iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Eduard 1/48 Tempest MK2

Here is the big brother to my Tempest MKV. This was the first eduard kit I built and I really enjoyed it! I loved the addition of the photo etched parts and the pre cut mask set was just the job! I did however mess up on the fuselage [...]

Airfix 1/72 Tempest MKV

Hi all hope you all enjoy my small tempest! Was my first time painting invasion stripes and I was very pleased with how they turned out! All colours were painted with Vallejo model air acrylics however I have since moved on to lacquers and [...]

1/72 Bell AH-1S Cobra Hasegawa 00535

Thanks to the Helicopter Group Build, I found and bought this kit which I might have looked over otherwise. The last chopper kit I built must have been Revell’s H173 Sikorsky H-19 Rescue kit way back when, so being part of the group [...]

1/48 Accurate Miniatures IL-2m3 Night Fighter

I built this kit as part of a IL-2 "combo-build" with several other iModelers in the Work-in-Progress Group. This was a great experience where we were all building an IL-2 at the same time. I had an Accurate Miniatures IL-2m3 [...]

Hot-Rod Hien, the last of the breed.

Sooner or later, all good fighters need an upgrade. The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien JAAF fighter was still running around with a Diamler Benz DB 601 copy in 1944, which had gone out with the Bf109E model in 1941. The Ha-140 was the [...]

Major Erich Hartmann, Jagdgeschwader 52, April 1945

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 Erla W.Nr: 491446 Kit: Revell 1:32 The names of several aircraft will live on in the History of Aviation like the Classics of the 1939-1945 era. Messerschmitt, Spitfire, Morane-406, Stuka, Mosquito, Yak, Zero, [...]

Chilly Dornier

So after just over fifty years of slapping together pieces of injected plastic, I've finally attempted an aircraft in a chipped & faded winter finish. After the 70/71 was masked & sprayed, I sealed it with a coat of gloss, then [...]

Revell 1/72 Tornado Gr.1

Out of box build, modelmaster enamels and aftermarket decals.

Hasegawa & Trumpeter 1/32 P-47D Thunderbolt

The definitive Tamiya 1/48th scale Thunderbolt has been my favorite model of the topic. Recently, a sale of Hasegawa's 1/32nd scale provided the opportunity to try the larger scale. The purchase of Trumpeter's match model followed shortly. [...]

Mirage 2000C, 12-YN, 1/12 Cambresis

Hello guys,it’s been a while since I posted any article! For this one it’s a Mirage 2000 C from Eduard, I thought it was the time to post this one since the 2000C is retired from the French squadron (July 2022 ). The aircraft is [...]