iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Airfix 1/48 Spitfire F.24

This is the old Airfix Sptfire F.24 that I finished during the Corona lockdown. It's out of the box, the only addition were Eagle Strike decals, which being 15 years old didn't behave perfectly. Paints and clear coats are Gunze.

Italeri KC-130J Havest Hawk, VMRG-252

This kit started as an Italeri C-130E/H and along the way I Re-scribed the model, Reposition cabin windows for a J model, Added Hamilton Hobbies Sponson extensions, ECS inlet and duck tail (from the C-130H Update set) , Replace the [...]

Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8: The Butcher Bird

A straightforward build of Eduard's 1/48 scale FW 190A-8 finished in the colours of Blue 4 of JG.5 stationed at Eismeer in Norway in April of 1945. This model rounds off my late-war Luftwaffe 1/48 scale collection. As ever with modern [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18A VFC-12 Fighting Omars

Hello everyone, This is my 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18A in “ambush” splinter scheme. Gunze Mr. Hobby paints and flat clear with MLT used. Gloss coat is with future. Lastly, decals are from Furball Aero-Design decals. Oh and lots of Tamiya [...]

North American F-6B MustangAccurate Miniatures 1/48

I began this kit only a few weeks ago, and given that this was my second go at an AM Mustang, the build went fairly smoothly, but not without some hiccups. Firstly, I built this kit out of the box, with only the addition of Eduard belts [...]

1995 USS Carl Vinson, Coast of Pearl HarborCommemoration of the end of WWII

Fly Navy! (link)

1/48 Eduard F104J Eiko

Dear Friends, greetings from Serbia! I've been trying to use carantine for more modelling, and I'm finishing 3 models at this time. This is my attempt in Eduard's F104 in JASDF service. I will not write about this plane because of many [...]

1/48 Classic Resin Airframes/Hasegawa Bf-109Z “Zwilling”

Back before there was Classic Airframes, there was Classic Resin Airframes, a series of resin conversion sets released by Jules Bringuer in the 1990s. I found the kit for the Zwilling conversion at the LHS back in 1995. By the time I [...]

1/72 Scale is turning out to be a good place to start

I came back to scale modeling and re-started from scratch. Since then, I've taken in a couple of shows and I am slowly expanding my range of supplies and sources. I have found these 1/72 scale kits to be a great chance to practice, [...]

1/48 Mania Ki-27 "Nate" Empire of Japan Group Build

I took the lazy way on this and didn't post any in progress photos. I added a few extra details to the engine in the form of intakes made from brass tubing squeezed to the proper oval shape and made oil cooler support struts from sprue. [...]