iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

BRISTOL SCOUT 'C' 1611

Copper State Models 1:32 Tamiya paints Gaspatch terminals on Model Kasten rigging ProperPlane prop.

Hasegawa 1/32 Focke Wulf Fw 190D

A straight forward kit by Hasegawa with back engine details and separate flaps. There are relatively few parts and the joint of the main undercarriage to the wing is solid. The only problem with the kit that I found was that there are [...]

PT-217 Twin Kaydet

Here's what happened when I tried to build two Revell PT-17s at the same time. I spent more time sniffing glue than reading instructions and things got a bit confusing...whatever, As I was thinking about all the thousands of future [...]

1/48 RNLAF T-33A (GWH4819)

Hi all, Here’s my rendition of a T-33A of the Royal Netherlands Airforce (RNLAF). First a bit of history of the T-bird in Dutch service … The T-33s became operational as from in 1953 with RNLAF mainly for flight training. The aircraft [...]

1/48 SAAF Impala MK II

Here's my build of the ESCI 1/48 Aermacchi MB-326K Impala in early SAAF colors. Really nice kit with fine recessed panel lines and a good fit. The only after market added is the Neomega resin cockpit and Wolfpack MB MK6 ejection seat as [...]

Video: Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 - Tamiya 1/10 - RC Model

Video: Subaru Impreza WRC 1999 - Tamiya 1/10 - RC Model

1:32 Scale, Trumpeter, F4F-4, 'Wildcat'

Decent kit that went together very well. Building her with wings deployed was a little bit of a pain in the hind quarters, While Trumpeter gives you the option of folded or extended wings, I think the kit is designed more to have the [...]

Avro Lancaster "Dambuster", Revell (04295) 1/72

As part of the "80th Anniversary of Dambuster Raid - group build!" created by Bernard @lis, I entered with the Revell kit 04295 in 1/72 scale. It was already 10 months ago that I received this kit and it still took two months [...]

1/144 Curtiss C-46

This is the newish Platz kit finished with Tamiya lacquer paints and Vintage Flyer decals. It represents a Slick Airways freighter during the late 1940s. Slick was a significant American cargo carrier between 1946 and 1966 when it was [...]