iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Vac Wings Northrop BT-1 in 1/48

The Northrop BT-1’s claim to fame is being the proof-of-concept aircraft that led to the development of the famous Douglas SBD Dauntless. Entering US Navy service in 1938, the BT-1 introduced the hydraulically actuated perforated dive [...]

Experimental: Curtiss XP-55 AscenderModelsvit 1/48

Another one completed for the shelf, this time another popular kit from Modelsvit, the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender. This plane is unique for a number of reasons, but most obvious is its swept wing profile and its rear facing pusher prop. I [...]

Airmodel 1/72 Heinkel P.1078C Resin

Hi everyone! This is my 1/72 Airmodel Heinkel P.1078C Resin kit. The Heinkel P.1078 (He P.1078) was a projected single seat interceptor developed for the Luftwaffe by Heinkel aircraft manufacturing company under the Emergency Fighter [...]

Airfix 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant, 264 Squadron, England, July 1940

Hi all, Hope you are all doing fine. My next submission is a 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant from Airfix. A remarkable plane which was eventually not that successful in combat. The build itself was pretty straight forwarded. No real issues, but [...]

MiG-29 GWH 1/48, Polish Air forces

Hello. Currently polish Fulcrums have two-tone gray camo. This one reminds the time, when Poland bought some airplanes from Czech Republic. This specific unit has additional markings related to training called "Eagle's Talon" [...]

Hasegawas '98 1/48 Razorback, Little Chief.

Another fall together kit (yes!) On this Jug i got to mostly concentrate on painting, not filling and aligning and sanding and..etc. It's the first time i have really attempted to get tonal variety by adjusting the amount of different [...]

Phantasy Phantom

This was a pretty fast build. Due to the pandemic, my school got moved completely online so I’ve been having a lot more time for my models. On Tuesday, as I was watching the election, I kept seeing the American flag come up and that gave [...]

Schira DOW 3rd - PLUM 1/72

This is my first article on the site and wanted to start both with my latest finished model and an out-of-the-ordinary model. For those not familiarized with it, it represents a fighter from the anime movie The Wings of Honneamise made by [...]

Balkans Brit...1/48 Bristol Blenheim Mk.I Royal Yugoslav Airforce

My dad´s latest completion. Airfix kit, seatbelt decals for the pilot seat from the sparesbox, masking tape for the other seats, painted with a selfmixed RLM65 (mix not known anymore), ochre paint mixed with Tamiya XF-60 Dark Yellow and [...]

1/48 Italeri Cessna 172 Skyhawk

One of my shelves is reserved for small civilian airplanes, I always wanted collection of colorful Cessnas, Pipers, Beechcrafts etc. next to my usual collection of warbirds. This one's my first (civilian). I did not follow instructions, [...]