iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Revell – Monogram B 29 1/48

Well at long last here is my finished B29 and I have to say it has been a real pleasure, for a very old moulding with raised panel lines it still builds up into a lovely looking kit ,there is a surprising amount of detail in the forward [...]

How many of you remember this?

(link) It came on right before the national anthem at 10:30 PM as the TV station was signing off for the night. This is one of the reasons I like F-104's...

Check this out Model Airplane and Scratchbuilding Enthusiasts

Wow - a 1:60 scale model Boeing 777 constructed from manila file folders - this knocked my socks off when I read and article about it in an engineering trade magazine. So I googled it up and found lots more images here: (link)

Video: A Lanc and a Landy: The June update.

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Hasegawa Spitfire Mk VIII 'Hava Go Jo!!' in 1/48

When I first built this kit it was hot off the press & being well & truly bagged on the internet. I don't usually run a ruler over my models, preferring to the eyeball Mk.1 to gauge accuracy. In this case, the critics were right [...]

Trumpeter 1/32 Me-262B-1a

Due to a statement made by William Green in his 1959 "Famous Fighters of the Second World War, Vol. 1" about the Me-262B night fighter conversion "shooting down" British bombers over Berlin in April 1945, it has long [...]

Modeling for FUN? Are you crazy? My Kid’s Emily flying boat.

Well I forget how long ago it was, must be 10 years ago, I bought my then 15 year old kid a Hasegawa Emily I found cheap while browsing the LHS. He always liked flying boats since he caught my modeling bug early on. Problem is this kit is [...]

Old Hasegawa A-4E 1/32

Just built this for my neighbor who was in the Navy back in the 60's. Wanted to give him something from that era.

The chosen scheme, but need more info. Added a couple other pics for intrest

Trying to find more info on this Albatross, would like the BuNo and to know what the emblem is on the nose? Found it on a site about Midway Island, she is a SAR bird from the 60s. I also added some other similar pics, all from near the [...]

Tamiya 1/48 P-47 Bubbletop in Gabby Gabreski’s markings

Well, usually I like to build things with slightly unusual markings, but this time around was different. My son was interested in building a P-47 with Gabreski's markings, and started in on the Hobby Easy 1/48 kit (which includes those [...]