The What-if Channel at iModeler (82 articles)

The What-if Channel at iModeler

What-if modeling

Items tagged with What-if
82 articles
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Takom T-14 Armata – Urban Arctic Camouflage, “what-if” WW3

by João Pereira on March 3, 2019
in Armor — 4 Comments

Hello fellow modelers. Heres a T-14 Armata from Takom in 1/35th scale, I finished later last year and I can tell you that it was a joy to build and paint! I decided to go with this urban winter camouflage to make something different that what [...]

Le Mans ‘2050 Anti-Gravity Race Car’

by Charles King on January 13, 2019
in Sci-fi — 11 Comments

Still adding details to this build, before calling this finished. But thought I'd showed it, seeing that it was close to finish. Yep! Another anti-gravity vehicle. I can't seem to get enough. I tend to want to turn everything in to a floating su[...]

JS-3 What If?

by Kevin Conlon on December 18, 2018
in Armor — 14 Comments

This diorama represents a Russian JS-3 that is protecting a factory in Siberia,1946. The Germans have taken most of Russia. The field modifications of screen armor and steel plate protection of the intakes were done to improve survivabilit[...]

E-100 What if … 1/72 Modelcollect

by Radek P. on November 11, 2018
in Uncategorized — 9 Comments

First attempt of "What if..." model kit. Just pure imagination.

What-if with AA gun

by George Bacaoanu on October 30, 2018
in Armor — 4 Comments

What if from miscellaneous parts, wood and a gun from monkey box, build 2 years ago

Grumman-Mercedes X-29

by Richard Mcstay on October 14, 2018
in Aviation — 16 Comments

How to use up your old car and bike decals... Buy the cheapest 1/72 kit from your local shop, then put your own stamp on it. This is the NASA X-29 air racer! Based on the legend of the Sauber Mercedes silver arrows. Maybe this could be a future[...]

Supermarine Seafang Mk.32 (Trumpeter 1/48)

by Dmitry Stropalov on July 31, 2018
in Aviation — 22 Comments

First of all, I need to say that this is a "what if" build. There are two reasons for that: Trumpeter and Trumpeter. First reason is that model has a lot of issues with an accuracy, clearly visible if you're comparing with photos. Usually I don'[...]

Future F1

by Matija Skobe on July 31, 2018
in Automotive — 4 Comments

So i had an old F1 and in mind some kind of hovering or antigravity futuristic F1. Wheels are replaced with some gravity defying disks like those on the hoverboard in Back to the Future or the Matrix hover ship.

1/48 Piaggio XSP-2 “Super Veloce” (1938)

by Joe Caputo on May 30, 2018
in Aviation — 18 Comments

Piaggio started in the aeronautics field in 1915. As with most Italians, racing was in the blood. The 1920s served as an important time in the company's history when, Piaggio Aero brought on Giovanni Pegna and Giuseppe Gabrielli, two aeronautic[...]

Tamiya 1/48 scale Spitfire MK V, racer

by Terry Schuler on March 18, 2018
in Aviation — 23 Comments

This little Spitfire was purchased at the end of WWII by co-owners Horace Hopkins and Copper W. Danielson (C.W.) , and flew out of the Bernard airport in Beaverton Oregon. Originally used as a motion picture prop is was soon modified to compete [...]