iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Meng 1/32 Fokker DR1

I was given this kit for my birthday and was advised to do it in the red livery of Manfred Von Richthofen, so here it is. The kit was a pleasure to build and I included Quinta Studio interior 3D decals as well as Gaspatch machine guns and [...]

Eduard, Mig-21 MF in 1/48

Hey guys, First model for 2024, 1/48 scale Eduard MiG-21MF An excellent model, without special problems, built directly out of the box, in the Czechoslovak Air Force schame. Photographed on Coastal kits hangar diorama background. Highly [...]

Monogram 1/48 P-47D Razorback

This latest build falls into Tom Cleaver's "Build them or Bin them" category. Just one of those models you pic up at a show for $5, I mean what the hey, it's a decent kit and it's only five bucks. So I started this little gem [...]

1/32 Hasegawa P-47D-30 "Duck Butt"

This is my recently finished 1/32 Hasegawa P-47D30 with the markings of "Duck Butt" from 9th Air Forcce, 367th FG, 329TH FS in France (Spring 1945) Additional parts are: -Aires cockpit set -Yahu instrument panel -Eduard seat [...]

X-22 (Kh-22) "Buria" aka AS-4 „Kitchen" ; A-Model ; 1/72

Today I want to present model of one of the "aircraft carrier killers" - Kh-22 "Burya." The model shows one of the first versions of the missile, developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The design, although [...]

Tamiya 1/48 F-16C IDF

No matter which scheme the F-16 is represented, it retains an elegant pose in the display area. IDF's F-16C "Barak" models require additional accessories, whether they are Tamiya or Hasegawa. These include the enlarged intake, [...]

Atlantis Nike Hercules

The MIM-14 Nike Hercules was a United States surface-to-air missile (SAM) serving in the anti-aircraft and (ostensibly) anti-ballistic missile (ABM) role from 1958 until it was phased out in the 1980's in favor of the Patriot missile [...]

RAAF Over Italy

This the fifth of six P-40s I built early in 2023 for a club display for the Australian Model Expo. I built them as one group of three and a second group of four. A seventh aircraft was not finished in time for Expo but is now [...]

AF-1 Skyhawk Brazilian Navy

Seeing the Hasegawa A-4M built as an AF-1 inspired me to post pictures of an old build of mine. This is the Hobby Craft A-4N "Israeli" boxing that also came with decals for the Brazilian Skyhawks. I built this kit back in 2013. [...]

The world is upside down! An attempt to capture aerobatics in a model: Zlin Z-526AFS in its proper element

About the idea of an aerobatics presentation Sometimes it is worth looking at the well-known or seemingly self-evident from an unusual perspective. We are all familiar with the term "aerobatics" and everyone will probably [...]