iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Fi-156C Storch, TAMIYA, 1/48

Fi-156C Roda VVKJ (Royal Yugoslav AF) 1941, eskadrila za vezu TAMIYA 1/48 + Quinta Studio Fi-156 Storch INTERIOR 3D DECAL (QD 48078))

1/48 Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlass

Hi This is the Vought F7U-3 Cutlass, VF-124 , USS Hancock, 1956. The kit is Hobbycraft with Collect-Aire Conversion and Worldwide Aviation decals. Thanks for watching Martin

1/48 Eduard Messerschmitt Me109G-14

Just completed. Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Me109G-14 from III/JG 6 , Bessel, Germany. Took part in Operation Bodenplatte January 1st 1945 and landed Twenthe with engine failure, where it was photographed in July 1945. JG6 usually carried [...]

CB-25J Mitchell (Revell 1/48 B-25J)

First, a little background: Following WW2, the Air Force had a lot of warplanes left over from the war. Many of these planes quickly became obsolete as warplanes, so new missions were sought for these planes. The B-25J Mitchell was soon [...]

Italeri Ju 87 D-5 Stuka 1/48

(link) The instructions have some errors. the SC500 bomb cannot be used despite the instructions showing it is an option - the cradle that holds the bomb in this kit is the incorrect size and the SC500 bomb would sit too far back. The [...]

Year of the Rata...Chinese AF Polikarpov I-16 type 10.

The ROC Air Force grows again. This time it's Polikarpov's I-16, innovative retractable gear monoplane of the 30's. Joe Stalin was suspicious of Japanese intentions in the Far East, which included threats to Soviet territory. So seeing as [...]

Airfix 1/72 Hawker Tempest MK.V Post War

I have to compliment Airfix on a beautifully engineered little kit. It's been thought out and fits like a dream. The undercarriage have big chunky attachment points that allow a solid fit but are hidden away. Primed with Tamiya Neutral [...]

Eduard 1/48 Tempest II

A trio of Eduard's successful Tempest II. Eduard re designed the wings and engine cowlings to accommodate the changes from Tempest V to II variants, The result is a much better engineered model. It has less deep seems to cover that [...]

1/48 AU-1 Corsair.

This is the Hasegawa kit which was first released around 2001. I built it when it was a brand new release, but never shared it here, or anywhere else for that matter. I actually just unpacked it from a moving box last month. The decals [...]

Fokker 27 Friendship, Italeri, 1:72

This build, from feb 2023, was a commissioned model and a trip down the memory lane for its owner as he flew it in the 1960-70's. Lots of scratch and homeprinted (and designed) decals. Working from photos was a challenge, but I liked the [...]