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These wonderfully detailed and exacting kits come directly from Russia and are crafted with greatest care by Prop & Jet with detail comparable to plastic injection kits! Don't miss out on these rare and very important Soviet and other aircraft to fill the missing gaps in your collection!

See Reviews Page 7: Prop & Jet for details!

Please visit our new InternationalResinModellersAssociation Group located in Yahoo! Groups at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InternationalResinModellersAssociation

An apology to IRMA Members, site visitors, potential clients and customers for our lack of formatting on some pages. Our web host is Site Solutions from Yahoo! Small Business who are currently claiming "system maintenance" along with "code updates" for this mess. We at IRMA are doing our best to press on in spite of this incompetence. When we can find a better host, we will be migrating as soon as possible. Don't worry, they (Yahoo!) are still invoicing us on a regular basis.

IRMA Kit No.5 Heliconair HC-I, II Convertiplano is almost ready! The master is completed and we are expecting delivery this month,January 2012, so please get your reservations in quickly if you'd like one. This is our most popular kit yet and the entire run is nearly completely reserved! Pricing:

US $85 + shipping for IRMA Members and $99 + shipping for non-members.

Please contact us at: info@internationalresinmodellers for details and shipping.

IRMA Kit No. 4 Varga RMI-1 X/H is completed! Please order to be sure you get one! This is a small run for a larger aircraft. See Articles 13: Varga RMI-1 X/H and Articles 14: Building IRMA Kit No. 4 Varga RIM-1 X/H!

We have recently added descriptions to our Resin Manufacturers pages. We hope this will make it easier for you to locate those kit makers that have what you are looking for. We will be migrating the website to a better and more organized layout later this year. Please bear with us until then.

IRMA Kits PriceList

IRMA Kit No. 1 Gloster CXP-1001~ $55+ shipping IRMA Members

SOLD OUT! New run in autumn? $65 + shipping non-members

IRMA Kit No. 2 Shenyang JJ-1 ~ $60 + shipping IRMA Members

SOLD OUT!New run in autumn? $70 + shipping non-members

IRMA Kit No. 3 Coanda 1910 ~$60 + shipping IRMA Members

Almost gone!New run in autumn? $70 + shipping non-members

IRMA Kit No. 4 Varga RMI-1 X/H~$110 + shipping IRMA Members

Completed! Order now! $125 + shipping non-members

To place an order please email us to make sure the kits are in stock. If you have missed a kit, don't worry! When enough orders are received we can always do another run.

Once the order is confirmed please send payment to PayPal account: info@internationalresinmodellers.com. If in stock, we can usually post the orders in 24 hours via USPS Priority Mail or other means if specified.

We are also working on planned IRMA Kit No.5, Heliconair HC-I, II Convertiplano of Brazil in 1/72, one of the world's first designed convertiplanes! This kit will be as designed with the original intended(HC-Ia) Armstrong- Siddeley Double-Mambagas-turbine engine with options for the (HC-Ib) Wright R-3350-DA3 radial piston-engine and (HC-II) General Electric GE T-58 gas-turbines (4x -two on each lift-wing). Look for this one around August/September of 2011.

Boxart by Zane R Nobbs of the International Resin Modellers Association. Copyright 2011.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: IRMA Kit No. 3 is now released! The Coanda 1910 in 1/72! Reserve or order now because these are going fast!

See New Releases and Articles 11 pages for details.

IRMA Kit No.1SMTM Gloster CXP-1001and IRMA Kit No.2SMTM Shenyang JJ-1

Models and photograph byZane R Nobbs

New Box Art:With an emphasis onthe technologyfor each kitthe International Resin Modellers AssociationSMTM - IRMA KitsSMTMbox art will contain a photo orpicture of the subject with a portrait of the designer orteam memberwho had amajor influence on the project.

IRMASMTM is now offering IRMA Corporate ServicesSMTM for business entities. Please see the new IRMA Corporate ServicesSMTM page for details.

IRMASMTM is currently working on our next kit(s). At the moment the Coanda 1910 master isnear completionandthe technical information has arrivedfrom Brazil for the CTA Heliconair HC-I and HC-II Convertiplano thanks to Ms. Ferraz and Ms. Leite of the Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (Brazilian Air and Space Agency). Both will be in 1/72.

Boxart by Zane R Nobbs of the International Resin Modellers Association. Copyright 2010.

Boxart by Zane R Nobbs of the International Resin Modellers Association. Copyright 2010.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:IRMA Kit No. 2 is released! This is the Shenyang JJ-1, the first indigenous jet aircraft of the People's Republic of China. The kit is all resin with a vacuformed canopy. Thisis IRMA's second joint project with Sharkit. If you are interested please let us know now to reserve yours.

