The Minicraft Channel at iModeler (33 articles)

The Minicraft Channel at iModeler

Minicraft model kits

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33 articles
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The Little Yellow Cub

by G. Ley on January 18, 2020
in Diorama — 5 Comments

Memories of the J-3 Cub. There was a time during my childhood the name “Piper Cub” was pretty much synonymous with the word “airplane.” In those days, a young boy might see a C-124 passing overhead whereupon he would exclaim, “Look, a Piper Cub[...]

1/48 Minicraft Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket (continued)

by George R Blair Jr on December 8, 2019
in Aviation — 12 Comments

This is a continuation of an article I posted a few weeks ago at the start of this project. If you are interested in the previous part, you can find it at I probably should have done this in the WIP Group, but here is the completion of the p[...]

Minicraft XF5F-1 Skyrocket

by George R Blair Jr on November 25, 2019
in Aviation — 9 Comments

I haven't posted anything for a while because I haven't built any models for a while because I was involved in building some buildings and scenery on my N Scale layout. Sorry, poor excuse. After I got to a stopping place, I really had the urg[...]

One more of each

by Robert Royes on May 15, 2019
in Aviation — 5 Comments

Recent stash additions.Another Phantom another Thud, I'll probably do the as a F-4B, in an early scheme. The F-105B [yes their really is a B in it] I'm going to try the kit decals , they look to be ok. Cheers.

Building the PBM-5A Mariner / US-NAVY

by Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio on April 3, 2019
in Aviation — 14 Comments

Kit: PBM-5A MARINER – Minicraft 1/72 scale Model finished: January 2019 Modeler: Roberto Lúcio / [email protected] Club: GPP-JG400 – Grupo de Plastimodelismo e Pesquisa JG-400 / Natal – RN – Brasil I've always enjoyed US Navy aircraft because [...]

1/700 Minicraft Titanic

by Michael Smith on November 10, 2018
in Ships — 2 Comments

My son Parker and I picked up the outstanding new Minicraft 1/700 Titanic at the grand opening of Marshall's new Hobby Lobby recently, and I'm thoroughly enjoying finally getting to work on a waterline Titanic, especially one in my favorite scal[...]

PBY-5A Catalina – 1/144 – Minicraft

by Çetin SARF on May 29, 2018
in Aviation — 24 Comments

This was another long run. I'm happy to see it finished. I hope you like it...

1/48 Minicraft P-38L Putt Putt Maru

by Dan DeSilva on January 21, 2018
in Aviation — 26 Comments

I had the Minicraft 1/48 P-38J kit- but it sat for a while because I was not sure how I would deal with all the stripes on the tail and spinners. The decals from the kit sheet and the Hasegawa kit sheet for the coloured stripes were not suitable[...]

1/48 Minicraft F4U-4B VMF-323 Korea

by Dan DeSilva on January 21, 2018
in Aviation — 16 Comments

This F4U-4B has all the same modifications as my other F4U-4B here on Imodeler, except that the wings are not folded, and I have used a flap set from the Verlinden F4U-4 detail set for the Hasegawa kit. The weapons are 1000 lb bombs from the Has[...]

1/48 Minicraft F4U-4B VMF-214 Korea

by Dan DeSilva on January 20, 2018
in Aviation — 21 Comments

I built one of my Minicraft 1/48 F4U-4B kits with Tamiya 1/48 F4U wing fold hinge parts. I made resin copies of Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1 oil cooler inlets, then cut out 3 of the vanes to modify them to match F4U-4 inlets. They have a much better shape [...]