iModeler Automotive

Scale models of cars, trucks, motorcycles, machinery.

1953 Ford Pick-up

This is a completely new thing for me and was heaps of fun. My good friend (and band mate) Shaun, restored his 1953 Ford Pick-up, in a restoration that took several years. He found an old rusted F250 in the U.S. and got it sent over here. [...]

Alfa Romeo 179C

I love Italian cars and motorcycles, and Alfa Romeo somehow seem to be the most Italian of the manufacturers. This is the Italeri 1/12 kit for the Alfa Romeo 179/179C Formula One car, entered for the 1979 to 1982 seasons. The kit was [...]

Honda CBR 1000 RR-R Fireblade SP

Was going to steal stuff about this bike off the web bit @chinesegeorge George pretty much said it already in his recent headline post about his Fireblade. I choose to go with the Matte Pearl Morion Black finish. Painted with Tamiya’s [...]

Toyota TS050 Race car with an A6M5 feel

I am an airplane guy. I joined a group build that had as its theme motor sports. I had picked up this Tamiya kit a few months ago with the intent of giving it a Japanese fighter feel. The main color is IJN Dark Green. I shot the hood in [...]

Skip Container

I was hoping I did not have to build my own skip container, but circumstance forced me to do it anyway. But here we are, with a scratch model of a skip container with some metal scrap as the contents. This piece is for my 1/24 scale truck [...]

Honda Fireblade Limited Edition

Hi everyone, this is the standard Tamiya 1/12 Honda Fireblade kit with the addition of an after market transfer (decal) set. Honda decided to market a limited edition of their super bike to recognise the 100th entry of their rider, John [...]

Lotus super 7 series 2

This is my first car model, a Tamiya 1/24 Lotus Super 7, so here it is in all its glory and faults. I replaced the kit seats with Scale Productions Sparco bucket seats and the kit wheels with Scale Productions 15" BRM wheels. The [...]

Mobile Vacis 2002 International 4300

This is a US Border Patrol scan truck built to scan contents off of transport trucks from ship or on US-Canada, US-Mexico borders. Built from scratch. This is a non military contract which are more rare because 95% are military contracts.

Ducati Super Leggera

This is one of the latest in Tamiya’s series of 1/12 scale motorcycle models. The Super Leggera is a development of the 1199 Panigale using lightweight materials wherever possible, including carbon fibre and magnesium. Even the wheel [...]

How to ship a front loader

There are several ways to ship a loader, this is one. This is a 1:35 version of such a scenario.