The Minicraft Channel at iModeler (38 articles)

The Minicraft Channel at iModeler

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Grumman F5F-2 – 1/48 Minicraft – Another What-If Build

by Andrew H on August 29, 2020
in Aviation — 21 Comments

Fresh off the workbench is Minicraft's gem-of-a-kit, that is, their Long-Nose XF5F... schemed-out in a what-if 1943 Tri-tone Blue. This is my third Navy whiffer and I can say I'm happy with the slightly esoteric and (for me anyway) appealing r[...]

Academy Minicraft LB-30 Liberator

by Ray Seppala on April 23, 2020
in Aviation — 11 Comments

QANTAS obtained 4 EX-RAF Consolidated LB-30 Liberators from BOAC in 1944 to supplement the Catalinas servicing the Kangaroo Route (or Double Sunrise route) to Colombo in Ceylon. They did the trip 5 hours faster and could carry 4 times the payloa[...]

Tga b727-200

by brad shinn on April 21, 2020
in Aviation — 10 Comments

Hi guys, Here is a 1/144 Minicraft B727 build. Regards, Brad Shinn

Qu-22B Pave Eagle II, Minicraft 1/48 Beechcraft Bonanza /scratch.

by Robert Royes on February 23, 2020
in Aviation — 7 Comments

The QU-22 was another civilian craft adapted by the military. Based on the Beechcraft Bonanza of which 27 being modified. It seemed that if it had wings they'd find a mission for it. Flown by 553/554 Recon. Wing Det. 1,Based at Nakhon RTAB in Th[...]

C-97 “ANGEL of DELIVERANCE.”

by Rodney J. Williams on February 9, 2020
in Aviation — 6 Comments

Minicraft made a very nice 1/144th scale "C-97 STRATOFREIGHTER" model, which had next to no flashing on any of the kit parts. It's an O.O.B. model and all I added to it was some small black "b-b's" in the nose, however when I set it on all 3 ge[...]

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 [...]