iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Revell 1/72 Spitfire Mk Vb

What can I say, not a bad little kit. It went together quite well with minor scraping and filling. Built OOB the only additions were a small piece of brass tube for a short shot in the cockpit and scrap photoetch for the rear view [...]

Helicopters GB: Mach 2's 1/72 Sikorsky S-51

A little history taken from the internet: First flown in 1946 and produced until 1951, the S-51 was Sikorsky's first commercial helicopter. It distinguished itself in the Korean Conflict in search and rescue missions for the US Air Force. [...]

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F-4 FGR2

Hi all, My latest completion. Revell (Hasegawa) Phantom in 1/48 scale, with Aires cockpit and Eduard Sidewinder. Mrhobby paint was used, weathering with Mig products. Comments and criticisms are welcome !

Tamiya F4U-1A, 1/48. Two Planes in One.

The final aircraft from the Corsair trio build is one that represents the 3rd largest operator of the Corsair, the Royal New Zealand Air Force whom operated the type from land bases in 1944/45. In 1942 the RNZAF began to operate in [...]

Roden 1/72 AN-12 BK-PPS

The An-12 Soviet military transport aircraft (or 'Cub' according to NATO classification) was produced at the end of the1950s under the guidance of O.K. Antonov. From the very beginning of its long service the intended principal mission of [...]

1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk. V

A fun kit with virtually no issues, built out of the box with masks and decals from Montex for this livery, Tamiya paints and hand-made masks for the camo scheme. Some light weathering with soft-pastels blended along the panel lines with a [...]

Curtiss P-36A Hawk – 1/48 Hobbycraft

Good day, and welcome.. Today I've simultaneously completed two builds. The first, this P-36A, has been built using what is one of the few P-36 kits available in 1/48 scale (for now), that is Hobbycraft's boxing from the 1990's. The kit [...]

P-47 Razorback: Zemke's Wolfpack

Hey All. My latest completion, P-47 #2 This time Tamiya's, 1/48, P-47D Razorback. Built OOB and using Meteor Productions PYN-up decals, markings of P47D-15-RE of 63 FS/56, Zemke’s Wolfpack, flown by Lt Charles Clamp, Jr. Paints: Mr. [...]

P-39Q Airacobra 'Snooks 2nd' - HobbyBoss 80240 - 1/72

I tried another HobbyBoss 'Easy Assembly' kit and it was pretty easy and pretty quick, but has a few detail errors and/or missing items. It does provide me with an adequate Airacorbra for my case. This was good practice for the Academy [...]