iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1st lt. james t. mcrainey 36 missions

the following are just some of the pics from the personal jounal of one of the bravest men i have ever met. james t. mcrainey is my nieghbor, thats him in middle in the first pic. he flew 36 missions from april 20 1944 (hitlers birthday) [...]

SO3E SEAHAWK 1/48th Czech Model

I started with a 1/48th scale Czech Model Curtiss SO3C Seamew S.O.B. (Straight Out of Box) then thought Hmmm What If... The Warhawk nose came from my own "Davis Monthan bone yard" Otaki Curtiss P-40-E Warhawk. I hacksawed off the [...]

1/48 eduard f6f-5n hellcat profipack

this plane was painted pre-airbrush using tamiya shaker cans, which work great but smell like chemical death! luckily, only one color to paint , dark usn blue. first time i had the pleasure and aggravation of using eduard photoetch.the kit [...]

Capt. Arval J. Roberson’s P-51D Mustang “Passion Wagon”

I used the Tamiya P-51D mustang kit in 1/48 scale for this one. This started out to be a pain in the you know where build. I started out with Loon Models no cut conversion. It is 2 complete fuselage halves made out of resin and a separate [...]

1/48 Tamiya P47D Bubbletop – RAF SEAC 34sqd Meikila 1945

Hi Everyone Tamiya P47D Bubbletop Aeromaster Decals - RAF Thunderbolts 48-302 Tamiya, Gunze & Alclad paints. More to come... Thanks Darren

revie 1/48 f-14 d

Practice, practice, practice! This kit was used as practice for air brushing. the fit was terrible! The decals for low vis versions were 3 different shades! The only good thing about it was the decently detailed landing gear. Considered [...]

Trumpeter 1/32 F6F-3 Hellcat

Background The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a fighter aircraft descended from the earlier F4F Wildcat, but was a completely new design sharing only a familial resemblance to the Wildcat. Some tagged it as "Wildcat's big brother". The [...]

1/32 trumpie 109 g-2

Let me begin by saying, first 1/32, first attempt with my new airbrush, and first time anyone, other than my ever so understanding of my addiction girlfriend, has seen my work. Been modeling for about two years now. Seriously for the last [...]

1/48 Tamiya P47D Bubbletop "Tommy Gunner" 405th FG

Hi Everyone Tamiya P47D Bubbletop Ultracast Seat Aeromaster Decals "Thunderbolts Over Europe" Tamiya & Alclad Paints Thanks Darren

1/48 Tamiya P47D "Jabo" 405th FG

Hi Everyone Tamiya P47 D Bubbletop Ultracast Seat Superscale Decals 48-1185 Tamiya & Alclad paints One of my personal favourites and plan to do more 405th FG aircraft. Thanks Darren