iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

“Mary Nell”… P-51D…1st Lt. William A. Taylor POW…Italy

hasegawa 1/48...eagle strike 48092...

A-10 Warthog Desert Storm Italeri

The model in the the picture is a 1/48 scale italeri, with aires interior and engine from italeri exterior set . the picture was taken on the venice show in florida 2013 , engine cover was made by tissue paper and white glue.

Israeli captured MiG 17 1/48

This is my rendition of one of many MiG 17's that came into Israel's hands in 1965,there are different accounts of how this aircraft was captured,some say the pilot defected others that it was forced down in the heat of battle by superior [...]

Hobby Boss 1/48 MiG-17F

This was my first Hobby Boss kit. I started in earnest last fall and hit the first "snag" soon after. I had to repaint the seat several times to get the effect I wanted and stopped construction for several weeks. The I took up [...]

For those who don’t want to do 1/32 Fw-190s

Everybody always wonders, what will happen to their stash when they're gone? Will SWMBO just trash it? Well, not necessarily. CINC Le Chateu du Chat likes to go to estate sales. She has found lots of good stuff at great prices, as have [...]

1/48 General Dynamics F-111A Prototype RTD&E #1

This is the old Monogram, ex-Aurora, F-111A Swing Wing Fighter kit. I back dated the kit to represent the first RTD&E aircraft. Backdating the aircraft wasn't that hard. The major modification is the fuel dump area in between the two [...]

OH-58D Kiowa Warrior – Kuwait International Airport – Desert Storm 1991

This is the Academy 1/35 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. This was probably the hardest helicopter model I have ever built. It has excellent detail and comes with excellent weapons. I added wiring to the aft cabin avionics LRUs. This model is part of [...]

Martin B-10

Thought I'd make post before leaving for the IPMS Region IV Regionals at Dayton, Oh tomorrow. The B-10 was the US Army Air Force's first all steel monoplane bomber and went into service in 1934. This is the Williams Brothers 1/72 kit. Box [...]

1/24 Trumpeter Fw-190D-9

Recently there appears to be a lot of interest in this kit, which first appeared in 2004, with lots of commentary about its problems, with several afttermarket gurus coming to the rescue with lots of high-priced resin. Back in 2004, there [...]

1/48 F/A-18C

This is a Revellogram kit built straight from the box. It was painted with Humbrol enamels and the kit decals for a VFA-113 USS Independence 1990 cruise (Desert Shield) example were used. This is the 3rd example of this kit I've built [...]