The Scratchbuilding Channel at iModeler (172 articles)

The Scratchbuilding Channel at iModeler

scratch-built models and the art of scratchbuilding

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172 articles
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USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) Fast Attack Submarine in 1/72 Scale

by Jeff Groves on May 21, 2019
in Ships — 10 Comments

The USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) was a U.S. Navy Los Angeles class fast attack submarine. She was commissioned in 1980 and was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, homeported in Pearl Harbor. She was decommissioned halfway through her service life in [...]

Chiseled Out HMS Surprise Frigate

by SANJAY BAHTI on May 13, 2019
in Ships — 7 Comments

Completed HMS Surprise with Cabinet . The width of the Ship is not proportionate, realized it half way, Completely hand made. It took two years to complete this ship.

Mirage F1 AZ 1/32 Scale, Scratch Build. Part 3

by Marc Barris on May 12, 2019
in Aviation — 10 Comments

Some feed back for those of you that might be following this build, I have finished the molds as per the last post, and I started vacuum forming this week end, with the fuselage being so long, I molded each side of the fuselage in 3 pieces, the[...]

Stage Coach in the making solid wood no decals

by SANJAY BAHTI on May 12, 2019
in Automotive — 9 Comments

Stage coach in the making using solid wood. Wood is Cedrus deodara along with what ever combination is available. Wheels and chassis completed- breaking assembly still a trouble will find out a way. Coach will be mounted at the end. Working on [...]

Gee Bee Model “Z” Super Sportster – 1:32, Williams Bros with lots of scratch

by Gábor Szabó on May 10, 2019
in Aviation — 19 Comments

Hi All! This is my finally finished Gee Bee "Z" from the venerable Williams Bros kit (not bad just a bit old) with lot of modifications and - hopefully - upgrade. I started this kit years ago but I had some issues with - as I think - too old pai[...]

Junkers Ju390 V2 Conversion in 1/72 Scale

by Jeff Groves on April 27, 2019
in Aviation — 9 Comments

Here are completed pictures of my Ju 390 in 1/72 scale. The model was constructed using components from two Revell of Germany Ju 290 kits. It represents the Ju 390 V2 developmental aircraft serving with F*G 5 at Mont de Marsan in France during[...]

Mirage F1 AZ 1/32 Scale, Scratch Build. Part 2

by Marc Barris on April 21, 2019
in Aviation — 11 Comments

Glued in the Balsa wood between the fuselage ribs, and started sanding the to get the shape, to make the molds for vac forming. This project is much bigger than anticipated and the amount of detail that I want to add is going to be mind boggling[...]

Mirage F1 AZ 1/32 Scale, Scratch Build. Part 1

by Marc Barris on April 20, 2019
in Aviation — 15 Comments

Well its that time again.''The scores are tie, and now its time for the big one'', Yip, I have taken the plunge again and started another long term project in the form of the Mirage F1 AZ of the South African Airforce. Needless to say she is goi[...]

Very early RB-57E Patrica Lynn Canberra

by John Sheehan on April 18, 2019
in Aviation — 18 Comments

Hello all, This is my attempt at producing an accurate 1/72 scale rendition on the RB-57E. For many years the Italeri B-57 was regarded as the best option but unfortunately the kit is deeply flawed, the issues are too many to go into here, but s[...]

Scratch built US M101 field howitzer

by Derek Matile on April 17, 2019
in Armor — 9 Comments

This is a scratch built model of a US M101 field howitzer.I made a smaller one a few years ago. I really like the look of this gun so I Desided to make a slightly larger one with more detail.The gun was copied from pictures so not sure of the sc[...]