iModeler Photo Collections

New and historic photograph collections

2020 – a happy new year for all I hope, my models finished in 2019.

1/72 scale aircraft, not quite in order, Nose Art GB - Trumpeter Tu 160, Hasegawa FA 18F, Fujimi FA 18A, MiG GB - Fujimi / Italeri MiG 29, ADF - RS models Miles Magister, Roden F 2B, Nose Art GB - Hasegawa F 111C, 1/24 car, Tamiya Porsche [...]

Visit to the Texas National Guard Museum: Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas

My wife and I were in Austin, Texas visiting my daughter and her husband today and I had some free time while the ladies were off shopping. I decided I wanted to visit the Texas National Guard Museum which is located at Camp Mabry, the [...]

Moving on to 2020…quick look at 2019

Hey, All! 2019 was a productive year on my modeling bench. I learned from mistakes, tried new techniques but most of all enjoyed each build and tried to keep it fun...let's remember, though it may be a passion, it's still just a [...]

2019: Some good modeling memories

Since model-building is sort of half-work/half-play for me, I end up doing more models than most. These aren't all the models built, but they are the models I liked for various reasons... Airfix: I guess if you build four of a kit, it [...]

More Airplane Porn!

Some of the rest of the shots from yesterday.

How I spent my Saturday

For the last five years, since we moved to Encino, these guys come right overhead on right-turn departure from One-Six-Right over at VNY, which is about a 10 minute drive from my house. So I finally decided I ought to do a feature article [...]

86th Fighter Group Archive of the A-36

Around 2009-2010 Collings was searching for a paint scheme for their newly restored A-36. At some point an envelope of photos showed up full of photos from the 86th FG that was based in Italy. The cowling section from TUTU still exists and [...]

Wings Over Houston 2019

Finally finished reviewing and editing the several thousand images. Culled them down to a respectable set. Enjoy. Here are a few highlights. Follow the link to see more. (link)

FW 190 D restauration project at Gatow, Berlin

Being a member of IPMS-Deutschland entails certain privileges. One of them is being taken on a tour through the restoration workshop at the Luftwaffenmuseum in Gatow, just outside Berlin. This takes place during IPMS-Deutschlands annual [...]

Heinkel 111 Walkaround

The exhibition at the Luftwaffenmuseum in Gatow outside Berlin has been rebuilt and some new aircraft are being exhibited. The He 111 caught my eye, so I thought I'd share some pictures of them here. Four years ago, this aircraft was still [...]