iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Classic Kit: Monogram 1/48 P-38 First Edition (1964)

Here is Monogram's P-38 built out of the box. This is an original first edition, kit PA97-200, and as the code shows it was priced at $2.00. Later boxings of the kit showed yellow cowlings, but on this one I painted it as the [...]

Operation Bodenplatte...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-8, 4./JG1

Built in 2018. Used a Hasegawa A-9 kit, besides kit markings the aircraft number and the Werknummer came from Kagero Topcolors 13 "Operation Bodenplatte". Gunze RLM paints, Ultracast resin seat, EZ Line for the antenna, spinner [...]

1/144 scale RMAF Sukhoi Su-30MKM

Greeting to fellow readers and members, This is another of my build which is the Trumpeter 1/144 scale Sukhoi Su-30MKM from the Royal Malaysian Airforce which is still in used today. The kit itself was wonderful to work with as there were [...]

Review: Eduard – Special Hobby Tempest MkII Build Review pt2

This video is the second part of the 1:48 scale Special Hobby-Eduard Tempest MkII Build Review (link)%20-hobby-tempest-ii-1-48/special-hobby-tempest-ii-1-48-review.html

Wild Boar...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/R6, I./JG300

Built 6-10 years ago. Hasegawa kit with EagleCals. Basic camo 74/75/76 with Gunze paints, RLM 66 as additional camo on the upperside, Tamiya Nato Black for the underside. The model shows the aircraft of Oberfeldwebel Arnold Döring, [...]

Vintage Monogram 1/72 F-105B (1958)

First issued in the late 1950s Monograms F-105B included moving parts and a pilot that could be ejected. This is a later version without those features and showed an F-105B in Vietnam. The first time I built this kit was in 1973 and [...]

Minsi III – F6F-5 Hellcat, Eduard 1/72

This is one of Capt. David McCampbell's Hellcats. The kit is well engineered, the fit is great. List of modifications: -riveted the entire surface -changed the .50 cal barrels to metal tubes -brake cabels added to the landing gears -made [...]

From the beginning…

I want to show the first models I built after returning to the hobby in 1988. I was 35 years old and hadn't built a model plane since I was around 10. I wanted to compare the new aircraft of that era and thought building 1/48 scale [...]

Classic Kit: Hawk 1/48 Lockheed T-33

This is the HAWK which was first issue in 1958 and Testors last issued it in 1989. It is marked with Caracal decals for a Langley AFB hack. The cheat line should be blue and not black, but that's what Caracal provided, and like many [...]

1/32 scale WnW AEG G.IV (late)

Hi... with some time on my hands this evening, I've finally got around to posting these images of my AEG G.IV. This kit was completed before the start of the 'Imperial German...' group build, so couldn't be included. No matter, this was [...]