aviation · 71 ≡

Next year on April 1st, as many of you will know, the Royal Air Force is 100 years old. I thought that this might be something we could commemorate here on iModeler. It is a rich history: (link) Knowing that The Year of the Cat group build [...]

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger

by krzysztof bytniewski on December 17, 2017 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, 431 Fighter Interceptor Squadron "Red Devils", Zaragoza, Espana, 1962. I made this model from the Meng 1/72 set in 2014, without any additions, just straight from the box.