iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

"Gustavo!"Italian for Gustav...

This is the Hasegawa Bf109G-6 in 1/48 scale, depicted in RSI markings of the famous "Diavoli Rosso" (Red Devils) squadriglia. This Boxing from Hasegawa had two options, both from the same unit, Yellow 7 and yellow 8. The factory [...]

CASA 2.111 conversions. Movie stars of “Battle of Britain” 1/48 scale Monogram

. I have been building a series of models depicting movie stars, aircraft that were used to film one of my favorite movies "The Battle of Britain". The series started with a conversation with good friend about models we would [...]

AZ 1/48 Vultee Vengeance

Another quirky build-part of the AZ mystique. No idea of how accurate it is, but it's the only one out there. Not good enough for US combat forces, it served well, particularly with the Indian A.F. There is a great account of Vengeance [...]

Tamiya He-219 Uhu

Built a couple of years ago, went together like a dream. Fun.

Monogram TBD

The fifth example of this old kit I've built over the years. Yellow Wings decals were used.

P-40N Kittyhawk Mk IV Hasegawa 1/48th

Pretty much out of the box,added a vac sliding part of the canopy and had a go at fading the paintwork.The overspray in the wheelwell is intentional as this was often seen.

Polish Squadron Aircraft

Since I am starting my last ("Kościuszko") Polish Fighter Squadron aircraft, the Ansaldo, I figured I would post a few of my past models. I have completed two MIG 29 versions,single and two seat. I have also completed a [...]

P-40E Red Star 1/72

This is the 1/72 scale Hasegawa P-40E Warhawk in Red Star dress. I built this one mostly because I looked forward to the painting and I was attracted to the red stars for some reason. This was a rather simple build and only seatbelts was [...]

Eduard 1/48th scale Fokker D VII

Built out of box, using kit photo etched parts. Humbrol and Model Master paints were used. Eagle Strike decals were used for the markings of the "Seven Swabians" as well as the upper and lower lozenge. Stainless steel wire was [...]

Otaki Tojo

An old Otaki kit that I had some fun with a few years ago. I love finding things like this at contest swap meets and entering them the next year!