iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

A Lament for Unavailable Revell Kits

Very sad that so many Revell kits are no longer available in larger scales. Found this lovely 1/48 Catalina on ebay. It's an excellent kit and I don't think I used any after market parts. Similarly this 1/32 NON TECHNIK Ju 88. Very hard [...]

1/32 Trumpegawa Grumman F6F3 Hellcat

I was intrigued in doing this conversion of Trumpeter wings/ Hasegawa fuselage after reading an online article someone who had accomplished this. Looking on eBay this spring, I saw both kits for $30-40 range. Wheels began spinning and I [...]

North American P-51 Mustang series – Raúl Hrubisko

Hi to all. It has been a long time since I have not posted here. I will try to correct that mistake. During the second half of the year my father and I have been working in one of the largest series of our collection after the Spitfire [...]

COVID No.10 Hasegawa Junkers Ju-87G2

This plane is “ugly as sin “ as one might say. Also ,slow with the attached cannon, but it was supposed to take out tanks not aircraft. I bought the kit in May and completed it in September. Quick for me, but had plenty of time. To [...]

Arab-Israeli War...1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc Royal Egyptian Airforce

Built in 2016. Hasegawa kit with Techmod decals, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics except Azure from Model Master, Eduard seatbelts. The model shows an a/c of the Royal Egyptian Airforce that participated in the Arab-Israel war and was captured [...]

Death from Above...1/48 Junkers Ju87D-5, Royal Bulgarian Airforce

Built in 2013. The Model shows an a/c that flew with 1/2 Szturmowi Orliak in September 1944. At this time Bulgaria had already changed sides and fought with the Soviets against the Germans. Not 100% sure about the white ID markings but [...]

Messerschmitt Bf109G-6, MT-422, Finnish Air Force, Eduard 1/48

A looong time ago I built the G-6 from the "Mersu" Limited edition box from Eduard. That is a huge box with sufficient plastic for two 109's. It was as far as I remember the second time I used the old Badger Airbrush, and the [...]

Covid No.8 and No.9 ‘46 What Ifs

No. 8. DO(rnier)Re(ggiane)Me(sserschmitt) -2005 Vogelsong. This is the Pacific Coast Models kit. I really have enjoyed there Italian birds. Since the Reggiane Re-2005 had been tested by the Germans toward near the end of the war, I decided [...]

Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Battle of Britain + addons 1/72

Hello modellers! Here are my two tiny little Spitfires from Airfix. I wanted to build a Battle of Britain scene where pilots wait for their next scramble, as shown on many historic pictures. This is becaue I like it to give my models a [...]

Covid No.7 1/32 AZUR D-520

This was started in 2018 and sat on shelf until Covid came along waiting for external paint job. I was a little intimidated with the stripes and the camouflage. Still not best job. Nothing special with the build, but was had to be careful [...]