iModeler Photo Collections

New and historic photograph collections

1931 Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogyro

In 1992, I was a pilot stationed at McGuire AFB in New Jersey. My wife and I attended a great airshow at Willow Grove Naval Air Station in June of 1992. There were a lot of great displays, both static and aerial, but one of the most [...]

My Collection

Hi! I'm new to iModeler and thought I'd introduce myself by showing off my cool little collection. These are all paint-brushed models. Feel free to question or comment. I like to think of myself as an intermediate modeler because I have [...]

JRB Willow Grove PA. transient line, plus.More photos from the before time.

This some of the fun that could show up at the transient line at my last Navy reserve location. Then the Saratoga after her decommissioning in the mid nineties,The last,a Humvee and me.

Hamilton Warplane Aviation Museum Ontario

The other museum near me is the one located at Hamilton. They are amazing in that their mandate is to fly not just to display. They are currently rebuilding several warbirds and have a impressive amount of birds. Including A PBY, B-25 and [...]

Trenton Museum Ontario

On the way back from Ottawa we stopped in to visit the only restored Halifax in the world. An interesting museum with a lot more than I thought. (link)

Diecast model aircraft 1/72 WWII

Hi! Some years ago I did a collection of some very nice and very well done military aircraft from WWII, all nations involved included, on 1/72 scale. They do have plastic bases and supports, and some are on fly mode, others as on land [...]

Roadtrip Flyby: The Erickson Aircraft Collection

The Erickson Aircraft Collection Museum is located at the Madras Airport, a 45 minute drive north of Bend, Oregon on Hwy 26 near the intersection of Hwy 97N. The collection was originally founded by Jack Erickson of sky crane and aerial [...]

From the Vault: 1986 Aerial Refueling in a C-141B Starlifter

I have been slowly scanning my old slides and negatives so that I can have digital copies that can be enhanced in either Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop. (Those of you who have grown up in the digital age with cameras that create digital [...]

More from the scrap book, NATO

Something between builds. Just a few shots of NATO forces that I took in my youth while in the Navy, Three ships from the Netherlands, Overijssel, Deruyter, and Everstan, a RN Sea King, HMS Hermes at Naval Station Mayport Fla. I believe [...]

National Naval Aviatin Museum, Pensacola Fla, Pt 2. Hangar Bay One,plus

Basically shots of more modern aircraft, that weren't in the main section. The actual name plate off the now scrapped Forrestal, and the memorial plaque honoring those that perished in the fire off Vietnam, it used to hang in the hangar [...]