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Clean and minty 1/24 VW Polo R

by George Williams on December 13, 2015 · in Automotive · 16 ≡

Until recently if anyone had asked me if I was likely to make a model of a VW Polo I'd have said they were mad. However, after a year's development VW entered the World Rally Championship in 2013 and promptly won the first event (the [...]

Review: 1/72 Mig-29A Fulcrum by Trumpeter

by iModeler Youtube Picks on December 13, 2015 · in Reviews

MIG-29A Fulcrum (Izdeliye 9.12) in box review. The Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum tactical fighter was designed as the Soviet response to the new generation of fighters from Western countries. The program started in the early 1970s with the first [...]

Hobbyboss 1/48th A-6A Intruder

by mark poulton on December 13, 2015 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

Amongst my favourite modelling themes is US Navy aviation during its grey and white period and those colourful squadron markings. So I'd like to start my US Navy theme with the Grumman A-6A Intruder. I had long looked at Hobbyboss's 48th [...]

Review: Trumpeter 1/35th Mi817 Hip review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on December 11, 2015 · in Aviation, Reviews

iModeler November Awards

by Editor on December 11, 2015 · in News · 13 ≡

November marked a surge of World-class modeling here at iModeler. Not only because of our coverage of the 2015 Scale Modelworld, but because of all the other fantastic contributions to the Headlines. In total, November brought us 128 new [...]

Little Fokkers

by Gábor Szabó on December 10, 2015 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Hi All! Christmas is coming sooo... I built these little planes (1:72) as christmas presents. This time aesthetics was more important than authencticity but I tried my best to keep tha balance between the two things. The DR.1 is for [...]

Video: How to build Tamiya's F4U1 Corsair 1:48 Part 1 - HD

by iModeler Youtube Picks on December 10, 2015 · in How-to

Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Swift FR 5

by Tom Cleaver on December 10, 2015 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

In the years immediately following the Second World War, the pace of aircraft development slowed in Britain. In part, this was due to the fact that no immediate enemy was perceived, which is a natural reason for governments to slow the [...]

Wood effect – my way

by Stellan Schroeder Englund on December 10, 2015 · in How-to · 33 ≡

Every now and then I come up with a modelling idea that includes some kind of simulated wood. What do I do? Bring out my oils, of course. I like a bit of contrast like metal/wood or fabric/wood on my models. It doesn´t have to be much [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 F-86A Sabre

by Tom Cleaver on December 9, 2015 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

I did this Sabre back in 2003 and recently re-photographed it. The Sabre almost didn't happen. Had the Air Force not been willing to delay the F-86 program while North American undertook to study the swept wing research done by [...]