iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Classic Kit: Lindberg 1/72 Me410

Well, I finished another classic kit. This the 1/72 Lindberg Me410 which first came out in 1966. Lindberg issued many Luftwaffe kits that no one else did at the time. For this I didn't add missing details since I wanted it mostly out of [...]

Dragon 1/48 Fw 190A-6

A "checker nose" Wurger W.Nr.550476 flown by the Commander of 1./JG 1, Oblt Georg Schotts, Deelen AB, Holland 1943.

P-39Q-1 "Devastating Devil" (Arma Hobby 1/48)

The latest kit from Arma Hobby in 1/48 scale – P-39Q which follows their 1/72 Cobra's line. The kit was released in July this year, so it's quite fresh. I've decided to build the model in a very attractive and unusual camouflage scheme [...]

Monogram’s Bearcat

Here’s the old Monogram F8F Bearcat. This kit came to me from my old friend Mike Saggs, who passed away a little over a year ago. Mike was one of the best figure painters I ever knew and was a great mentor to me when I started my journey [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 Ki-45 Kai Tei Toryu "Nick"

Kou Night Fighter: 4th Flight regiment, 2nd Attack Squadron, Ozuki A.F., Yamaguchi 1944.

Hasagawa 1/48 Ki- 43 Oscar

I had wanted to try a very distressed paint job and saw this kit online. I wanted to try Vallejo chopping medium. This is a very nice kit. Fit is as good as you want. A few things to work on but mostly good. Using the chipping medium [...]

DH.60G Gipsy Moth "Jason"

DH.60G Gipsy Moth "Jason" 1/72 South Front / FROG

Dragon 1/48 Fw 190D

This Fw190D-9 "Schwarz 12" W.Nr. 500570 of 6. Staffel, II./JG 6 was surrendered to elements of the US 10th Photo Reconnaissance Group at Furth, near Nurnberg on May 8th, 1945. "Schwarz 12" was one of the very few [...]

Eduard 1/72 Spitfire Mk IX

This is my first 1/72 Eduard kit which I built 2 years ago. The kit is amazing in its detail and number of parts in the box. The cockpit alone rivals some in larger scales. This kit came from Sprue Brothers in the US; they sell Eduard [...]

A Mighty Dragon

The Chengdu J-20 is the third 5th generation aircraft to enter service after the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Christened “Mighty Dragon” by the Chinese, it has been assigned the NATO reporting [...]