iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Airwar over Austria…1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-9, III./KG(J)27

One of the models my dad built around 6 years ago for our ongoing theme "Airwar over Austria". My dad started at first the original A-9 Eduard kit, but due to a bigger mishap it landed in the trash. He kept the A-9 nose ring and [...]

Video: Focke Wulf Flitzer REVELL-full video build

1/72 scale Revell Focke-Wulf Flitzer - Quick build This was a fighter jet under development by the RLM at the end of WWII. BTW, real mockup 1:1 was built and a few prototype subassemblies completed, including many wind tunnel models. Great [...]

Airfix 1/72 scale F-86F/E(M) Sabre. With “The Huff” decals.

The F-86 was one of first new kits released from Hornby Hobbies and I believe that they may have lifted the drawings from one of their Corgi metal diecast kits to meet the needs of doing the plastic version in 1/72nd. Looking into the [...]

Not so AAARGH!

After my failure on (link) and a wigging from Tom Cleaver who told me in so many words as to not be such a Girls Blouse 🙂 I bought another one and this time its ok! I had to do Warburton's aircraft so had to scratch decals together so [...]

Wild Boar...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-6/R11, 6./JG300

Besides the already shown Fw190A-8 with the "antler" antennas, my dad also built this "spike" antenna version more than 6 years ago. Eduard Fw190A Nightfighter dual combo, decals from EagleCals. The antenna pieces are [...]

Operation Barbarossa...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-5, 5./JG54

Built over 6 years ago. Eduard Weekend Edition (initial tooling) mostly oob, added seatbelts, antenna wire and some landing gear detail. Painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. Aircraft of Leutnant Emil "Bully" Lang, CO of [...]

"This is technical fantasyan aircraft with these parameters cannot be built at present." The mighty Sukhoi Su-7BMK!

On the Sukhoi Su-7BMK "Fitter A" "This is technical fantasy - an aircraft with these parameters cannot be built at present." This was the written disbelief with which the Scientific and Technical Council of the Model [...]

Video: Eduard 1/48 Bf109E-Weathering

Mediterranean Predator…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-2/trop, 6./JG53

Built over 6 years ago. Hasegawa kit, decals from the sparesbox, Gunze and Tamiya paints used, Eduard seatbelts, brake lines and antenna wires added. Kagero Monographs 19 "Bf109G/K Vol.I" used as reference. Aircraft of 6./JG53, [...]

SHORT STIRLING MK I...ITALERI 1/72

The Italeri model captures the shapes of the plane well..pity thats as for the Sunderland model the paneling lines are exaggerated in width and depth,more suitable for 1/24 scale ,model that endorses scale 1/72 . What forced me to do an [...]