iModeler Automotive

Scale models of cars, trucks, motorcycles, machinery.

1/32 Ford Deluxe Staff Car

This is the very cheap, very poorly engineered Lindberg 40' Ford Deluxe. I bought this kit about 1 1/2 years ago for a mere $4 mainly because it was 1/32. Upon opening the box and seeing just how crappy it was it sat on my shelf. Yesterday [...]

Tamiya 1/24 Renault Alpine 110C

Tamiya's Alpine 110C, built OOB. Engine was airbrushed with Testor's Metallizer Aluminum & Tamiya Clear Blue, then given an acrylic wash. Frame and interior airbrushed with Polly Scale Engine Black. Exterior was painted with Tamiya [...]

Tamiya McClaren M8

Built shortly before I moved not a great kit, but fun and looks ok once done. Curbside for sure not much detail.

1/24 Italeri 1933 Cadillac Towncar

Had it not been part of General Motors, Cadillac might have perished in the Depression, a time when few could afford -- or wanted to be seen in -- big, expensive automobiles no matter how superb. Unlike independent Packard, which was [...]

MPC Zinger Corvette

Every now and then I like to unwind with bit of fun, and these little kits really fit the bill. I strip the chrome so I can clean up the seam lines, then replace it with Alclad. The body is Spaz Stix Flourescent Blue from a spary bomb. [...]

Revell 1/12 scale 2010 Ford Shelby GT500

One of my few ventures into automotive modeling, I won this kit at a club raffle, and just had to build it. I built it box stock, only painting the stripes instead of trying to use the battleship armor they give you for decals. The [...]

1/48th Tamiya Komatsu G40

This is the 1/48th scale Tamiya Komatsu G40 Bulldozer. I finished earlier this year, I completed most of it in one weekend. It is really a fun little kit to build, and as usual with Tamiya well engineered. A friend of mine once told [...]