iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Arma Hobby General Motors FM-2 Wildcats

Arma Hobby is beginning to make a name for itself by releasing subjects which have been long overlooked in 1/72 scale. This is the FM-2 variant of the Wildcat. This version was produced by General Motors so Grumman could focus on Hellcat [...]

Jabo...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190F-9, II./SG3

One of my dad´s older still existing models. Built 5-10 years ago. Tamiya kit, replaced the kit´s too small in diameter wheels with some from the sparesbox, seatbelts and detail to the landing gear added, fishing line for the antenna [...]

P47-D Thunderbolt ‘Kokomo’ 551st Fighter Squadron. 495th Fighter Group

Hi everybody, I would like to present you my favourite fighter from WWII: the mighty THUNDERBOLT, THE ‘JUG’. I was building the model while reading Tail-End Charley from James. E. Brown, what a kick of motivation! I really recommend [...]

1/72 Aircraft

Hello again, second article here, 1/72 aircraft. Please click my name for a short bio if you wanna know me a little better, and if you haven't already. I tried to go somewhat alphabetical. All 1/72 unless otherwise noted: Airfix P-51B: [...]

“No idea, Joe. Tell em it’s some kind of Wonderbug Machine.”

April 1945: the US Army's Shermans are overrunning airfields faster than the AAF can shoot them up. As some GIs poke their Garands into the backs of Luftwaffe scientists and groundcrew and shuffle them off the base, other Americans take a [...]

Tamiya Corsair Mk.II, 1/48. The Fleet Air Arm.

Greetings folks, After getting more into the hobby and posting on a few other places, I've decided to make an account here and post my most recent builds. Critique is always important, and keeping confined to one forum or social media can [...]

Starting the Breed...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109V4, Luftwaffe

Built 5-10 years ago. Classic Airframes kit oob, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. Fourth prototype of the Bf109. Was tested and saw some action in the Spanish Civil War, later designated "A".

Review: GWH 1/72 F-14A Tomcat review

Three Me 262s: Finale

I am a member of the Warbirds Aviation Modelling Group (Melbourne, Australia: (link)). Each year we have two club competitions, "Gunna Build" and "Build a “Build a B#%@#$". The "Gunna Build" is an open build [...]

Tamiya 1/48 North American P-51B Mustang

This is one of those projects that started out great, but ended on a not-so-high note. I was very happy with the construction, paint, and weathering. Alas, when I took the 26 year old decals out of the water, they shattered into a million [...]