iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero (Zeke)Tamiya 1/72

This is the Tamiya 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero.

S2b buccaneer 1/48 airfix

Neil Armstrong’s F9F-2 Panther – Trumpeter 1/48

HISTORY To know a little about the history of this plane and its famous pilot, see my previous article: (link) THE KIT Following my build of Neil Armstrong's Panther in 1:72, and in which I showed a letter he wrote to his father during [...]

KD-6 Intruder, Italeri 1/72

Just finished this beautiful and one of my favorites airplanes, the famous Intruder in KD version; had to fill some gaps but was a fun build. This KD-6 kit by Italeri is highly recommended Enjoy the pictures.

Movie Star Mosquito

I built this Mosquito for the De Havilland Group Build. There are a lot of great choices of planes to build for this group, but I wanted to be a little creative in my choice. One of my favorite flying movies is 633 Squadron, which is [...]

General Dynamics EF-111A (Academy 1/48)

This kit has been in my stash since the 1990’s. Some significant work was required to reinforce and clean up the front/rear fuselage join. Without internal reinforcement, there’s too much flex and too little area for glue to adhere [...]

ALBATROS D.V LT.WOLF. JASTA 5 1917

Albatros D.V Lt Wolf, Jasta 5 WNW 1:32 Tamiya paints Alclad II metals and printing inks Prop oils over acrylics Gaspatch metal turnbuckles ( hence rough cast finish!) Infini elastic thread for rigging

1/144 Scale Grumman X-29

I like unusual looking airplanes and Grumman sure made one with this X-29. I wonder where is X-1 to X-28 ? This model was a charm to build, but I do not recall if I did much research. The photo's do not show hardly any flashing on this [...]

1/144 Scale Grumman X-29

I like unusual looking airplanes and Grumman sure made one with this X-29. I wonder where is X-1 to X-28 ? This model was a charm to build, but I do not recall if I did much research. The photo's do not show hardly any flashing on this [...]

Tamiya 1:48 Jug – “Little Chief”

This is the second model I've built since restarting my hobby after a nearly 40 year recess. The subject of this attempt was the excellent Tamiya 1:48 Razorback P-47 Thunderbolt. I really wanted to build the "Spirit of Atlantic [...]