iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1/48th Breda Ba 65.

This is my fairly recent build of the Special Hobby kit, which probably contributed greatly to my grey hair! Many of the injection moulded parts required significant fettling, filling and sanding to persuade them to go together, however [...]

T-6G Texan FAE; Hobby Boss 1/72

Beautifull kit; this is the Hobby Boss 1/72 Texan, one on my lates builds during this year, highly recommended for beginners; i decided to use aftermarket decals from Ralf Models, and build a replica of one of the Texans from de ecuadorian [...]

Korea War GB: Lavochkin La11 Fang, ARK models, 1/48

Herewith my finished Lavochkin La11 Fang from ARK models. This build is part of the “Korea : The Forgotten War“ group build. It is a fairly easy kit which was already mentioned in the review of Tom Cleaver @tcinla here on iModeler in [...]

Video: 1/35 Focke Wulf Fw-190A by Border Model Video Review

1/35 Messerschmitt Fw-190A by Border Model *recommended for advanced or relaxed casual modelers lol. DISCLAIMER: I am NOT! being paid to promote this kit, and to make this video! Thanks! Music info: Best licensed music: (link) Thanks for [...]

Infinity 1/32 DeHavilland Vampire Mk 9

England was an early producer of jet aircraft behind Germany. The Meteor was their first jet in service in WW II. The Vampire was the next jet to follow in service. The mock-up was was ok’d in 1942 with first prototype flights in 1944. [...]

Blohm and Voss Bv141. 1/48 Hobbyboss.

This is an aircraft that has fascinated me since I first saw the 1/72nd Airfix kit, which I think was first released in the early 70's. The Hobbyboss offering has few issues other than the poor representation of the engine and wrong handed [...]

VMFA-542 Tigers F-4B Phantom II - progress

Just a few photos from the build. I still have to make the whole loadout 😀

Arma Hobby 1/72 Sea Hurricane Mark Ib

This was a review build for the IPMS USA site, so only included a few pics here. You can see the build review here: (link) I am really impressed with these Arma Hobby kits. I just scored another for a review build - a P-39N - that I'll [...]

Academy 1/72 Bf 109 E-7 in Japanese livery

James Kelley posted his version of this scheme from a FineMolds kit ((link) ), and I loved the scheme. I've since discovered there is some controversy over what the colors really were on the 109s secured for evaluation by the IJAAF (see [...]

1/48 Tamiya A6M5 Type 52

Finally completed Tamiya's A6M5. It is a very good kit, but it does suffer from some ill fitment in the canon inserts and the oil cooler/cowl flaps. The model was painted almost exclusively in MRP Japanese paints, and the upper paint was [...]