iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Qu-22B Pave Eagle II, Minicraft 1/48 Beechcraft Bonanza /scratch.

The QU-22 was another civilian craft adapted by the military. Based on the Beechcraft Bonanza of which 27 being modified. It seemed that if it had wings they'd find a mission for it. Flown by 553/554 Recon. Wing Det. 1,Based at Nakhon RTAB [...]

HANRIOT HD.1

HANRIOT HD.1 [ WEEKEND] KIT 8412 1:48 4386-81 Squadriqlia Caccia lV Gruppo Aeroplani Italy 1917 Bob's Buckles 0.4mm /Uschi rigging

AH-64D Apache LongbowHasegawa 1/48

This is a great kit, no issues. I built the kit out of the box and used Twobobs decals (48-085). Exterior color is FS34031 - The Tamiya acrylic mix is as follows: XF51:7 + XF62:3 + XF69:6 All my models can be viewed here: (link)

Werner Voss Triple Homage

For a variety of reasons over my life to date, I've developed a fascination and, dare I say it, an admiration for Leutnant der Reserve Werner Voss, a contemporary and colleague of the much more famous Baron Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen [...]

Tamiya 1/32 F16 C ‘Barak’

Hello from sunny South Africa! This is my IDF F16 C Block 40 Barak No 557 of ' The First Fighter' squadron. As it's an IDF Block 40 jet the cockpit is black. I added Aires cockpit and afterburner/ exhaust can and undercarriage bays plus [...]

Focke Wulf FW-200B in QANTAS Service

To start, the FW-200B never saw service with QANTAS. I started this kit a few years ago and it stalled due to paint matching problems for another What-If scheme. A month ago I took it down from the shelf of doom and its holding pattern and [...]

Gee Bee GA (Ground Attack)

So.. Found this horrible Lindberg kit at a discount store. I have long been fascinated by the GeeBee, and this kit was like candy to me. Could NOT resist. I imagined it would be amusing to build this kit in a dystopian sort of Mad Max [...]

1/48 Heinkel He 100

It is perhaps fortunate for the Royal Air Force that during the dramatic summer months of 1940 this aircraft was not available to the Luftwaffe. A range 30 per cent higher along with a significant speed and climb rate advantage over the [...]

Mirage 1/48 PZL-23B KARAS Light Bomber Polish Air Force

This build was Mirage’s 1/48 scale PZL-23B KARAS Light Bomber of the Polish Air Force. The kit itself was a limited edition that included resin accessories and a collectors coin. Mirage did a nice job on the details of this unique [...]

Avro LancasterHasegawa, 1/72 + scratch

History The Lancaster history deserves some reading and the internet is full of articles on that. Even the ever present Wikipedia has a nice one: (link) Now preserved in the Museum at RAF Hendon, PO-S/R5868 or S for Sugar as it became [...]