iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Monogram 1/48 Bell P-39L-1 Airacobra

This is an older build that I finally got around to photographing last Thursday. I took it and several other models (see the Bell AH-1S Cobra) to another small-town airport, the Coffield Regional Airport in Rockdale, Texas, about 20 [...]

Hasegawa F-86A Sabre

This is the 1/48 Hasegawa F-86 Sabre, using the Cutting Edge resin conversion set and Meteor Productions decals to create an F-86A Sabre. The first prototype, 45-59597, had been completed in August 1947, powered by a Chevrolet-build [...]

Monogram 1/48 AH-1S Cobra

Here's a build that's 15-20 years old but I had never taken it to the airport until last Thursday. It's the old Monogram kit from 1986 and mine is painted in Israeli livery. It's pretty much OOB but I did add a bit of screening to the [...]

Made It! Gladiator finished on last day. Well almost….

No longer a work in progress, The Silver Wing's 1/32 Gloster Sea Gladiator is ready to take to Virginia and the Nationals. Everything is done, all the little details, EXCEPT for the antennas. These will be left off to finish down there, as [...]

Amodel 1/32 Nieuport-XI

Hello! Represented his a fresh model, Nieuport-11 from the company Amodel. Not a very good cast, but decent the copy. Color option is selected a typical airplane construction plant Dux, about 1916. Everyone enjoy!

My Monogram Crusaders

Since everyone is posting their Monogram F-8's, I decided to throw mine into the mix. These have been posted before, so I apologize in advance for the re-runs. First up is a Monogram F-8E converted to the later J model. I used Superscale [...]

Hasegawa F-8H Crusader

Here is the Hasegawa F-8 done as an F-8H using the full Cutting Edge conversion set and Meteor Productions decals. There's an old saying that "it's better to be lucky than good." The Chance Vought F-8 Crusader series was not [...]

“Le Crouze” – the last Crusader

Here is the Hasegawa F-8E Crusader modified to be an F-8E(FN)/F-8P, using the Cutting Edge slats and flaps, dive brake, and cockpit, with decals from MDC. By 1962, the Marine Nationale was undergoing rapid modernization, with two new [...]

Video: Weathering the Airfix 1/72 Hawker Typhoon MkIb

A wee tutorial of sorts on one of the methods I use to age an aircraft's airframe. The finished article was weathered entirely with the pigments shown. The kit was built OOB with the only scratch-built enhancements being the Sutton seat [...]

Monograms 1/48th Ling Temco F-8E Crusader, USN, Vietnam

So to add another Crusader to the mix. This one is using the Kendall wing fold set and cockpit upgrade set. The only thing I didn't do was adjust the incorrect stance of the main gear. I configured this for a ground attack mission. My [...]