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I'm 64 years old and I've been building models since I was 13. My main interest is aircraft models in 1/72 scale, I also build in 1/144 or 1/200 scale when the full size airplane is big. I've built also models of cars, ships and a Stalin tank. I work as professor at two universities in Caracas, Venezuela.

1/200 Revell Boeing 737-200 from British Airways

Hello, fellow modellers This time I’ll share with you my recently finished Boeing 737 in 1/200 scale from Revell (formerly the PK-803 Matchbox kit.) I chose to build this airplane in 1/200 scale because I previously bought a Boeing 747 [...]

1/72 Academy Grumman Martlet II

Hello, fellow members of iModeler. This time I’m showing my recently finished Grumman Martlet II in 1-72 scale. It was built using the Grumman F-4F Wildcat kit from Academy. This kit was designed to be finished with markings from the US [...]

1/72 Heller Dewoitine D.520

I finished this Dewoitine D.520 in 1/72 scale from Heller in 2023. It's a very old tooled kit, with raised panel lines, thick undercarriage doors, no detail inside the wheel wells and just the seat inside the cockpit. Fortunately the [...]

1/72 Academy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat

In this article I'll show a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat in 1/72 scale from Academy that I finished by september, 2023. It represents the fighter flown by Lt. Richard Stambook within the VF-17 sqn. on board at the WWII USS Princeton aircraft [...]

1/72 Tamiya Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

For my third article on iModeler I'll show my latest model, a Tamiya Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "razorback" in 1/72 scale which was finished on April of this year. It's my second "razorback" kit, the first one was an [...]

1/72 Academy Curtiss P-40M

In this article I'll show the 1/72 Academy Curtiss P-40M kit from the 112nd sqn. (a.k.a. "Sharkmouth Squadron") that I finished by february this year. I built this kit almost simultaneously with my Revell Hurricane Mk.IIc because [...]

1/72 Revell Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc

In my first article on this site I'll show my 1/72 Revell Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc, which was finished on february of this year. The kit came with two marking options, I chose to finish my model as a Hurricane from the 336th greek sqn. of [...]