iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Lavochkin La-5 KP models 1/72 captain Kostylev

Hi all one more finished last days. Russian La-5 fighter of Hero of the Soviet Union G. Kostylev. New mold from KP, much better than old one but still require lot of attention during work especially around front of fuselage (which i did [...]

Sneak peek: Hobby Boss 1/48 Me-262A-1a/U3

Thanks to @michaelt for the inspiration with the three Me-262s he's doing at the WIP group. I didn't know Hobby Boss made this kit till I saw his. The Me-262A-1a/U3 photo-recon aircraft was relatively rare, though one still exists - the [...]

1/48 EDUARD F-6F3 Hellcat

Fun little kit, out of the box. Eduard made it too easy with this one, no need for filling, sanding, correcting...everything fit like a charm. This was the first time I got a chance to compare Hellcat with previously assembled Bf-109, [...]

Supermarine Seafire FR47 Airfix 1/48

This is Airfix Kit 07106 Supermiarine Seafire FR47 built as part of the 'Korea : The Forgotten War……' GB. Thanks to the GB as I would have built this kit later than sooner. Very nice kit with impressive fit and detail. Biggest issues [...]

Twin-Tail Beaufighter: Airfix 1/72 Beaufighter TF.X

Background: When a twin-engine plane loses an engine, it immediately turns into the dead engine. This turn or yaw is especially severe when the engines are at a high power setting, such as takeoff. The pilot controls this tendency with [...]

Spitfire Mk VB Airfix 1970+ 1/72

Hi to all after many years in stash...finished. Old Airfix Spitfire VB, upgraded as much as my nerves allowed, engraving, some cockpit details, added mirror according to documented pictures of Zumbach plane, high located on two support [...]

Mig-29, 1/48 Academy

This time I present to you the last Yugoslavian model I built in 2018. It is the Academy's Mig-29, which needs quite a few extras to look decent. I used Eduard photo-etched parts, Brassin cockpit, wheels, rockets and exhaust nozzles, Aires [...]

Raijin’s flashes: Ki-84 Hayate, 182nd Shinbu Tai

At the beginning of this article I will take the liberty of going back a little and of placing this model of a Ki-84 Hayate in my personal modelling biography. Around 2005 the latent modelling virus, which had been latent since my youth, [...]

AVRO Lancaster B.III – Airfix 1/72nd

I've tried to improved the simple surface detail by adding some missing panel lines and rivets. I’ve replaced the plastic wheels with the resin set from Eduard and I’ve used AK real colour lacquer RAF Dark Green and RAF Dark Earth as [...]

Bf 109 G-4 /R3 1/48 by Hasegawa

I spotted this plane in the Classic Colours series of books "Aufklarer" volume two and was immediately attracted to it. Additions to the kit were: blanking off the gun troughs adding detail to the wheel wells installing an [...]