iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

The bite of the cobra: AH-1G "Wretched Mildred", Vietnam 1971

Some aircraft look so impressive that, once seen, they remain in the memory. If this memorable appearance is combined with a dramatic mission history, it can happen that this aircraft becomes an "icon": the mere sight of it [...]

Video: REVELL Horten Go229 Full video build

1/32 Trumpeter Me 262A-2a “Black X”

This is 1/32 Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a with the markings of “Black X” of 2./KG 51. Cockpit modified by Eduard instrument panel and Quickboost seat. Wheels replaced with Barracudacast resin goodies. I have used Gunze Sangyo acrylics and [...]

Classic Kit: Airfix #387 1/72 Junkers Ju 88 A-4 Tweaked Just A Bit

This is original Airfix 1/72 Ju88 molded in light blue plastic. Since I've built the Revell 1960s version I decided to give this kit a go. First off the clear parts are not. They are thick, scratched and difficult to mask. That left me [...]

Dora Wings 1/48 Curtiss-Wright SNC-1 Falcon II

The airplane: Reflecting the shift in aviation design in the years leading up to World War II, the SNC Falcon was an all-metal low-wing monoplane derived from a light fighter design and widely used as a training aircraft. Developed at the [...]

Revell 1/72 FW 200 Condor

Hi everyone! This is my Revell 1/72 FW 200 Condor airliner, finished as Adolf Hitler's personal plane. Designed by Kurt Tank, the FW 200 resulted from an interwar Deutsche Lufthansa specification for a transatlantic passenger land plane, [...]

Boeing-727,Heller 1/125

Boeing 727-200 used by Yugoslav government and President Tito, Heller 1/125

1/48 Eduard Spitfire XVI

I picked up this weekender kit off eBay for "a price I could not refuse" and it turned out to have an Eduard Space set inside for the instrument panel, and the Lifelike decal sheet that included this Spitfire XVI, an airplane [...]

Eduard Profipack ZeroSaburo Sakai A6M2

Those you happened to stumble on my WIP journal over at the Empire of Japan GB pages will know I got this kit Arcturo very end of last year (actually got it home right after Christmas) and plunged right it to it. Also, as it so frequently [...]

Su-7Egyptian Air Force Esci 1/48