iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

IAI Kfir C7 1/48 AMK

Finally, after so many models made on commission, I managed to produce something for myself. A project that started without too many ambitions, carried out partially at home and partially on a site where I temporary live for work on a [...]

Video: Building The Tamiya F-4B Phantom II (4K Full Version)

Tupolev Tu-134AK NVA/LSKZvezda 1/144

This Tu-134AK comes from the kit from Zvezda with etchparts from ExtraTech and decals from Revaro. The construction went quite well, as a small but not so obvious highlight was the installation of a homemade cockpit. It was painted with [...]

Airfix 1/72 F-16A "Desert Storm"

Hi everyone! This is my Airfix 1/72 F-16A, finished as ANG's #79404 bird, based at Al Kharj Air Base in Saudi Arabia, during Operation "Desert Storm", 1991. The model was an entry to Chuck Villanueva's @uscusn "Desert [...]

Italeri 1/48 Bae Hawk: Red Arrows

Here is the second of my Bae Hawk derivatives series. The Italeri kit does not come with intakes, and the cockpit details are a bit off in terms of placement of the seats, fore to aft and also heights relative to the canopy rail. Using [...]

Douglas A-4B Skyhawk, Fuerza Aerea Argentina - Falklands/Malvinas War 1982Hasegawa, 1/48

Finally, the first of my projects completed for the Falklands/Malvinas War Group Build. The model represents the aircraft of Primer Teniente Juan José Arrarás (KIA) 08 June, 1982. Arrarás survived a first mission on 12 May against [...]

Kinetic 1/48 T-45C Goshawk: Centennial of US Naval Aviation

I have always appreciated the Bae HAWK design, and when it was modified into a US Naval Aviation Jet Trainer, I really wanted to get hold of a 1/48 T-45 at some point. Once Kinetic came on the scene with this kit, I knew I had to get it. I [...]

F-4D Phantom

Dear Modelers, I actually finished this model some months ago, but I did not feel like posting this guy earlier with the event in Ukraine and many friends in Kyiv and around trying to save their life. Anyway, this is a classic model from [...]

1/32 Trumpeter P-47D 22 “Belle of Belmont”

Here is my recently finished 1/32 Trumpeter P-47D 22 with the markings of “Belle of Belmont” from 63rd FS / 56th FG in Boxted. Note that this Thunderbolt has Curtiss Electric propeller though it is D22. Cockpit enhanced with Yahu [...]

Ba349A: 1/48 Natter w/Launch Tower, by Dragon Models

The brilliance and desperation of the Germans towards the end of WWII is evident in this kit. The Natter was a desperation weapon, that never made it into combat, and only 10 flew at all with a live pilot in it. The kit is Dragons [...]