iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Clyde East, the Tac-R Ace of Aces

History Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on July 19, 1921, Clyde Bennett East was the fifth of nine children. Raised on a rural family farm, he longed to experience adventure in the military. At 19, failing to meet the entry [...]

Hurricane IIB, 151 Wing, Vaenga, USSR Sep-Oct 1941

I wanted to do a Hurricane IIB with a tropical filter and temperate camo scheme. The options for that combo were Hurricanes IIs in Singapore, Burma, Java, India, Ceylon, and Russia (ironically none of those locations are actually [...]

Homage to the lovely little Yak 3 and Polikarpov i-16. Realistic Ikea chopping board.

Needed to do this but space for 1/32 builds is limited. Very nice little Eduard kits. Fiddly in bits but fun. Amazing that USSR could produce such modern cockpit canopies (on the Yaks) when you compare birdcage Hurricanes and even [...]

Video: Tamiya 1/35 KV-1 | Full Build

1/32 scale Tamiya Vought F4U-1A CORSAIR VF-17 US Navy military aircraft

1/32 scale Tamiya Vought F4U-1A CORSAIR VF-17 US Navy military aircraft from World War II, February 1944 Bougainville, New Guinea. Flown by pilot Ira C. Kepford. Technical data: Tamiya kit, aftermarket details: Eduard wheels, HGW [...]

Metallica...

Hi guys, here is my Hobby Boss 1/48 J.29F Tunnan an excellent kit! Have a great day ?

AMtech/Tamiya 1/48 FW-Ta183A Huckebein

Pulled this little gem out of the stash and finally finished her. Started in 1942 as Project VI under the direction of engineer Has Multhopp she however would never fly. Designed with a 40 degree mid-mounted sweep wing, 60 degree vertical [...]

Scratch built 1/24 South African Aerotek Ace prototype – Part 1

My first post on iModeler (first ever post of a project online!) and I have chosen a unique prototype built in South Africa in the late 80’s as a tandem turbine trainer replacement for the agiing South African Airforce Harvard [...]

Aquatic Guns in the Sky...1/48 Nakajima A6M2-N Type 2 "Rufe", Imperial Japanese Navy

My dad´s latest completion and final? addition to the Empire of Japan GB. Hasegawa kit, painted with AK Real Color IJN Amber Grey and IJN Green Black, EZ Line for antenna and Eduard seatbelts. Build thread here (link) Aircraft of Takuma [...]

Kinetic 1/48 Mirage 2000

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. If you love the Mirage, look away. I love flying the Mirage in DCS, so I had to build one. I found the C/5F and B/D/N kits on sale and snapped them up. That's the end of the happy side of the [...]