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Throwback Thursday: OS2N-1

by Kyle Koppos on January 7, 2021 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Monogram OS2U converted to an N-1 by saying N instead of U. It might be more complicated then that, but yolo. The Naval Aircraft Factory took on building Kingfishers after Vought was told to focus on Corsairs in '42. This one served with [...]

First two builds of 2021

by Amari Luu on January 7, 2021 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

The Tiger and the Skyray are my first two builds of 2021. Originally started back in December, these two kits were built almost simultaneously. They also hold the distinction of being the second and third kits completed in my new model [...]

Empire of Japan. Rufe.

by Jim Morgan on January 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I finally finished my first model in 30 years! Getting back into building now that I will have a lot more time. Unfortunately my part time job turned into a full time job since summer, so it took me quite a while to finish this. Tamiya [...]

Review: Opening The Box! Copper State Models – Nieuport XXIII RFC 1/32

by Paul Barber on January 6, 2021 · in Aviation, Reviews · 17 ≡

New Year’s Greeting iModellers! It is always great to find a kit-shaped package on the doorstep. Today the postman left me one from Latvia! Copper State Models changed hands a couple of years back, moving from Arizona to the Baltic. [...]

2020 Modeling Review – Six Essexes

by Michael Smith on January 6, 2021 · in Ships · 5 ≡

2020 was definitely a themed year. When the year started I had two Essex class carrier projects underway, and at the end of the year - still two underway. IntrepidCorrected – Revell’s Classic 1/720 Essex Class Carrier (Corrected) For [...]

Nichimo 1/48 Kawasaki Ki45Kai Tei Toryu (屠龍) “Shinten Seiku Tai”

by Spiros Pendedekas on January 5, 2021 · in Aviation · 61 ≡

Hi everyone! This is my Nichimo 1/48 Ki45 Toryu, built as a part of the Empire Of Japan Group Build. Indeed, it is a part of the Ki45 mini group ”Build em if ya got em”, within the Empire of Japan Group. The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu [...]

Video: The War Rig – Mad Max – 3D Resin Print 1/72 – Truck Model

by iModeler Youtube Picks on January 5, 2021 · in Sci-fi

Telefonica MoviStar Suzuki RGV-Γ '01 – Tamiya 1/12

by Christopher Berg-Jones on January 4, 2021 · in Automotive · 6 ≡

Happy New Year everyone! Here is a kit I completed sometime around 2005 or 2006. I don't really watch MotoGP or any other motorcycle racing, but I was somehow interested in this Tamiya kit. It is the only motorcycle I have ever built so [...]

My 2020 in review

by Michel Verschuere on January 4, 2021 · in Armor · 14 ≡

Hi all, happy New Year! Just a quick one on what 2020 brought for me. I seriously lacked modeling time 🙁 but did manage to finish three models this year: Aco dei Fileni, Lybia (scratch) This must have been the longest build I ever [...]

Tamiya 1/48 P-47M

by George V Guimaraes on January 4, 2021 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Hello! This is my first finished project this year, the very well known and praised Tamiya P-47 1/48 kit. Nothing to add, really, a superb kit. Only some small stencils did not behave well and...disintegrated. C'est la vie! Since these [...]