iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Bf109 E1

This is the Eduard 1/32 kit of the E1, the first in their E-series. I had it for ages before I finally got round to the build. I've modelled it as Ulrich Steinhilper's machine at Calais in 1940 (see record photograph). The markings were [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Bf 109G-6/AS

This is the Hasegawa Bf 109G-10 backdated to be a G-6 A/S. I sanded the bulges under the exhaust stacks and rescribed the panel lines. The G-6 oil cooler, Fusion prop, and G-6 fixed tail wheel were added. Paint is a Tamiya mix of RLM [...]

Eduard 1/48 I-16 type 10, pilot- squadron leader S.I.Gritsevets (С.И.Грицевец), summer 1938

And another I-16, only now. - Air Force Republican Spain. On this machine flew a wonderful pilot Sergei Gritsevets. He fought in the skies of Spain and Mongolia, and was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. More details can be [...]

Video: The large scale Epiphany

Something what I had.

Saab Viggen with “Splinter” camouflage

Many years ago I fell in love with Saab, both aircraft and cars. In September 1974 I flew from Beale AFB to Farnborough in England, in the C-141 support aircraft, as an Air Force artist covering the Lockheed SR-71 record breaking flight [...]

Tamiya 1/48 P-47D-5

The cockpit is from True Details. The seat is from Lions Roar and the seat belts are lead foil with Waldron Buckles. The instrument panel is from eduard. Cockpit color is Model Master dark greem 34092. The engine is from Quickboost [...]

The 1/48 Focke Wulf 190 A8-R2 5/jg4 “white 11″ from Eduard

Hello, In fact, i presented you my series of Focke Wulf in exactly the opposite direction of my buildings. Here is my vision of 190 A8-R2 "white 11" 5/jg4 right after it changed ownership ... This is the model Eduard painted with [...]

Arado 196 in 1/32

This is the Revell kit that was issued about three years ago. After a couple of 'clean' photos, I added a (modified) Verlinden figure, inspired by the photo at the end of this series. If you haven't built or otherwise seen this kit, it has [...]

Bell AH-1 Huey Cobra, "The Gremlin".

Hi guys, this is the old Vietnam Huey Cobra in 1:32 scale by Revell. I have no idea how old this kit is, older than me I think, as the it is no longer in production. I managed to find it on E-bay for a bargain price complete with extra [...]

1/48 Monogram B-25H Mitchell

After a long period of no posting it's time to begin again. My first attempt several years ago at a twin engine model and I choose this old Monogram kit. The B-25H was the most heavily armed aircraft produced during WWII. In addition to [...]