iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

My 2020 builds

Hello everyone, We entered the last week of 2020 and I do not have any models that I will complete in this period. So I thought that it is the time to post my models completed in 2020. This year was very bizarre (Covid and its effects). [...]

Ponys

Resin casting has changed my entire outlook on modeling. So much fun and potential.

Oops! I did it againyet another Eduard P-51D

Poking through model boxes can lead to, ummm... making a model. Surprising, I know, but yeah... From the Eduard Royal Class P-51 release, an airplane flown by a lesser-known ace who had a good way with words when it came time to write his [...]

COVID No.4. HpH Me-410

This is another kit that I treated myself to in ‘18 for my birthday. Guess you get the gist that my wife doesn’t get to treat me to birthday gifts! I know what I want- right folks? This has to be one of my favorite aircraft. This one [...]

COVID No.3 Silver Wings Fiat Cr-42

I had desired doing this kit for some time and had treated myself to obtaining it for my birthday - September of last year. Started building in November and finished in March. This is a very, very nice kit, but it resin with PE and decals [...]

COVID No. 2-Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M5b

This is the newer Zero kit- A6M5c changed to -5b. I had to modify the wings and fuselage. Removed the machine guns in the wings, and filled in panel lines and rescribed for the 5b. Also, modified the cowl to add the larger gun housed in [...]

COVID No.1- Seversky J9

With the COVID shut down and general caution with life, I have been able to complete a number of kits- all 1/32. Some where started prior to March and completed beginning in March. This was the first. Started in 2016 and on the SOD due to [...]

Messerschmitt Bf109 E-3a, Swiss, Tamiya 1/48

As the sun was out today, another long finished build got some fresh air I do apologise for the dust, but I only had a very short time before the sun dissapeared, so You will have to make do with the dust. I used this one as an excuse to [...]

Christmas greetings

Hello aviation friends and model builders, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. With best regards Hans Peter and Verena

How a fishing net and a pole saved a world record flight: Vickers Wellesley Mk.I LRDU L2680, November 1938

About the Vickers Wellesley Mk.I The Vickers Wellesley is astonishing at first sight - and still has remarkable things in store for the second, third and even fourth glance. I personally always find this feature interesting. So when I came [...]