iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1/72 Heinkel He 162 ‘Salamander’, HobbyBoss 80239

Another quick build from Hobby Boss, added seat belts and a new pitot tube. No place to jam enough nose weight, I had to place the last required amount in the front nose wheel well. Painted with Mr. Hobby Aqueous paints and decals from the [...]

Warlord Phantoms: 1/48th ESCI F-4J Phantom II

Seeing as a few of you commented on this F-4J Warlord Phantom in the background of my last post I thought I would feature it here as well. The old ESCI/ERTL Phantoms do have some nice qualities about them, nicely scribed surface details [...]

Kinetic 1/48 Kfir C2

Early Kfir C2 aircraft had fences on the air intakes and nose. These fences greatly improved the aircraft maneuverability and slow speed control. Later development introduced the full canard surfaces that became the recognition [...]

Snake Bite: Dragon 1/48 Fw 190A-8

The unusual snake painting over the standard Wurger camouflage was the mount of the young Uffz. G. Pape of 3./JGr.10. Life Like decals depicted the scheme and was used here.

1/32 P-51D Mustang Tamiya 60322

This is my attempt to build Tamiya’s 1/32 P51 Mustang. The kit was given to me by my friends for my 50th birthday (thanks again guys!). My first plane in a natural metal finish, and it fought me until the end, probably because of my lack [...]

Hellenic Falcon: Tamiya 1/48 F-16CJ

A Tamiya gem adorning the Hellenic Air Force camouflage scheme.

Mauve 1/48 P-40N

After a six month absence I've returned and finished this P-40N that I started in March 2024. Took me awhile to get back at modeling after losing my wife of 54 years to a sudden illness in April. She was my best supporter of this little [...]

Hanriot HD.1, Lukgraph, 1:32, Tenente Antonio Bogliolo, Squadrilia 81a, 2 victories

This is my first resin build in this scale. The kit is very finely and detailed, a joy to build. Only the installation of the upper wing was somewhat more demanding. You also had to adjust the length of the hull struts. Painted by Revell, [...]

Dragon 1/48 Ju 88C-6

The Germans used the Ju 88C-6 as a Tag Zerstorer (Day Destroyer) in the Eastern Front. The fake bomber windows were painted to lure enemy fighters into head on attacks. The effectiveness as well of the fate of the depicted 4. Staffel/KG [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 North American B-25H Mitchell

Hello! Here’s my recent project, a Mitchell B-25H, one of the strafer versions. This Hasegawa kit came with damaged decals, so I opted for new ones, this time depicting the Pacific theater bird baptized “Powerhouse”, with that not so [...]