iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

The hard working bunny: Academy F-4J Phantom II (with Furball decals)

It can be rightfully argued that no model airplane collection is complete without a Phantom. But with so many extraordinary Phantom models out there, how can a "developing" modeller aspire to do something with a potential to [...]

Video: Jagdpanzer IV l/48 with Zimmerit - 1/72 - DragonTank Model

Spitfirepalooza Meets Ancient Hawk Kit

Here’s the other half (I posted the Bf- 109 earlier) of the duo kit from Round 2 ne Lindbergh ne Hawk Models repop of the Spitfire Mk. 22. Lots of rivets, no landing gear or cockpit detail and lots of memories of my uncle and I making [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Henschel Hs129B2

This was the project that came out of nowhere. I’ve never intended to do something like this, it wasn’t plane which would took my attention. Fortunately I received an offer from my friend to obtain this Hasegawa’s Hs129B2. This is [...]

Special Hobby F2G-1, 1/48. 'Fly Fast, Turn Left'

Another Corsair for the collection, this Special Hobby kit was bought around 2 years ago and when I opened the box I immediately realised I wasn't ready for this sort of built and left it in the pile. This is Special Hobby's rendition of [...]

Eduard 1/48 Egyptian Mig 21

Eduard's excellent 1/48 Mig 21 and the almost endless color schemes of operational aircraft was a big incentive for me to keep building this model. The Egyptian Air Force had also a variety of schemes. I avoided the pink scheme because the [...]

Airfix 1/72 Halifax B.III

The Handley Page Halifax was a four-engine heavy bomber, developed under the same specification as the contemporary twin-engine Avro Manchester. Its origins can be traced in the twin-engine HP56 proposal of the late 1930s, itself being a [...]

Academy 1/48 P-47D Bubbletop

This is my contribution to the Jerry Grandall Tribute Group Build organized by Tom Cleaver on iModeler. Thanks Tom for the invitation and for starting this Group Build as a way to honor some of Jerry's great decals. I used EagleCals sheet [...]

More Spitfires

Since people are posting Spitfires, here are some of mine (all are 1/48th): MD-Tis an Airfix new mold Vb as "Buckeye Don" NK-K is an Airfix Mk.IIa (from the Mk.I kit, Mk.II parts are in the box) AN-A is an Eduard MK.VIII And T-B [...]

Airfix Spitfire Mk. 1 1/72

One of the best things of coming back to this great hobby during the pandemic was coming across this website. I enjoy reading the articles and looking at all the images of these great builds. I really appreciate the positive and supportive [...]