iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Tamiya 1/48 P-51D

The definitive shake and bake kit with a counter build experience resin Aires cockpit and engine sets.

Airfix Supermarine Walrus Mk.1 1/48

I finally get around to show my latest build. It took me two months and it really pushed me to the limit, the rigging above all, that is. The Airfix kit is perfect, amazing detail both on the inside and the outside. Everything except for [...]

McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II - 1/48 Meng

Hello modelers! I finally finished my F-4E Phantom, going with the European camouflage schema with AGM-65 Maverick A2G missiles and high-res decals. Meng decals are incredibly easy to work with, zero issues. The camouflaged paintwork was [...]

Operation Overlord Part 1 “Eduard P-51B 1/48”

Excited to share my completed opened Eduard P-51B 1/48 as my first contribution to an Operation Overlord Group Build I’m participating in. This build went together in just over a month along with 2 other fighters which really challenged [...]

P-47D Thunderbolt; 61FS 56FG

P-47 was an American fighter produced by the republic from 1941 until 1945. Equipped with 8 0.50cal machine guns and several weapons pylons it could weigh up to 8 tons, making it one of the heaviest WW2 fighters. Designed around an [...]

Clostermann's Spitfire: Hasegawa 1/48 Spitfire IXc

Hasegawa's Spitfire IXc with revised fuselage to match the required dimensions to the otherwise short mold. Aeroclub's corrected fuselage was used as a benchmark and the fuselage was extended in two locations.

Fleet fighter (for a short while)

After finishing my second Vildebeest I decided on something smaller and out of my very small stash I chose the Curtiss F11C-2, part of RS Models' series of Curtiss biplane Hawks. Of course, Monogram had the F11C-2 in their range many moons [...]

Havoc! The Douglas A-20G in 1/32

The Douglas A-20 Havoc needs no introduction to WW2 aviation enthusiasts, as this versatile workhouse could be found in just about every war theater except the CBI where the NA B-25 held sway. This sturdy, fast and agile attack bomber was [...]

Kinetic and AMK: 1/48 Kfir C2

I present here two Kfirs C2. The one is from Kinetic (No. 861) and the other by AMK (No. 874) When Kinetic and AMK Kfir kits are compared, some points are worth mentioning; AMK kit is better engineered and is easier to build than the [...]

A Pair of Brewster F2A-3 Buffalos

The Hobby 2000 business plan is to re-pop kits from various manufacturers, adding new decals and paint masks. This gives modelers another chance to acquire an out of production kit which already includes two of the most common aftermarket [...]