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Chevy 15CWT.. Now this is how I would have done it..

Well it seems we are back at the factory again. The order was in for a all terrain, sand/mud vehicle that could transport between ten troops or a crew of five plus a heavy load of cargo, using the existing trucks we had at hand. This is [...]

iModeler August Awards

It is high time to announce the results of our friendly August competition. There's an explanation to the delay; the level of workmanship on display at this site during August was really as good as it gets, resulting in what came to be one [...]

O’L Yellercopter..

I remember years ago seeing a scene like this in the Phoenix Arizona area and just had to try to recreate the scene. 1/35 scale , I added as much plumbing and electrical as I could remember and referenced a lot of photos. Here she is all [...]

OK I have 998 Karma points. Push me over the top guys. This is a fun milestone for me.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Sea King. Photo taken at La Verne airport in California. My son and I worked on this Idea. The Sea King has recently been retired. But it saved scores of lives in service here in the Los Angeles area. The [...]

Sea King early morning

Well here is one warming up in the morning. I haven't seen anyone else model this toy/kit. But after I bought one I just had to put some lipstick on her. This is the New Ray Sky Pilot Sea King approximately 1/40 scale? closer to 1/35. [...]

DUKW with a Big Block Chevy! What could go wrong?

Sometimes I just have to goof off. This is a 1/35 scale Italeri kit that I modified a bit by a little engine modification, larger tires and a active rear suspension,(last photo) I really had to modify the real wheel wells to fit the tires. [...]

Looky what I got yesterday….plus other things….

Tamiya's spankin'-new big ticket item, the WW one Mark IV tank. It's motorized! Yup it comes with motors, gears, beautiful working tracks and a 5-man squad to walk alongside. There's a lot of beautifully molded parts in this box. This [...]

Saturn V Mock Up

  This is the Dragon Saturn V in 1/72nd scale ! Yikes it is big, and still need to add the escape tower, but I wanted to mock it up and see how it looked. Still lots of work to go for seam clean up , puttying, priming and detail [...]

iModeler July Awards

It is high time again to announce our monthly winners. With the warm summer weather spreading across the northern hemisphere, July was a bit slower than usual with regard to modeling activity. At iModeler, it still meant 90 new headline [...]

This year's builds.... so far;

From the top; Hobby Craft 1/48 Me 109B out of Box. Williams Bros 1/32 Gee Bee Racer with Gabreski figure for effect. O.o.b. Testors 1/48 SR-71, added details to landing gear, resin cockpit, rescribed entire model. Model Craft 1/48 F-82, [...]