The Year of the Cat Group Build Database at iModeler

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Hasegawa 1/72 Jaguar GR. Mk. 1A – Operation Granby / Desert Storm

Finished this morning. The only modifications were: Drill out the area for the nose lens and added clear sprue sanded to shape, with a depression painted sliver for the lens; drilled extra gun exhaust holes; drilled out the airbrakes and [...]

Year of the Cat. Sepecat Jaguar GR.3 "Big Cat" 1/72 Italeri

I'm very pleased I can present my Big Cat in my first group build here at iModeler. It has been quite a challenge but great building fun at the same time. In between trying to catch up with everything going on here at iModeller. Now for [...]

Year of the Cat Group build updates:

It has been a while since this Group Build was started, back in mid June if memory serves me. It will end in sometime in mid February of 2018 (or thereabouts)... This GB has been very well received. We have had numerous models [...]

Year of the cat: tiger on the tail

Here's my second contribution to this great group build, it's Great Wall's 1/48 Mig-29 limited edition kit Slovak Air Force 2014 Special Painting "digital camouflage with Tiger on Tail" 2014/2016. Jack Mugan posted a similar [...]

Year of the cat: SEPECAT Jaguar GR1 Kittyhawk 1/48

Here's my first entry into this group build, I couldn't find another subject with more than three cat references, this one has "CAT", "Jaguar" and "Kitty". It is, of course, Kittyhawk's 1/48 kit, which I [...]

1/72 Ertl Grumman F-14A Tomcat of VF-32 , Year of the Cat

One from the cheap seats. Ertl/AMT F-14A .After starting this I almost chucked it ! I think I'd rather have done the old Airfix or even Monogram kits. There is panel line detail but the fit is very poor, I think the Sword Cougar was an [...]

Hobby Boss German 20 mm Flak 38 Pz. Kpfw. 38 (t) in 1:35 (#80140), with Diorama

The "Year of the Cat" group build (ft. Louis Gardner): This build is my entry to Louis Gardner's "Year of the Cat" group build here. I reported during the build there, see (link) Some history: The vehicle is called a [...]

Italeri 1/72 F-5F Tiger II – Sundowners aggressor

This is my first of 2 entries for the Year of the Cat group build. I already had this on my 2017 build plan, so was happy about that! This is an older kit that was recently reboxed with new art and the Sundowners aggressor decals (among [...]

Airfix 1/72d F4F-4 Wildcat …Year of the Cat & 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway(late)

I had originally planned to have this build included in my Battle of Midway Hiryu vs Yorktown adversaries collection, but never got it started before the Midway GB window had "closed" Hence the Year of the Cat. I must admit I [...]

[Year of the Cat] Tomcat with Tomcatters scheme, 1/72 Hasegawa

Dear Imodelers, greeting from an South Korean newvie here. Wonhee Lee introduced I modeler forum to korean modelers and I've watching for a while with interest. and I realized that this is just where I was looking for longtime, the [...]