iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Sikorsky HO4-S1 – REVELL – 1/48

Model finalized in 2009 contemplating a Revell kit Sikorsky HO4-S1 enriched with various details in scrathbuilding. Many details are functional (motor collapsible doors and main rotor). The painting was based on rescue squads American [...]

Review: Polishing and Masking Canopys

“The Huff” F-86F 1/48 academy

Hello my colleagues! After my small modeler pause I´m back. When I finished University and got a new job, I started worked on Sabre and there is result. I think, that everybody knows this kit. Fitting of main parts are really good, but [...]

Thanks Again, iModeler!

Hello! Last year I won the random drawing for May, and the new tooling BF-109e-4 by Airfix was my prize. I didn't just want to take a prize and have it sit in my stash because that would seem a bit ungrateful, so as soon as I could, I [...]

Airfix Seafire 17 in 1/48 scale

When Airfix announced their new Spitfire XII & Seafire 17 kits I bought two of each. The first pair were out of the box & I was very happy with the results. Looking at the remaining pair I tried a match-up of XII & 17 parts to [...]

The Ritzmann Skyraider

In Spring 2011, I built and entered a Tamiya 1:48 A-1 Skyraider for the Vietnam War Group-Build at www.britmodeller.com . I was lucky enough to be voted ‘third overall’ in the resultant poll, and thought no more about it until a couple [...]

1/72 Roden Pfalz D.III Silver Stag

This isn't a recent build and I've never posted the photos, due to the incorrect lower wing. The kit part was poorly cast, (odd for Roden), so I just built it anyway with the extra wing, for the rigging practice. My a fore mentioned method [...]

A Catalina for my Dad.

Having only just joined this site, I was/am a little reticent about posting an article in to 'Headlines' - it seems a little 'pushy' to me. However a couple of the guys suggested it would be fine and it's likely a few more folks may see it [...]

1/72 Italeri SM.82 Marsupiale

This is Italeri's Savoia-Marchetti 82 Marsupiale, presented in the early three banded scheme. A big hunk of plastic for sure. The kit has some nice features; weighted wheels, position able control surfaces, good internal detail, and three [...]

Bell OH-58A Kiowa – Esci 1/48

Following Hughes OH-6A presented here on April, a new Vietnam aeroscout is coming from my bench. This mid ‘80s 1/48 scale model by Esci is pretty good although its age. I got a lot of work inside the cockpit, none the less outside, with [...]