iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
V-1 or Fieseler Fi103 (Tamiya 1/48)
A well known kit of the V-1 from Tamiya in 1/48. It's not a new kit in any sense of the word, but it's still pretty decent. I bought it for a quick, relaxing build, but it was waiting for me for a couple of months. Mostly it was waiting [...]
Too late...1/48 Mitsubishi A7M2 Type 11 Reppu "Sam", IJN
And my dad´s naval aviation theme continues.
Fine Molds kit oob, only added Eduard PE seatbelts, EZ Line for the antenna wire and plastic rods for the upper wing landing gear indicators.
Painted with AK Real Color IJN D1 Deep Green and AK [...]
Revell 1/32 Arado Ar 196A 3
Revell's Ar 196A is a great kit. It is highly detailed, a solid build for the most part without fiddly issues. There are only two disadvantages. The first is the lack of a beaching trolley. The chunky stand provided takes the glamor off [...]
Pro Modeler Ju 52/3m Transport
The Junkers Ju 52 was to the Luftwaffe, what the C-47 was to the allies during WWII. It was invaluable on virtually all fronts of the war as both a cargo and troop transport. Initially designed as a single engine, it flew first in 1930, [...]
Flying the Orient Express: the Handley Page H.P.42 Heracles!
I would like to preface this article with one remark: I have hardly found such amazingly good and varied photographic material for any other aircraft of this era than in the search for material on the H.P.42 Heracles! In pictures whose [...]
Monogram 1/48 F-80 "The Beer City Special" – 36th FBS, 8th FBW, Korea 1951
The technological revolution in aircraft design and operation that resulted from the successful development of jet engines brought about more technological change in the five years between the end of World War II and the Korean War than [...]
Ki-51 Sonia
Here's my recently completed Ki-51 from Wingsy Kits in 1:48. I was inspired by Wingsy Kits when I did a couple of A5M Claudes a while back. The kit did not disappoint, the surface detail is excellent. My only problem encountered during [...]
ICM 1/32 Gloster Sea Gladiator MK.II
What a fantastic kit.
Any issues and errors in the build were wholly down to me.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one as my first ever 1/32 completion.
Primed with Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black.
Painted with,
Colourcoats Interior Grey Green, [...]
P-40 in Defence of Port Moresby
This the second of six P-40s I built earlier this year for a club display for the Australian Model Expo. I built them as one group of three and a second group of four. The seventh aircraft was not finished in time for Expo but is now [...]
