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The Black Magic

by Gábor Szabó on April 15, 2015 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

I'm a big fan of the Golden Age and also the Macrobertson race - that drived me into this build. This is my 1:48 Comet racer built from the horrible Heritage kit (I mean it!). After I overcome the Airfix 1:72 Comet (another long story) I [...]

Gloster Meteor III by Tamiya (1/48 scale)

by Tony Prince on April 15, 2015 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

My Meteor represents the first of this type to fly in Australia. Serial was originally EE427 but changed to A77-1 by the RAAF Intended for familiarisation & trials, it survived from June 1946 to February 1947 when it was somewhat [...]

After sortie chat.

by Steve Naylor on April 14, 2015 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Hi folks, here is my latest build it's the Revell Spitfire Mk2 and the figures are the Masterbox RAF set. Firstly the Revell Spitfire is a pleasure to buildand the fit of the parts is stunning the only thing extra were a set of RB [...]

Minicraft 1/144th Boeing 314A “Dixie Clipper”

by Joe Caputo on April 14, 2015 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

This Minicraft kit has been around forever, under several brand names, (Airfix, etc.) It is a very simple kit, aout 73 parts, with little filling, and pretty good fit considering it's age. I have two. I had come across this picture from [...]

BF-109G-10, 1/48

by Ralph Clements on April 14, 2015 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Here is my just completed BF-109G-10. I admire the subtle, yet complex, mottled Luftwaffe paint schemes more advanced model builders achieve and wanted to try one. Not being equipped with an air brush and not expecting great results, I [...]

PM models 1/72 Messerschmit P1111 “what if/Luftwafe 1946+

by P.k on April 14, 2015 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

This project I got from the company a few years ago to review and build, which was published in a few magazines Slovenian modeling 10 years back. Im build from the box paint whit Xtracolor enamels RLM 82,83,76, no extra detailing. This is [...]

iModeler March Awards

by Editor on April 13, 2015 · in Uncategorized · 15 ≡

It's time for another monthly retrospective at iModeler. Continuing our tradition, the editorial team awards the monthly Best in Show title to the article which according to our judgement was the most prominent entry of the period. We also [...]

“zu Fuß” a Hs129 retreating in the desert in 1942 – on foot :)

by Gábor Szabó on April 13, 2015 · in Diorama · 18 ≡

Hi! This is my second Hs-129 this time in 1:72. I bought the Italeri kit AFTER built the 1:48 Hasegawa one 🙂 so that was clear soon that I had to make something different from this err... not so good kit. I intended to go a little [...]

Furious 7 movie scene diorama 3

by mike redzinak on April 13, 2015 · in Diorama · 5 ≡

This is 1/25 scale The car is a heavily modified amt 69 charger This is from a scene in the new move after dom drives it off a mountain cliff to get away from a pack of bad guys

Airfix 1/48 AH.7 Lynx, SFOR Headquarters, Ilidza, Bosnia 1998

by Ramon R. Lomeli on April 13, 2015 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Hello all! I present to you my Airfix 1/48 scale Lynx helicopter. I wanted to build this one to represent a Lynx that we landed next to in Ilidza, Bosnia, back in 1998. All I had to go on was one less-than-stellar photo that I took, so [...]