iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Sag Harbor Express: Enhancing Monogram's 1/48 B-25J

On January 7, Sag Harbor Express 1945 took off from Tacloban Airfield on Leyte piloted by 2nd Lt. Arthur Browngardt, Jr. on a low level bombing and strafing mission against Clark Field on Luzon. Over the target, it pull up to avoid an A-20 [...]

1/72 Lt. Frank Luke SPAD S.XIII

I don’t even remember why I got this little SPAD - the only WW I biplane I’ve ever built was the venerable Snoopy Sopwith Camel. But after studying it online I decided I wanted to build it as Lt. Frank Luke’s aircraft when he was [...]

Luftwaffe WWII Combat Vet Jets: 1/48th TriMaster Me 262A-1a Schwalbe

Trimaster produced a series of 1/48 scale Luftwaffe subject kits, which had fine surface scribing and were highly detailed with metal parts and photo-etch. They were all notable kits, including this Me262 example. Despite the fact that a [...]

Monogram AV-8A Hawker Harrier, 1/48 scale

Hey Party People! This is the latest addition to my "Good From Afar but Far From Good" collection: Monogram's AV-8A Harrier. Decals are from Furball. Napalm tanks are from true Details. Sidewinder missiles and exhaust nozzles [...]

ProModeler Monogram Dornier Do 217E-5

A good representation of the naval version of the Dornier 217E armed with Hs 293 Henschel air to surface missile by Promodeler sporting RLM72 and RLM73 over RLM76 with Wellenmunster swirls.

Bf109G-14

Hello everyone. Been a while since I got anything finished - started a few, but only finished this !. There's been some discussion on various FB pages and other modelling sites as to the validity of the markings, and I acknowledge [...]

1/48 Zvezda Petlyakov Pe-2

Here is the 1/48 Pe-2 from Zvezda. A very enjoyable kit to build with a fully detailed interior and two full engines. I used decals from Begemot to depict the Pe-2 of General Polbin during February 1945 when Soviet forces were battling [...]

Fokker D.VII (OAW) Seven Swabians

The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. Germany produced around 3300 D.VII aircraft in the second half of 1918. In service with the Luftstreitkräfte, the D.VII [...]

Stinson Reliant SR-9 in 48th Scale by AMT/Round 2

The Stinson Reliant is a popular single-engine four- to five-seat high-wing monoplane manufactured by the Stinson Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation of Wayne, Michigan. The Reliant is a high-wing, fixed-tailwheel [...]

P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback

1/32 P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback by Trumpeter. I think the Razorback version is much nicer than the later Bubbletop. The kit is of excellent quality. In terms of price, it belongs to the cheap kits, but I was very surprised by the quality [...]