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1/35 Fall of Berlin Diorama

by Dave Moore on May 22, 2019 · in Diorama · 13 ≡

Hello Everyone. I'm new to the website and thought I would share my most recent project I finished. This is my 3rd diorama I have completed since joining the hobby 3 years ago. The SU-100 is Italeri and built out of the box. The figures [...]

On This Day…May 22nd.

by david leigh-smith on May 22, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 19 ≡

The HMS Glouster was lost today following a series of catastrophically poor decision making and terrible communication. While the battle of Crete was raging on May 22nd, the Glouster was assigned a role in preventing a German Sea-landing [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 F6F-5 Hellcat U.S.S. Hornet VF-17 “Jolly Rogers”

by bob mack on May 22, 2019 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

the VF-17 "Jolly Rogers" were formed on January 1,1943 at NAS Norfolk under the command of LT. Commander John T. "Tommy" Blackburn as CO and Roger Hedrick as XO...Blackburn was a Buffalo and F4F pilot but VF-17 was the [...]

Yakovlev Yak-36 Freehand, Anigrand 1/144

by Thomas Peters on May 21, 2019 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

The Yakovlev Yak-36 is one of three bonus kits in Anigrand‘s offering of the Ekranoplan Lun in 1/144. It is a short-run resin kit from Hongkong. I reworked the landing gear, scratch-built the thrust deflector between the front and rear [...]

On This Day…May 21st

by david leigh-smith on May 21, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 11 ≡

A still taken from a gun camera film shot by Flight Lieutenant A G “Sailor” Malan, leader of ‘A’ Flight, No. 74 Squadron RAF, recording his first aerial victory, a Heinkel He 111 over Dunkirk. This was on May 21st as the Battle of [...]

IPMS- Military Modelers Club of Louisville Show

by Tom Bebout on May 21, 2019 · in Show Reports · 9 ≡

After a stressful four weeks in North Carolina and at home I was able to travel down the Ohio River to attend the Louisville show. Lots of really nice models on the tables, 360+ to be exact. Here are some of the examples that caught my [...]

P-51C Tuskegee 1:72

by Peter Ibes on May 21, 2019 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

I want to share some images of my 1:72 Academy P-51C in the colours of Tuskegee Airmen. The model was build pretty much straight from the box, I only added an Eduard Zoom set to the cockpit and cut out and dropped the flaps. The decals [...]

USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) Fast Attack Submarine in 1/72 Scale

by Jeff Groves on May 21, 2019 · in Ships · 10 ≡

The USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) was a U.S. Navy Los Angeles class fast attack submarine. She was commissioned in 1980 and was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, homeported in Pearl Harbor. She was decommissioned halfway through her service [...]

iModeler April Awards

by Boris Rakic on May 21, 2019 · in News · 18 ≡

It's time for our look back at some of the excellent work posted on iModeler during April. 219 new articles prompted 2,371 comments and 66,300 individual article reads, making it an impressive month indeed. According to our long-standing [...]

On This Day…May 20th.

by david leigh-smith on May 20, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 15 ≡

On May 20th, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in New York, bound for Paris and a place in the history books. The flight and the man are the stuff of legend, his deeds famous and infamous in equal proportion. On the [...]