iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Hobby Boss McDonnell F3H Demon VF61 Jolly rogers

Here is another jolly rogers to be added to the shelf. I have in stock an F9-8 panther vf61 with the famous flag with skulls and crossbones and an F8 crusader, I would also like to make a Fj2 / 3 Fury but I can't find the decals, any [...]

Review: 1/48 Great Wall Hobbies Mig-29 9-12 Early Review

INTRODUCTION The MiG-29 9-12 aka MiG-29A “NATO Code Name: Fulcrum” was originally thought by NATO as the lightweight companion fighter to the Su-27 in the Soviet version of the F-X fighter program and the equivalent of the F-16 in [...]

Review: Revell 1/48 Bristol Beaufighter TF.X review

1/72 Fine Mold Mitshubishi Ka-14 :First fly predecessor of ZERO,

Fine Molds 1/72 , Mitshubishi Ka-14 Build from box with some added details in self-made painted with MRP paints. He won some gold and silver bronze medals in competitions. History: The Ka-14 was a significant milestone in Japanese [...]

1/48 Revell F-89J converted to a F-89H

Hey all, Finished this one yesterday. This kit has a long history with me. Originally completed some years ago but never liked the finish. In the last few months in between other projects I decided to redo the kit. The kit was stripped [...]

1/48 Hobby Boss ME-262 b-1a/u1 Night Fighter

A great kit. Went together without any issues. Appears to be a well researched and accurate kit. Added some air to air missiles. I know, there is no evidence to support these missiles on the aircraft. I had some left over and thought [...]

F-3H-3 or F-3E, Demon II

Here's a what iffer, What if the Demon got a proper engine, say a J-67 or j79, also with the upgrade is an IR sensor under the nose, duel wheel nose gear,zero-zero ejection seat, fully enclosed IFR probe, F-4 style stabilators, slap on a [...]

1/48 Tamiya Romanian Bf-109 E

Another Romanian subject, this time a Bf-109 E. This model tries to replicate a machine that fought on the Eastern Front, including Stalingrad, with the help of a great Tamiya kit and RB decals. What baffled me was that Romanian fighter [...]

GasPatch Models 1/48 Me 163B Komet.

What a fantastic kit this is. Any issues were of my own making and that was only a slight misalignment of the Cannon Cartridge Ejector Chute which caused a little fit issue with the wings. Everything else was a great fit. Primed with [...]

Not an Emil!

The dust has barely settled on my last post (yesterday's Bf109E-7) and I'm already sharing another one, but there's a reason for it! The model is FineMolds' recent Mitsubishi A5M2b "Claude", done with the kit decals in the [...]