iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Review: Roden 1/48 T-28B

History: The North American T-28 began life in 1946 as the XSN2J-1, which was designed to replace the SNJ trainer for the Navy. Looking like a tailwheel T-28, the design was not accepted by the Navy, but in 1947 the Air Force issued a [...]

1/72 Hasegawa Mirage F.1C in HAF Colors

I don't normally build 1/72 models, but I was inspired to build this kit by the cool photos posted by Spiros (@fiveten) of Greek F.1CGs. I happened to have this model in my stash, but I added some XtraDecals for the HAF markings, as well [...]

L-29 Delfin attending RIMPAC 2010 at LHD-6 Bonhomme Richard

L-29 Delfin development started in 50'. After being chosen as standard training aircraft in Warsaw Pact over 3.600 planes was produced in Czech. Delfin allowed traingin of aerobatics, gun shooting and bombing trainings as well as IFR [...]

1/48 Tamiya Focke-Wulf FW-190F-8

I haven't built one of these in awhile, so I decided to just relax and have some fun with it. Aside from a little putty around the area where the cowling meets the wings' leading edge, this kit goes together very well. The markings are for [...]

Albatros D.Va, Josef Mai Jasta 5, April-May 1918

Albatros D.Va, Josef Mai Jasta 5, April-May 1918 WNW 1:32 Tamiya, AlcadII and MRP paints with oils for wood effect. Proper Plane Neindorf propeller and raised profile spinner. Aviattic wing lozenge. Additional plumbing on engine with brass [...]

Spitfire Mk. VIII

Hi guys, this is the last one. Its a fantastic model by Eduard highly recommended. I hope you like it. See you soon!.

Revell 1/144 Airbus A320 Neo.

I have been building this in the background as a wee surprise for a friend who was working at Turnhouse. She was made redundant during the first lockdown but has grown to love Civilian Airlines and is hoping that she will get back there [...]

Hasegawa A-7D USAF 1/48

Hello! This is my recent project, a nice kit of this iconic jet. It's an old toll, and it shows it in some ways, but it also can be built into a nice model . Except fot the canopy masks, everything OOB. All my references showed these USAF [...]

Last Hope...1/48 Heinkel He162A-2 Salamander/Spatz, 1./JG1

Built in 2016. One of the weapon systems towards the end of the war that was intended to bring the change. Has some connection to our home region. About 30km away from our hometown there was a He162 underground facility in Hinterbrühl. [...]

1/32 Phantom

I ordered resin gunbays for my Thunderbolt project and decided to build a phantom. The Revell 1/32 phantom I started last year had a lot of fitting problems so I put it aside. This time I tried building the Tamiya one and loved everything [...]