iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Hellenic Falcon: Hasegawa F-16D Block 52+

The Conformal Fuel Tanks and avionics added to the Block 52+ were a quantum leap for the Fighting Falcon in terms interception range and bombing capabilities. Unlike the real aircraft where the CFTs were made from the same materials like [...]

Airfix 1:48 Hawker Hunter F.6

Not a long story to tell for this one. The Airfix 1:48 Hunters are pretty nice kits; they've got some clever engineering, especially in the intake area, although it's not done with the finesse one would find in a recent Tamiya kit. I added [...]

Airfix Fairey Gannet AS4 1/48.

Hi folks, long time no posts and I apologise about that, life has changed for me. My marriage broke down and I am now living with my dear old mum down in Devon. I now have a man cave to build in and astash to play with. Anyhow, I saw this [...]

"50 Shades of Blue" -- F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair -- Tamiya 1/48 Redfox Cockpit

Hello my friends and Corsair Junkies. As I promised from my first aircraft posting, [Why I Hate Building Airplanes!] ((link)), I have taken on the challenge of completing my first Corsair. A subject and aircraft that I know many of you [...]

1/48 Revell F-86D Sabre Dog

Here is Revell's 1/48 F-86D Sabre Dog built entirely OOB and finished with Vallejo acrylics. It is a really nice kit with engraved panel lines, good fit, and nice detail in the wheel wells. The only trouble I had with the build was in the [...]

Wingnut Wings 1/32 Sopwith Pup RFC

Wingnut Wings Sopwith Pup boasts with excellent surface detail. Yet, since it is a bi-lane from WWI it requires comprehensive wiring for control cables, engine ignition wires, and fuselage bracing wires. Wings assembly is tricky. All the [...]

Spanish Emil

I recently built a couple of models from Wingsy Kits and was impressed with their quality and detail. I didn’t have a 109E in my SCW collection, so decided to do another Wingsy kit. A few Bf-109E-1s and E-3s arrived in Spain just [...]

Video: Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J Schürzen - 1/72 - Dragon - AVF Model

1/48 Eduard Hellcat

F6F-5 Hellcat late. Eduard. Profipack. VF-31. Lt. Cornelius N. Nooy. USS Belleau Wood. August 1945. Built out of box except for Bitskreig Hamilton Standard Prop and EZ line for aerial. Primary paint: Vallejo model air gloss sea [...]

Airways 1/16 Wright Flyer 1903

I’m usually a plastic and putty kind of modeler but I’ll have to admit, this kit was fun. NOT because this kit had everything in the box I needed. On the contrary, the kit was fun because I was challenged to build 90% from scratch. [...]