The Vintage Channel at iModeler (8 articles)

The Vintage Channel at iModeler

Items tagged with Vintage
8 articles
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Vintage Revell P-39 Airacobra 1/46 scale

by Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio on May 4, 2021
in Aviation — 32 Comments

As I had said in some of my previous posts, following my project to restore or even to build vintage models which bring me back good memories, now I went to this 1955 original Revell mold of P-39 Airacobra. My oldest brother Pedrinho (82 now) h[...]

“Spirit of ’44”. Winter vignette

by José Daniel Ramírez on December 28, 2020
in Figures — 10 Comments

"Spirit of '44" Support Gunner of the 4th Inf. Div. Luxembourg, December 1944 Figure from Tamiya with resin head in 1/35th scale I made the snow with sodium bicarbonate and white glue with water. Please note that the sign has an encouraging mess[...]

Vintage Revell 1/45 scale Ford Consul De Luxe

by Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio on August 14, 2020
in Automotive — 12 Comments

Here is my tribute to the vintage Revell 1/45 scale Ford Consul De Luxe. This is following my goal to build and/or restore some old models that could bring me some good memories. I acquired this model from Andrew Burford (Leicester - England), t[...]

Vintage Sikorsky CH-54 Skycrane – 1/72 Revell

by Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio on July 2, 2020
in Aviation — 8 Comments

This post is about the Sikorsky CH-54 Skycrane, an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed for the United States Army. I keep in mind my project to build or restore some old models that could bring me some memories. I restored the R[...]

Vintage Revell Chevrolet Truck 1955

by Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio on May 25, 2020
in Automotive — 9 Comments

Following my project to restore or even to build vintage models which bring me good memories, now I went to this 1955 original Revell mold. My oldest brother, 81 now, had one and it was probably the very first scale model I had seen, I suppose[...]

Vintage Revell Sikorsky H-19

by Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio on May 14, 2020
in Aviation — 20 Comments

This is about the iconic Sikorsky H-19, a multi-propose helicopter used by USA and several other countries. In my project to built or restore some old models that could bring me some memories, I restored the Revell H-19 1/48 scale, which I had b[...]

Vintage Revell M-35 – 1/40 scale

by Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio on April 1, 2020
in Armor — 6 Comments

I had purchased this Revell M-35 MIlitaty Truck 1/40 scale kit probably before 1980, and first built in 1996. This kit was injected in 1969 in Brazil by A. Kikoler company, but first produced in 1958 in USA. The model had the rubber tires litera[...]

À la recherche des maquettes perdu

by Aldo Missio on September 21, 2019
in Aviation — 6 Comments

One of my resolutions on retirement was to finally re-indulge in the long-abandoned pleasure of scale model building. I built my first models when I was confined to hospital for long periods around age 8 to 12. My dad, a former RCAF meteorologi[...]