iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Eduard 1/48 A6M3 Model 32

Eduard's 1/48 Zero series is similar to previous offerings by the company. Texture surface is excellent and there are plenty of details. However, the engineering of the kit and the quality control are not up to the high standard of [...]

P-47D Thunderbolt, 1/48 Italeri

Hi all ! This is my latest model, the P47D 1/48 Italeri. My first metallic color kit, and trying to give this old used condition as usual... The instruments in the cockpit with dry brush worked well. I also made my own masks for the canopy [...]

Tempest Mk. V: Airfix 1/72

This is my interpretation of Wing Commander ‘Bee’ Beamont’s Tempest Mk. V, a plane he test-piloted for Hawker before flying it into combat with incredible skill, flipping V-1s amongst other acts of unbelievable daring. I hope he [...]

FFA P-16

The first aircraft had its maiden flight in 1955. The aircraft had a Wing design that was revolutionary for the time, with a thin Profile and an unusual combination of high-lift devices such as flaps on the Wing trailing edge, lowerable [...]

McDonnell Douglas F2H-4 Banshee

This is the Tigger vacuform kit in 1/32 scale I had wanted a kit in this scale since I converted the old Hawk F2H-2 1/48 kit to a -4 many years ago. The conversion took much longer than me binning it after completion. Really no [...]

Wingnut Wings Albatross D.V: The mount of Fritz Rumey and M.C. Escher's anomality

Years ago, when Wingnut Wings was in business, I received the 1/32 Albatross D.V for review. I chose the mount of Fritz Rumey with the black lines spiraling along the fuselage on white background. Instructions specified that there were two [...]

Spitfire Mk XII

This is the 1/32 Revell Mk IX kit converted to the Mk XII. It represents one flown by R H Harries in No. 91 Squadron. He was the top ace in Griffon engined Spitfires with 10/1 of his 15+3 sh/2/5? I used the Grey Matters Mk XII conversion [...]

1:48 Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair, VF-84, White 167Jim Sullivan GB

I bought this kit for $10 at a model show and just had it sitting around for a rainy day. Well, we haven’t had a rainy day in Minnesota since May so I opted to use it for this group build. I wish I had something more unique to offer, but [...]

1/48 McDonnell F3H-2 DEMON

Hello This is the Demon from AZ model ex Grand Phoenix. The decals are from Furball, which unfortunately fit the Hobby Boss kit. The decals for vertical stabilizer didn't fit at all. Looking at the photos I noticed, oops, the Demon's [...]

Zoukei-Mura 1/48 F-4E Phantom II IAF

See all my models at: (link) Photograpy: Nikon D7500; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom