iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Nieuport Ni-11, Bebe 1916 Jean M D Navarre

Special Hobby 1:32 Awful kit. Many problems with poor mouldings, plastic like cheese and no locating holes ! Relieved to finish it!

Rene Dorme, Nieuport 17 July 1916

Copper State Models 32001

EMB 121 Xingu II – Duarte Models 1/72 scale

The Embraer EMB 121 Xingu is a twin-turboprop built by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, Embraer. The design is based on the EMB 110 Bandeirante, using its wing and engines design with an all-new fuselage, first flown in 1976. A [...]

Lt.Charles Nungesser Nieuport 17 [Late] N.65 Escadrille Nov 1916

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1/72 Italeri Henschel Hs-129B-2 (No.1294)

Built straight from the box, with kit decals. Although quite an od kit, and may lack some detail by today's standards, it is still a very nice and easy build.

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Visit Post #2

Just too many photos to post and too many aircraft to see. Showing my Dad the photos, upon see the photos of the George "Buzz" Beurling dedication my Dad insists he witnessed Beurlings Spitfire in the sky above Malta when he was [...]

1/48th Monogram F9F-5 Panther

Here's my first offering for the Korean War group build. It's the good ole Monogram 1/48th F9F-5 Panther done in the markings of VF-51 which flew off the USS Valley Forge off Korea in 1953. The build was smooth with the exception of [...]

Tamiya 1/48 scale F4U-1 Corsair

The Tamiya Corsairs are know as one of the best kits of this legendary aircraft, and rightfully so. They are fun to build, and create a very good representation of this aircraft. This particular model represents an F4U flown by Major [...]

1/48 Me-410B-1/U4, Stab II/Zg26 by Revell-Monogram ProModeller

The Me-410 Hornisse was a follow on to the ill-fated Me-210 heavy fighter, which almost destroyed Messerschmitt's reputation due to its horrendous handling qualities. The design was intended as a Heavy Fighter, light bomber and [...]

Alpine Canary…1/48 North American T-6G Texan, Austrian Airforce

After my fellow countryman Roland Sachsenhofer posted his Italeri (Occidental) French Texan I looked through my foto albums and realized that there were only very old pics of my father´s Austrian T-6 that he built with the same kit a [...]