iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Classic Airframes 1/48 Fiat CR.42 CN

The last of the great biplane fighters to enter service in 1938, the Fiat CR.42 “Falco” (Falcon) became the single most-produced Italian fighter. Agile, light, and regarded by Regia Aeronautica pilots as a wonderful aircraft to fly, [...]

Messerschmitt 109 G-6 J705 Swiss Air Force in 1945

The model that I present here is a Messerschmitt 109 G-6 J-705 The 22 November had emergency landing. The rubber seal in the fuel tank came off and so was the supply of Fuel reaching the engine, the pilot was Oblt Hofer who had emergency [...]

Lockheed XF-90 Penetration Fighter 1949

The XF-90, a experimental aircraft, was an example of Kelly Johnson's Skunk Works. Designed as a long range escort fighter that could accompany the B-36 intercontinental bomber, changing technology had the jet redesigned as an interceptor. [...]

Airfix Hawk 81-A-2 in 1/72nd.

Built straight OOB. Good value for money, with good fit overall. There is a mistake in the decal sheet: the woman figure should be facing towards the cockpit, i.e. backwards on the starboard side. I only noticed this in the reference [...]

Tamiya’s new 1/48 refuelling truck

I thought some of you guys might be interested in this picture of Tamiya's forthcoming 1/48 kit of a US airfield refuelling truck. It's due for release in March...

Royal Navy Corsair II Tamiya 1/48

Always a favourite with me & I know I'm not alone. Tamiya do a superb kit here & I really like this colour scheme for the Fleet Air Arm. This one has the clipped wing tips necessary to fit (folded) in the hangar deck & [...]

The 1/48 Mirage IIIC from Eduard

To continued my french serie i present my Mirage IIIC from Eduard. It was a real pleasure for me to build this kit. I corrected the height of the main landing gear leg by removing 3 mm of shock absorbers. This gives him a better position [...]

Airfix English Electric Lightning F.1 in 1/48…

This is my 2nd posting of an Airfix 1/48 English Electric Lightning. To put my Lightning model postings in the right order, this should have been the first, but I had the photos already for the F.6, so it became the first. I just took some [...]

Airfix 1/72 Harvard II

This is the old Airfix Harvard II (T-6 Texan) kit of years gone by. It's a simple, nice fitting kit which I did OOB, without a lot of hassle. As old as it was, I was still able to use the kit decals. The story of "why" is [...]

Junkers D.I. 1/72 Roden

Hello! Inside cabin papered corrugated foil. Added handmade items. Such as appliances. Corrected configuration wings. Markings painted using stencils. Guns set "MiniWorld". Best regards, Vlad. P.S. Sorry for the "my [...]