iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Turning around Tamiya's 1/48 Seiran

The Aichi M6A1 Seiran is among prime Japanese aviation innovation projects during WWII. Created to be stored at and operated from specially designed submarines. Up to three of these float-equipped aircraft were able to take off from the [...]

Pfalz D.IIIa

The Pfalz D.III was a German single-seat biplane fighter used during World War I primarily by German Luftstreitkräfte units. It was designed by Rudolph Gehringer and manufactured by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke. Most machines were produced in the [...]

Hasegawa, 1:32 scale, Curtiss P-40K-1-Cu, "Warhawk"

Calling this, DONE! 1st LT Robert Johnson 'Jay' Overcash, 64th FS/57th FG, based at Hadi Main AB, Tunisia, May 1943. A little quirky with all the silly plugs and adapters to fit in it, but a really good model and was a bit of fun to build. [...]

Hasegawa Henschel Hs 129B-2

A very nice kit by Hasegawa oldie of a unique aircraft having a detailed engraved surface texture.

Western Cold-War Minimalism: Kinetic 1/48th CF-5A

This 1/48th scale F-5A Freedom Fighter release from Kinetic in 2012 (and later F-5B release) was a nice addition to the scale, as the type was underrepresented to date. Although not a quick build, with careful fitting and patience in [...]

1/144 Trumpeter Rafale B

After over 30 years of service, Croatian Air Force finally decided to retire overused and outdated MiG-21 fighters. After first unsuccessful attempt to purchase F-16 Sufa fighters from Israel, Croatian Ministry of Defense finally signed [...]

Hasegawa RF-4E 1/48 Phantom II: Final Year 2020

The commemoration of the long service of the Phabolous adds another colorful dimension to the 'Sea Camouflage' attractive scheme of Japan's RF-4E. I enhanced the basic mold of the ejection seats and used DXM decals for the specialized [...]

P 51-D Hasegawa 1/48

Ciao ragazzi, here I just finish for friend of mine a P51-D. The kit is Hasegawa in scale 1/48, assembly was quite ok but the decals was a real disaster. Some of the them destroyed immediatly when I put in the water...and I have to paint [...]

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 [...]

US Navy Spitfire on D-Day: Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk. Vb

This build starts with a story that I read in the British magazine "Flypast". I had never heard this story, and it was so cool that I couldn't resist building a model to represent the Spitfires in the story. So, first is the [...]