IRMA Kit No.2 Shenyang JJ-1 is SOLD OUT!!! Unpaid orders are SOLD OUT!!! We are possibly scheduling a second run forearly 2011 if there are enough requests. Please make your reservation now if interested.

Model and photos by Zane R Nobbs

Paid orders for IRMA Kit No. 2 Shenyang JJ-1 have all beenshipped!

Look for "Building the Shenyang JJ-1" in the Articles 9 page!

Boxart by Zane R Nobbs of the International Resin Modellers Association. Copyright 2010.

Model by Zane RNobbs photosby Al Maciejewski

We can do another run for the IRMA Kit No.1 Gloster CXP-1001 with enough requests! See "Building a Gloster CXP-1001" on the Articles 2 page!

Box art by RenaudMangallon of Sharkit and Zane R Nobbs of the International Resin Modellers Association. Copyright 2009.

Just go to the ContactUs page and leave your name, email and/or phone number,shipping addressand how many kits you would like to order. Don't miss this kit! You can also save money and be the first to receive newsabout the next kits by joining IRMA!* For details on the Shenyang JJ-1 please go to the Articles 6 page "The -503 Hong Zhuan "Red Special" or -1 Jian Jiao "Fighter Trainer" also know as the Shenyang JJ-1."

*Discounts are only available through direct orderswith memberships in the International Resin Modellers Association (IRMA).

We wish to extend a "Thank You!" to Monsieurs Andr J. L. Roy and Marc Santini of France in locating a Dujin F+W N-20.1 Glider Arbalet (DUJ72037). We welcome them to IRMA with a 1-year free membership.

Jean Pierre Dujin of Dujin kits has passed on. Please see Articles 7 for his tribute.

What We Do

The International Resin Modeller's  Association is all about promoting resin model building for its members and the public.

Here members can exchange information, find answers to questions, learn about resources and manufacturers and study new techniques in resin modeling.

In the coming weeks there will be photos of completed models (mostly aviation as that is the majority of resin models), sources for manufacturers of kits, in-progress pics and a question and answer forum with tips.

We are also constructing a blog page and expanding the Resin Manufacturers pages along with Members Pages and Reviews Pages. In addition IRMA members can also post to the Trades & Exchanges page and have desired kits listed on the Wish List! page.

We are having an effect on the industry! Of the 100 kits currently listed on the Wish List! page, 25 are currently in production with 18 more in progress or planned within the year by resin kit manufacturers! And IRMA will make the rest!

We look forward to working with you for all of your resin related issues.

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This is the OMEGA Models Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-13 in Soviet Navy colors. A very nice, clean resin kit.

Model by Zane R Nobbs 

The Unicraft Models Focke-Wulf FW.P.V./3 in 1/72 is the only model of this very unique jet. This particular kit is not an easy one. It required the interior to be built from scratch including the engine. Definitely not a beginners model. The FW.P.V./3 was the third version of the Ta-183 Huckebein. The tail was redesigned to avoid "flutter" from a T-tail. Dr. Tank would build his vision later in Argentina as the I.Ae.33 Pulqui II in 1950.

 Model by Zane R Nobbs

What's New?

The second IRMA kit is released! Please see the Updates!, New Releases and Articles 6 pages for details. Be sure to reserve one now as this will be a smaller run and sold out quickly. Price and order details are on the New Releases page.

Our first IRMA kit is out! Please see the Updates!, New Releases and Articles 2 & 5 pages for details. We hope to release many, many more!

Model and photos by Zane R Nobbs

Here is the IRMA kit of the Gloster CXP-1001 in 1/72. Although the full mock-up was completed and component parts made, the program was canceled by the United Kingdom due to the deteriorating situation of the Republic of China.

This is the first in a series of at least 12 never-before-produced kits from IRMA. Although not an easy kit, the end result is a significant aircraft for your collection, a great conversation piece and a very rare kit as only 20 were made.

We want to thank our members because this is one of the results of your memberships at work, along with maintaining this site and promoting our hobby on a global scale.

This is an RS Models 1/72 Reggiane Re-2007. Finished in Regina Aeronautica colors. A more realistic Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana version is on the way. This kit is well researched and well done for details.

Model by Zane R Nobbs 

This Bell X-5 in 1/72 was put out by Project-X in England and was later  produced by WHIRLYKITS in the United Kingdom. A very rare, but important model of this historic aircraft.

Model by Zane R Nobbs

Photos taken by Al Maciejewski