iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1/72 Hasegawa F-4E Phantom 63-0307, 1 Squadron RAAF circa 1971

Hi all. I’m on a bit of a roll with Phantoms at the moment so here’s my second one for 2020 and fourth completion for the year so far. This is the 1/72 Hasegawa F-4EJ Phantom built as 69-0307 while it served with 1 and 6 squadrons [...]

1/48 Hobby Boss F4F-3 Wildcat – the first Navy plane to score a kill in WWII

The Hobby Boss 1/48 F4F Wildcat series are good kits that come close to being great, but don't quite make it. I I built the F4F-3 'early version', which I converted to an F4F-3A. Highlights are good surface detail, a two-piece canopy, [...]

Monogram’s 1/48 B-58 Hustler

I won't go into detail on the genesis of the B-58; however, it was an aircraft that was ahead of it's time. As a kid growing up in the 50's and coming of age in the late '60's, it was not uncommon during those halcyon days to be suddenly [...]

Spifire Mk.22, 1/72 Airfix.

The Last of the many, Spitfire Mk.22, to me the most pleasing to the eye. I knew this kit existed but didn't realize it wasn't being produced any more. I got this off ebay at a reasonable price. Another 'new' tool Airfix gem of a kit. [...]

1:48 Revell B-25 J Mitchell “Januty Jo”

It’s been awhile since I posted any builds, so I figured I’d add another B-25 to the site. This is my first quarantine build, which has helped keep me sane through this surreal world. The unfortunate thing about his particular plane [...]

Canadair

Good morning, a few months ago, in a post by Boris Grgić, I commented that I was finishing a Canadair. The famous seaplane from forest fires, at least in my country, where we have suffered, has been a problem for a long time. Sometimes [...]

A-36 Apache dive bomber! Now is that a Mustang or not?

At first sight the A-36 Apache looks like a representative of those early P-51 Mustang variants that were still powered by the American Allison engine. I would like to claim that even a second look will only produce few doubts to have a [...]

Mirage 2000 egm 1/48 kinetic

Fonderie-Miniature 1/48 NORD 1500 “Griffon II”

Hi everyone! This is my 1/48 Griffon II, done about 15 years ago. The Nord 1500 Griffon was an experimental ramjet-powered fighter aircraft designed and built in the mid-1950s by French state-owned aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation. It [...]

TBM-1 C, USS Block Island 1/48 Italeri(ex Accurate)

The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviation [...]