iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Airfix Hawker Tempest Mk. V Post War

Just completed this Airfix post-war Tempest Mk. V in 72nd scale. The scheme shows a plane from No. 80 squadron in Germany in 1946. Painted with Ammo Mig and AK Interactive acrylics, an Ammo Mig light grey acrylic filter, Vallejo matte [...]

F-86E(M) Honduras Air Force: Airfix 1/72 F-86E(M)Sabre and Fury Group Build

This is Sabre #3 that I have built for the Sabre and Fury Group Build. I usually never build more than 1 model of a given type of airplane, and I usually never build more than one at a time, so this group build has launched me into new [...]

de Havilland Heron II by Airfix in 72nd Scale

The DH.114 Heron was developed as a follow-on to the popular DH.104 Dove. It was designed to be used in less developed regions as a more rugged four-engine upgrade. As well as switching to four-engine, the Heron also had increased wingspan [...]

Two Destroyers in 1/72 Scale

In my quest to build all of the Navy/Marine dive bombers, I keep discovering aircraft that I knew nothing about. The latest discovery is the Douglas Destroyer, which the Navy requested in 1941, hoping to replace both the Douglas SBD and [...]

FALKLANDS GB-1/72nd Italeri Boeing HC.1 Chinook RAF "Bravo November"

25 April 1982, the container ship MV Atlantic Conveyer departs the UK to the Falkland Islands. Aboard are 5 HC.1 Ch-47 Chinook medium lift helicopters (No.8 squadron), all the maintenance and ground crews with equipment aboard. Along [...]

1/32 Hasegawa Fw-190A-7 "Bar"

This is 1/32 Hasegawa's Fw 190A-7 with the markings of Kommandeur Major Heinz Bar from II/JG1 in Germany April 1944. I used ; Eduard Löök instrument panel and seatbelts AML seat Quickboost exhaust set Quickboost Gun Barrels Barracudacast [...]

SZD 16 Gil prototype SP-1880 1958.

1/72 PZW, built 2013 to 2022, with a what if registration of VH-GWZ, finished in MM enamels with Pledge over decals from the spares folder.

Retro F-84

Some time ago I was given a 1:48 Revell F-84G by a relative who is a yard sale junkie. It had no decals and a build was started by someone, but all the parts were there. I'm not much off a modern jet guy, I like old airplanes. I had [...]

Airfix F-86F-40 modified to Sabre Mk. 6 and the Golden Hawks for F-86 Sabre Group Build

The Airplane: The Canadair Sabre series was built by Canadair under licence from North American Aviation. Sabres were produced until 1958 and used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) until replaced with the Canadair CF-104 in [...]

Fiddlers Green General Dynamics F-16 Falcon Paper Model

These fun scale paper model is sometimes what the doctor ordered to have an enjoyable build and listening to some smooth Jazz. See the full build on YouTube. Hope you enjoy these pics. Cheers my fellow modelers. One love.