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Tiran 5

by Julian Shawyer on October 14, 2017 · in Armor · 24 ≡

Tamiya Israeli Tank Tiran 5 1:35th scale What first attracted me to the Tamiya Tiran 5 was the box art. Going across the desert in a cloud of dust, the IDF Tiran looked all tank. The Tiran 5 was adapted from T55s captured during the six [...]

Holy Grail?

by Harry Brogan on October 14, 2017 · in Automotive · 8 ≡

George Williams hit the nail on the head with the 1/6 Tamiya kit. So here's what I'll be building soon. Yes, it's a 1/6 Tamiya Harley with the sidecar. Personally, I consider this to be the "Holy Grail" of the Tamiya [...]

Haven’t we all encounterd this?

by G. Ley on October 14, 2017 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This is a large scale Fokker Dr-1 purchased from an British gentleman. It was shipped with a very heavy base. The base came adrift causing major damage. Von Richthofen's Fokker was in better shape than this after his fatal crash. I [...]

Academy P-38M Nightmare…er, Night Lightning (or) the P-38M in Japan and Why It Matters to Me

by David A. Thomas on October 14, 2017 · in Aviation · 39 ≡

Warning: This is a lengthier than usual post, so read on at your own peril. History of the Bird The P-38M captured my imagination some time ago, and I decided this point in my return to modeling was my chance to act. In fact, my digging [...]

OMG! Airfix announces 1/48 Blenheim IF for 2018!

by Tom Cleaver on October 13, 2017 · in News · 21 ≡

(link) To further ensure scale modelling immortality for this magnificent aircraft, we are excited to bring Workbench readers the exclusive news that a newly tooled example of the Bristol Blenheim Mk.IF will be taking its place in our ever [...]

The Yellow Nose of Texas

by G. Ley on October 13, 2017 · in Diorama · 17 ≡

The “Yellow Nose of Texas” There's a yellow ‘plane in Texas That I'm a goin’ down to see No other pilot knows her No pilot, only me You may talk about your Ayers Thrush And sing of your Paw-nee But the Yellow Nose of Texas Is the [...]

REVELL 1/8 HARLEY SPRINGER SOFTAIL SNAPTITE KIT

by Harry Brogan on October 13, 2017 · in Automotive · 9 ≡

Well, some folks were looking forward to the build of a snap kit from me. So here it is. First it's necessary to let you know that the deal I made was for an incomplete kit. Which I knew going in. I made the deal because I happened to [...]

1/350 DKM U-boat VII B & Arado Ar 196

by Won-hui Lee on October 13, 2017 · in Ships · 27 ≡

I made a diorama for a short rest before performing a top-secret mission. Through Google Earth, we've referred to a lot of pictures of the Norvik coast. However, I feel bad because it is totally different. The color and transparency of [...]

KW-2 “Winter Colossus” / Trumpeter 1:35 /

by Bartek Karpiński on October 12, 2017 · in Armor · 13 ≡

I would like to present on iModeler a next model from my output. It's a built few years ago soviet heavy tank KW-2 from WWII times in scale 1:35. KW-2 was a quite unwieldy colossus, despite this, some of captured KW-2s were introducet into [...]

Thank you, iModeler – July Award

by David Powell on October 12, 2017 · in Figures · 13 ≡

I'm a little late in posting this, as the kit arrived last month, but I wanted to thank iModeler for the wonderful kit and having my work as July's Best in Show. I thought I'd do a quick review of the kit too. The figure is a pirate [...]