iModeler Headlines

Miles in Her Majesty’s Service

by Gábor Szabó on February 18, 2018 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Miles M.2H Hawk Major, RAF trainer; 1:72 Plastic Passion (by SBS) You may remember my last airplane creation in the "gentlemen's scale" - the scratch Miles M2F – so I may don’t have to tell the whole story again - if so just [...]

Grumman Cat: The 1/48 Trumpeter Grumman F9F-3 Panther

by paul teixeira on February 18, 2018 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Few weeks ago I watched an old, favorite movie. Bridges of Toko-Ri. Just loved those Navy F9F-3 Panthers. So I had to build one and realized I still had one in my stash. Upon opening the box of my HobbyCraft/Trumpeter kit I also discovered [...]

Review: 1/48 scale Airfix A05128 Boulton Paul Defiant kit review

by Louis Gardner on February 18, 2018 · in Reviews · 26 ≡

Way back in October 2016, I was picked for the "random model of the month" award here on Imodeler. My Hobby Boss 1/48 scale F4F-3 "early", (which was painted in a Yellow Wings paint scheme), was chosen. This is the kit [...]

HMB Endeavour Diorama Project

by Rob Pollock on February 18, 2018 · in Ships · 24 ≡

This is a project I've been working on a couple of months now. It's Mantua's 1/60 model of the Bark Endeavour, which I'm developing into a diorama. I bought the kit in an online auction for £30; it still retails for £160+ so it may seem [...]

Witold Lanowski’s P-47M of the 56th fighter Group

by Tom Cleaver on February 18, 2018 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Writing in the "Flight Journal," P-47 special issue, famed Grumman test pilot Corky Meyer - the last actual "airplane guy" to head a major airplane company - named the P-47 Thunderbolt the "best fighter of World [...]

Video: Custom Blade for Creating Recessed Detail

by iModeler Youtube Picks on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation

This video explains how to make a custom blade for creating a recessed edge for scale modeling.

Video: Creating Engraved and Raised Surface Detail

by iModeler Youtube Picks on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation

This video presents several methods for engraving and adding on raised panel detail on scale modelsE

Video: Creating Raised Panel Surface Detail

by iModeler Youtube Picks on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation

This video explains two methods for creating raised panel surface detail on scale models.

The First Time

by G. Ley on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

How many remember their first time? No, not that first time, but the first time you sat down with a model kit. Well here is my first time. I was about the age of my avatar when my mother purchased this Aurora kit for me. It was the late [...]

Year of the Cat Group Build: BF 109 E4/7 Trop, Tamiya 1/48, ‘Yellow 6’ – Hans Joachim Marseille – in ‘Leopard Camo’

by Paul Barber on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation · 36 ≡

The mentality of those whose families fought and suffered on the ‘right side of history’ is often, understandably, to automatically consign those fighting on the other side, to a pigeon hole that does not allow for admiration. During [...]