Schabak produced a wide range of models however they tended towards the larger airlines and aircraft types. In particular Schabak's exposure to Chinese airlines was very limited (Schabak had only produced 5 models). This meant there were lots of smaller airlines and aircraft that Schabak never made that could have logically served Imogenia in 1997. After much trial and error I finally found a way to make my own custom models and this is it:

1. Search on Airliners.net for good side views of the plane I want, choosing one photo.

2. Use Paint Shop Pro to copy/paste sections of cheatline and / or spray can colours to remove the wings.

3. Use white to remove the background and clean up the white fuselage areas on the photo.

4. Take a copy of the photo and mirror it to make an identical other side.

5. Copy and paste the titles / registration onto the other side mirroring and rotating them to read correctly.

6. Take both images and paste them into a word document scaling to fit a 1:600 size model by measuring the model itself and trying a few test prints.

7. Print using a laser printer (though an inkjet would do fine) onto clear decal paper.

8. Prepare the model by skinning the original decals. The model used really needs a white base colour (as white doesn't print on printers) as I have found painting the model difficult.

9. Slide the decals onto the model in four parts: right side, left side and both tail sides.

The hardest part I find is the cockpit windows and meeting cheatlines around the nose. I try and keep the original schabak's cockpit windows if I can. I try and avoid creating custom models of airlines with non-white fuselage base colours (at least around the cockpit) or making them upon moulds with a silver base.

Computer with Paint Shop Pro (for getting the photo and manipulating it)
Printer (for printing the decals)
Decal Sealant (for stopping the water from ruining the decals)
Hot water (for wetting the decals)
Tweezers (for manipulating the decals)
Nail Scissors (for cutting the decals)
Small Paintbrush (for smoothing the decals onto the mould)