iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Hasegawa F-14D Tomcat, Vandy 1, 1/48 scale

Hello iModeler! Long time no post. Here is my first commissioned build. My client requested it be in flight with a full load of ordnance. That made mounting kind of tricky but I found a way in the end. I bent a clear acrylic rod to a [...]

Fine Molds 1/72 Kyushu Q1W1 "Lorna"

The Lorna was an anti-submarine aircraft used by the Japanese in WW2. Obviously a close copy of the Ju-88, the Lorna could be equipped with both radar and MAD (Magnetic Anomaly Detection). This is a great kit that was a dream to build. [...]

Accurate Miniatures 1/48 RAF Mk-II Mustang

This is the old AM P-51A build as a Mk-II Mustang use by RAF 2 Squadron, Beny-sur-Mer, France in August 1944. Apparently only 50 were produced for the RAF and had the up rated Allison V-1710-81 engine and sported four .5 caliber machine [...]

MIG 29 SMT 1/72 Trumpeter

Hello again. This is my new model. Is the famous Mig29. This kit is very popular and I think is a good kit. I hope you like It.

FW190 D9 Tamiya 1/48

Hello all. Firstly thank you very much for the warm welcome to the site and for your encouraging comments on my first post. This is my second build and also my favourite WWII fighter. It is the first time I have added antenna wire to a [...]

Italeri 1/72 RF-4E Phantom II, Hellenic Air Force

Hi everyone! This is my fast build Italeri 1/72 RF-4E that I offered as a gift to a friend of mine some days ago. You can read the full build article following the link below (at my beloved site M2), if you so wish: (link) Thanks for [...]

Nakajima Ki84 Type 4 fighter Hayate (Frank). 1/32 scale Hasegawa kit with Eduard zoom set cockpit.

?✈️ Nakajima Ki84 Type 4 fighter Hayate (Frank). 1/32 scale Hasegawa kit with Eduard zoom set cockpit. However I purchased the Montex super mask set I neither used that or the decals from the kit but made my own masking & painting. [...]

Trumpeter 1/48 De Havilland Sea Vixen F.A.W.2

Hi There, For your delectation and delight I bring you my build of the... Ahem... accurate Trumpeter Sea Vixen OOB except fot some tape belts and of course Decals from XtraDecal as the kits ones were very wrong. I got this kit from a well [...]

1/48 Hasegawa N1K1-Ja Shiden Model 11 Kou "Prisoner of War"

This is my entry for the Empire of Japan Group build. Really enjoyed the theme plus a great kit with few vices to worry about. I added Master Barrels, QB exhaust and made pitot from brass tubing. Rest of kit OOB plus used the kit decals [...]

Spitfire Mk.II Aces High

I don't normally build ww2 era planes and even rarer you can find 1:32 subject on my desk. But having Revell release this kit about 6 months before my good friend's birthday, who is (surprise surprise) a huge Maiden fan, the ever present [...]