iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Nakajima Ki84 Type 4 fighter Hayate (Frank). 1/32 scale Hasegawa kit with Eduard zoom set cockpit.

?✈️ Nakajima Ki84 Type 4 fighter Hayate (Frank). 1/32 scale Hasegawa kit with Eduard zoom set cockpit. However I purchased the Montex super mask set I neither used that or the decals from the kit but made my own masking & painting. [...]

Trumpeter 1/48 De Havilland Sea Vixen F.A.W.2

Hi There, For your delectation and delight I bring you my build of the... Ahem... accurate Trumpeter Sea Vixen OOB except fot some tape belts and of course Decals from XtraDecal as the kits ones were very wrong. I got this kit from a well [...]

1/48 Hasegawa N1K1-Ja Shiden Model 11 Kou "Prisoner of War"

This is my entry for the Empire of Japan Group build. Really enjoyed the theme plus a great kit with few vices to worry about. I added Master Barrels, QB exhaust and made pitot from brass tubing. Rest of kit OOB plus used the kit decals [...]

Spitfire Mk.II Aces High

I don't normally build ww2 era planes and even rarer you can find 1:32 subject on my desk. But having Revell release this kit about 6 months before my good friend's birthday, who is (surprise surprise) a huge Maiden fan, the ever present [...]

North American T-28B Trojan Kitty Hawk 1/32

VT-27, NAS Corpus Christi, Texas 1981 Construction from a box, I added some wires Marking completely sprayed, Mr.Paint colors

Mustang (after many years out of the saddle)

Here is my 1/48 Tamiya mustang. This is my first effort after a long time away from the hobby. This kit had been sitting half completed in the back of my cupboard so I decided it was a good place to start. The decals had not aged well and [...]

Marseille's other ride...

Tamiya 1/48 Kubelwagen with Peddinghaus decals & some Eduard P-E. Decent little kit. Decided to put it in Aviation. 😉

1/48 Tamiya AR-196A Arado Seaplane

This is the Tamiya 1/48 Arado AR-196A German seaplane. It is a re-box of the Italeri kit. I did the scheme as one of the aircraft that was used on the Bismarck battleship. The Arado Ar 196 was a shipboard reconnaissance low-wing monoplane [...]

P-38G Lightning: Tamiya's latest!

A long awaited kit & very much overdue as well. This one has taken me a long time to finish as I was hoping to find some aftermarket decals to make it a bit different from the OOB selection. Hannants have some expected but not yet, so [...]

1/48 Tamiya Ki-61

Finished. Tamiya Kawasaki Ki-61-1 Hein "Tony" . 68th Hiko Sentai, New Guinea December 1944 flown by Susumu Kajinami. Surviving the war, he claimed 8 victories in New Guinea, with a total of 24, till the end of hostilities. I [...]