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My addiction to aviation started in November 1966: I was just 3 months old, when my Dad - then an Officer at Hellenic Air Force - and my Mom decided to put me in a C-47 for one of the marvelous short flights offered free to the public during the annual celebration of the Hellenic Air Force. Was in my straw porte-bébé, simply laid on the C-47 floor, no seat belts whatsoever, as no one wore and, yes, those were the days!

Since then I’ve been addicted to anything that flies, with a preference to military airplanes (my career in the Hellenic Air Force and a flight offered to me with a Mirage 2000 only boosted this addiction).

I started modeling at about the age of 9, when my Dad brought me an 1/72 F-5A, sealed in a plastic bag, molded in lovely black styrene, its twin exhausts immediately catching my eye: modeling became a love affair ever since. Had two long breaks from my beloved hobby, being active – hopefully for good - since 2018.

I have two wonderful boys, born in 2015 and 2017, who consume most of my "free" time; still I try to find a couple of hours every day or so, to sink in my modeling paradise. I mostly build out of the box with the occasional scratch building and just have fun building my models! I am generally no contest minded, mostly due to my incompetence, but I love group builds!

In love with motorbikes, passionate with Pink Floyd and rock music, in love and passionate with life in general. I love seeing people smiling and do whatever I can to achieve this.

Addicted to reading from modeling sites (especially the wonderful Modelingmadness) and feeling grateful to be a member of iModeler! This is such a fantastic site, with all these amazing modelers and their beautiful work I admire – a constant temptation for me!

Hellenic Air Force Museum – A quick visit

Hi everyone, Had the chance to pay a quick visit to The Hellenic Air Force Museum, located at Tatoi AFB, near Athens! I could see a lot of, and in cases rare, great Aviation stuff there, mainly regarding the Hellenic Air Force History, but [...]

Aichi D3A1 ”Val” (艦爆), Midway Island, Hasegawa, 1/48

Hi everyone! This is my Hasegawa 1/48 Aichi D3A1 Val, built as part of The Empire of Japan 1919 - 1946 Group Build, here on iModeler. The Aichi D3A Type 99 Carrier Bomber (Allied reporting name "Val") was a World War II [...]

Fonderie-Miniature 1/48 NORD 1500 “Griffon II”

Hi everyone! This is my 1/48 Griffon II, done about 15 years ago. The Nord 1500 Griffon was an experimental ramjet-powered fighter aircraft designed and built in the mid-1950s by French state-owned aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation. It [...]

Sikorsky HH-53, Revell, 1/48

Hi everyone! This is my Revell 1/48 Sikorsky HH-53, finished as a USAF bird during Vietnam era. Built a dozen years ago. The HH-53 belongs to the CH-53 family of heavy-lift transport helicopters designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 Nakajima Ki-27 “Nate”

Hi everyone! This is my Nakajima Ki-27Ko, built as part of "The Empire of Japan 1919-1946" Group Build, hosted here in this site. The Nakajima Ki-27 (九七式戦闘機, Kyūnana-shiki sentōki, or Type 97 Fighter) was the main [...]

Revell 1/32 Junkers Stuka B-2

Hi everyone! Here's my Revell 1/32 Junkers Stuka B-2, built about 12 years ago. The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, "dive bomber") was a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann [...]

Hobbycraft 1/48 Vought F7U-3 “Cutlass”

Hi everyone! Here is my 1/48 F7U-3 "Cutlass", built 15 years ago. The F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War era. It was a tailless aircraft for which aerodynamic [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 Kawanishi H6K5 "Mavis"

Hi everyone! Here is my 1/72 Kawanishi H6K5 "Mavis" flying boat, done about ten years ago. The Kawanishi H6K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat produced by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company and used during World War II for [...]

Airfix 1/72 Spitfire IX and Bf-110 C dogfight scene

Hi everyone! This is my tribute to Air Vice Marshal “Johnnie” Johnson. It is a simulated dogfight between his Spitfire IX JE J EN398 and a Bf-110 C. I will not go into the history of those amazing planes, as they are so well [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 B-47 "Stratojet"

Hi everyone! This is my Hasegawa !/72 Stratojet, built about a dozen years ago. The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to [...]