iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

MiG Group Build, Tamiya 1/48 MiG-15 bis, Major Nicolay Shkodin, 147th GIAP, 5 victories Korea July 1953

This kit was finished last night, and it was part of the MiG group build. It went together very nicely, and no filler was needed during construction. I had originally painted it and used a hard edge camouflage pattern, but later I [...]

Another Tamiya Spitfire Mk.IX

I’m not going to go into a ton of detail on this build since there are hundreds of WIP builds on this bird out there, but to say it’s many mini-kits in one, is an understatement. After some research I chose Johnnie Johnson’s version [...]

USAF Wild Weasel F-16CJ in 1/48

This is a quick three day build of Tamiya's superb quarter scale F-16 series... I've been meaning to do one for years and finally got around to it - a stunning kit that goes together perfectly. Chose the Tiger Meet markings to add a bit [...]

1/48 AMtech Ta-183 Huckebein – “The Troublesome Raven”

A lot of us styrene addicts have purchased models with the intention of building them right away that end up sitting on the stash shelf for years - even decades. That’s been my relationship with AMtech’s Ta-183 Huckebein, the one and [...]

Tamiya Lancaster type 464 “Dam Buster”

I started out 2019 by "buying" into the 1/32nd HK Models Lancaster. The thing is huge. Anyway, to get my chops up for the big build, I picked up the Tamiya 1/48 Dambuster kit. Having always been fascinated by the story of Guy [...]

W.I.P. Airbus A 300. DHL markings application.

Airbus A 300, cargo version. DHL markings application. Old Airfix kit and decals by CCS Decals.

Under Jolly Roger...Tamiya 1/48 Messerschmitt Me262A-1a KG(J)54

Built in 2018. Tamiya kit with EagleCals, the fuselage band is painted because the decal didn´t look right. EZ Line used for antenna wires and front brake line. Gunze and Tamiya paints for camo. Kagero and JaPo books for reference

Review: Dora Wings 1/72 Westland Lysander Mk.III review

Eduard Fw 190 A-8: An Arctic Wurger

My last build of 2019 is the excellent 190A-8 in 1/48 scale from Eduard, released sometime this year. I had been waiting for this kit ever since the first A-4 version was launched, for so far (and probably for a long time) no other late [...]

1/48 f-18d atars; bosnia

When I first saw a picture of this airframe in a magazine (shown in the pictures provided), I wanted to build it. Black Box released an ATARS conversion shortly after and I snapped it up. As we all experience, the kit and conversion [...]