Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
My final completion for 2021.
Always fancied doing a Swiss one of these.
Pretty much OOB apart from the Decals and shaving some lumps and bumps off.
The armament isn't right but it's 1/72 I can't see it from a foot away.
Primed with Tamiya [...]
A nostalgia build for me as it took me back to my time in Leuchars Signal Box watching the comings and goings from the base.
Primed with Tamiya Nato Black and Neutral Grey.
Painted with ColourCoats Night Bomber Black, Oxford Blue, Insignia [...]
Greetings iModeler colleagues and friends, I present the Accurate Miniatures Yak-1b for your review and (hopefully) enjoyment.
The Yak-1s were the first generation of modern WW2 fighters for the Soviet Air Force, along with the Mig-3 and [...]
This is the LS kit Kit No. A-301:300 from 1980 ( Arii & MicroAce), Mitsubishi Ki-46-II Type 100 Commandant Reconnaissance Aircraft -or- simply known as Dinah.
Built as part of the Empire of Japan GB, this was straight OOB build using [...]
This aircraft was flown by Belgian pilot Kervyn de Lettenhove in 1916. He would have shot down 4 confirmed enemy planes and 9 "probable".
This the 32-004 Copper State Models kit.
Rigging: Modelkasten wire (0.13mm) / Gaspatch [...]
My last completed kit of 2021, here’s my 1/72 Tamiya Ki-61 Hien. This was another fantastic kit from Tamiya. I used the camo decals which worked pretty well. I do wish Tamiya provided an open canopy option since there’s pretty good [...]
By the end of this year’s summer I got my eagerly awaited Wingsy bf.109 E-1 thanks to the help of my friend and fellow iModeler Erik Gjørup (@airbum).
I immediately challenged him to for a dual build journal since he too wanted to get [...]
After a year of building, I finished with Sergeant Ferenc Csikós' red 2 "G6. The model is Eduard’s early version of the G6 with BigSin upgrade set, which included the DB 605 engine, two machine guns , a radio compartment, main [...]
Isn't it true that in aviation the sound of some manufacturers' names triggers entire chains of associations? The images that come to mind when we think of "Heinkel", "Avro" or "Grumman" will differ in detail, [...]
