iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Video: Handling Scale Modeling Mistakes

Some thoughts and several anecdotes about how I handle mistakes when building scale models.

Video: My Best Builds of 2020

Finland Air Force . Hawker Hurricane Mk.I . Tamiya . 1/48

Hello Everyone, The Tamiya Hawker Hurricane Mk.I is a Superb kit, although its an Italeri rebox. The kit is a simple straight forward build and its a New tooling for the Hurricane in 1/48 scale. The detail is great out of the box for this [...]

Hawk 81C, No 77, AVG 3rd Pursuit Squadron, Rangoon, Burma

I finally got around to completing a Hawk 81 (P-40C) of the Flying Tigers, because everybody needs one in their collection. This model is from the Hobbycraft HC 1451 "AVG" Tiger Shark kit which has accuracy issues with the [...]

Three Me 262s Part 2: Me 262A-1a/U3

As indicated by the title, this is the second of three Me 262s built simultaneously; Dragon Me 262A-1a/U4 Hobby Boss Me 262A-1a/U3 Tamiya Me 262A-1a The Me 262 was a natural candidate for a high speed reconnaissance platform and [...]

Miles M.2E Hawk “Speed Six” – 1:72 resin

Hi everyone! This is my Miles Speed Six made from Steelworks 1:72 resin kit. This is a classic handmade kit and among them a really good executed one! See the kit here: (link) and here: (link) The Speed Six was a single-seat racing variant [...]

Vertol H-21CRevell 1/72

This is the H-21C from Revell in 1/72. Nice kit, with some corrections to be made. As was impossible for me to find the discontinued Eduard FE sets (interior and exterior), opted to make some scratch, mostly on the cockpit and some [...]

MiG 17 “Fresco A”, Soviet Air Force Aerobatic Team, 1956.

1/72 Hasegawa, built for the MiG GB, more pic's and details there, finished in Revell R31 red and Himbrol 27002 silver with Pledge over HDL 72-030 decals.

Arado Ar 68 E (Roden 1/48)

And this is my first biplane model kit so far. The main purpose of this build was rigging. Despite that fact, that this kit was released in 2019, it's a standard Roden kit, but now also overpriced in addition to other issues. Decals are no [...]

Mauve 1/48 P-40N

My first completion of 2021 is the old Mauve P-40N kit that as has been collecting dust on my stash shelf. This model represents Kansas City Kitty III piloted by Capt Robert H. White, of the 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, [...]