iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Review: Zvezda 1/72 C-130 H review

1/48 P-43A Lancer.

This is the new Dora Wings kit. I was happy to see this one released and really enjoyed building it. The model is a high end limited run kit that would be a good choice for someone’s first limited run experience. I built it pretty [...]

Airspeed Oxford Mk.I 1/48 Special hobby

The Airspeed AS.10 Oxford was a twin-engine monoplane aircraft developed and manufactured by Airspeed. It saw widespread use for training British Commonwealth aircrews in navigation, radio-operating, bombing and gunnery roles throughout [...]

Gabreski’s P-47 – another take

Following the iModeler Rule- don't post your take on the same model on top of someone else's on the same page - I waited over the weekend from my planned Friday post, so as not to detract from Scott Nelson's very nice take (now two pages [...]

1/72 scale “skyray. “

I forgot who made this kit for sale. Its' been 18 years since I put it together and I don't think I had any building problems. These 5 photos are all that I have of the jet. I was informed at a IPMS/USA San Jose, California monthly club [...]

Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 1/48, GiNA, DFC,VC Ft Lt. Nicolson 1940

Flt Lt. Nicolson was at 17,000 ft patrolling near Southampton when he noticed a flight of Ju-88's and started down to engage when he was struck by 4 cannon shells that damaged his left eye,left foot and the gravity tank which caused a [...]

F-15DJ . . Japanese Aggressor . .

Hello All, This is the 1/48 Academy F15E Strike Eagle kit built into a F-15DJ used by the JASDF in Aggressor role. This is Part I of a 3 Part Build. This video shows the complete build process ready for paint. (link) The Part II of this [...]

F4D Skyray Project NOTSNIK (1/144 Miniwing + Shelf Oddity)

Why ”NOTSnik”? Well of course because of the Sputnik. In 1956 US Navy Naval Ordnance Test Station was developing various unmanned vehicles. One of ideas on the table was air launched vehicle propelled by motors from SUBROC [...]

De Havilland Mosquito B Mk.IV Tamiya 1/72

The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden [...]

1/48 Hobbycraft de Havilland Vampire FB52, Iraq, 1955

Hi everyone! This my 1/48 Hobbycraft de Havilland Vampire FB52, Iraq, 1955, built for the de Havilland Aircraft Company 100 years Group Build. The Vampire is a British jet fighter which was developed and manufactured by the de Havilland [...]