iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1/48 Mauve P-40M/KittyHawk III

Latest off the bench is the old Mauve kit depicted as the mount that Pilot Officer Geoffrey Fisken flew with 14 Squadron on Guadalcanal in 1943. Added a seat plus some Ultracast wheels to spice her up a bit. A combination of Tamiya paints [...]

Monogram 1/48 B-24D

It had been years since I built a Monogram B-24D. After reading about the Ploesti Raid of 1 August 1943, I decided on the "Squaw". It survived the raid and went to do a Bond Tour. Naturally, the naked squaw was redone and the [...]

Mitsubishi G4M2 "Betty" Okha Attacker Hasegawa 1/72

Fast building,but to paint the transparencies by hand was something...Gunze IJN Dark Green and Tamiya IJN Gray-green...hope you like it.

Messerschmitt Me109E-3a L-52, Yugoslavia 1/48

In order to get a build done fast, I bought the Airfix Emil. The plan was to get it done fast(?) and OOB(?) OK – things took a turn at the very beginning of the build. Having been spoilt by eduard 109’s the Airfix item is a bit simple [...]

1/32 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.XVIe

This is my recently finished 1/32 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.XVIe (TD242) coded ZF-E of No.308 Squadron RAF, Varrelbusch and Ahlhorn Germany 1945,46. Cockpit modified by Eduard PE zoom set and Barracudacast seat. Other modifications are: [...]

Modelsvit 1/48 Curtiss XP-55 "Ascender"

HISTORY The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender was a response to Circular Proposal R-40C, issued on November 27, 1939, which called for a fighter more effective than any currently operational - with a superior top speed, rate of climb, [...]

Revell's 1/48 F-15E Strike Eagle

One of Revell's better kits. Went together without any major fit issues. There were some seams to sand, and a few very small areas that needed just a touch of putty. The decals were printed in 2000, and looked iffy at best, but I [...]

Ebbro Hondajet 1/48

This past March I was browsing around a LHS in Hong Kong and this kit leaped off the shelf at me. The Hondajet is Ebbro’s first venture producing a plastic airplane kit and first time I had seen it. Until that moment, I had never heard [...]

On this Day, Oct. 3rd, 1944. A tribute to Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Bricen Jr. 445th Bomb Squadron, 321st Bomb Group Revell B-25J 1/48 scale

Exactly 75 years ago today, while flying over Italy in the top turret of a B-25 J-1 named "Evora", this young man was killed. This was his 58th Mission. He just had his 22nd birthday a few weeks earlier on September 14th, [...]

Azur 1/48 Potez 630

The main difference between the Potez 630 and the more numerous 631 was their engines. The 630 was powered by a Hispano-Suiza HS-14A/B whereas the 631 utilized a Gnome-Rhone GR 14 M4/5 power plant. This model depicts an aircraft that [...]