iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1/72 TBM-3 Avenger "White 305" - VT-84, U.S.S. Bunker Hill (CV-17)February 1945

My second build of the year is a Hasegawa TBF/TBM-1C Avenger finished as "White 305" from VT-84 on the U.S.S. Bunker Hill (CV-17) during Operation JAMBOREE, the Tokyo/Honshu Raids February 1945. JAMBOREE was conceived as a [...]

Heinkel He 111 G & L subtypes: Roden/Hasegawa-merged builds

Hi, guys... these are two of my older kits from between 15 and 18 years ago, which I refurbished recently. They comprise parts from the Roden He111B/Hasegawa He111P kit for the G variant with the DB600 series inline engines, and the [...]

RAF Mustang III 1944, Arma Hobby 1/72

Today, I'm posting about a 1/72 Mustang III from Arma Hobby. I tried to recreate an aircraft as it appeared in early 1944 when it was deployed with the RAF's No. 19 Squadron. As you all know, this Mustang B/C type kit from Arma Hobby is [...]

Kopro 1/48 Sukhoi Su-22 M-4R

A very basic kit...

GWH 1/48 F-15C EagleI was an aggressor, once.......

Hello! This is my recent project: a 1/48 GWH F-15C. I’ve been planning this combination, a top-tier kit paired with a nice set of aggressor desert paint schemes, for quite some time. After the 65th Aggressor Squadron was disbanded, its [...]

High altitude Spitfires

Two high altitude role Spitfires are presented here. The first is Hasegawa's 1/48th Spitfire IX converted to the high-altitude role including a non standard painting scheme that later became the form for PR aircraft in the RAF service. The [...]

A Vigorous Dragon

The Chengdu J-10 is the first successful indigenously designed Chinese fighter aircraft. Other Chinese fighters have been and are of Russian origin, although increasingly the latest versions have been heavily developed and modernised to [...]

Video: Eduard FW-190 A-3 | Full Build

How Khrushchev shot down an aeroplane with a single flippant remark, or: the remarkable story of the Tupolev Tu-91 ‘boot’

For an aircraft of which just one single prototype was built and which was never to go into series production, the Tu-91 has a considerable number of nicknames: ‘Byk’ (bull) was the official name, but the name ‘Botshka’ also became [...]

Accurate Miniatures 1/48 B-25G Mitchell

The gem with some work done on the engine cowls.