iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
1/72nd Hasegawa RF-101C
I recently acquired this kit and decided to build it as it brought back memories of building one like it four decades ago. I'll call it a nostalgia build. The kit is nicely done with clean crisp molding and little flash other than that [...]
Tamiya P-51D Mustang, 1/48. 'The Red Tails'.
A Mustang was an aircraft missing from my collection until a few months ago. I decided to go with Tamiya's rendition of the Mustang over Eduard's more detailed version as at the time I fancied a quick and simple build to get the creative [...]
Desktop BUFF/X-15
Here’s a blast from the past from Atlantis, the B-52/X-15 combo kit. Originally produced by Revell, Scalemates says the mold goes back to 1954 for the B-52 and the 1:175 scale combo was first issued in 1961.
I wish Atlantis reissuing [...]
Fw-190 A8; Airfix 1:72 (2021 build)
Built last year but not yet posted, this was a quick and easy, OOB, build just to relax from the long 1:48 ones, on a rainy weekend.
Airfix 1:72. FW-190 A8 "White 3" with the blue-white-blue bands from the Reichsverteidigung [...]
Tamiya A6M2b
My latest finished kit is this 1/72 A6M2b. It’s another wonder kit from Tamiya. I used Mr. Color Japanese Grey/Green for the overall color. I added white to the grey/green and while painting the effect was much more subtle looking while [...]
Malta's 1000 th
I was wondering for a long time what can be written about such a famous plane as the EP829 and its pilot. Perhaps the most interesting thing was how he differed from Georg Beurling. A completely different personality. This is my third [...]
Two Old 1/72 Bearcats Model Kits (Frog and Monogram)
Here are two kits that I've been wanting to build together for a long time. Years ago, I build the Monogram Bearcat just a few years after it was released and a few years after Frog released their Bearcat, but this was a hard one to catch [...]
1/72 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk VII
I just finished this 1/72 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk VII today, my first build of the year. I scratch built the rear bulkhead for the pressurized cockpit and added Eduard seat belts as well as Quickboost exhaust and a resin ventral ID light. The [...]
Revell (Matchbox) 1/32 SBD-5 Dauntless
Hi everyone!
This is my Revell (Matchbox) 1/32 SBD-5 Dauntless, finished as a U.S. Marines bird.
"Scout Bomber Douglas" (SBD) Dauntless was the US Navy's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. It was [...]
