iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

F2G "Super" Corsair

I read an interview with Cook Cleland about racing in Cleveland and he said something to the effect "I had to win it, I was mortgaged up to my eyeballs!", that always struck me as funny. He sure fielded some beautiful Corsairs. [...]

The Need for Speed: Mk IV Mosquito PR Tamiya 1:48

Greetings, brothers. Here is my humble submission for a couple of GBs I obligated myself to, but heretofore have been unable to fulfill. One is the Centennial RAF GB, hosted by my friend Paul Barber (@yellow10); the other is iModeler at [...]

1/48 AMT S-3A Viking

Here's my 1/48 AMT S-3A Viking, which I built several years ago. The kit, which is still available under the Italeri label, appears to have accurate outlines and shapes based on my few references. Overall, the fit is OK, but I had to use [...]

Video: Epoxy-Resin diorama tutorialCurtiss Helldiver

How to make deep water EPOXY RESIN DIORAMA: Devil’s Triangle Helldiver. This is 1/72 scale Helldiver kit. Realistic scenery for water effects: (link) Video preview of this kit: (link) For more details about Special Hobby range please [...]

Mdd. F4- E PHANTOM II

MDD F4-E PHANTOM II ...1/72 SCALE REVELL ...IN ASSWMBLY LINE ...BUILD ON THE BOX ...

Update No. 1- He 162 Salamander

I really really really really like this kit. It was a blast to put together, and well worth the (rather low) price of $25 USD. I've loved putting this together to get it here to this point. I definately plan on getting more Tamiya kits in [...]

Nichimo "Jake" with Lone Star Models Conversion

I have had the Nichimo Aichi E13A1 "Jake" in the stash for a long time, and finally got around to building it when I found a Lone Star Models conversion. The Nichimo kit is one of those old kits that was designed to have a [...]

Tamiya 1/48 MiG-15bis North Korean People´s Airforce

And here´s and old school jet my dad finished before the Su-27. He used the still nice Tamiya kit together with decals from H-Models. Camo done with AK Real Color Russian AMT-7 Blue, Russian AMT-4 Green, Tamiya XF-10 Brown and a selfmixed [...]

Video: SAAB Viggen AJ-37/SK-37 by Special Hobby (video preview)

Special Hobby 1/72 SAAB Viggen AJ-37 single seater and twin-seater SK-37 (Duo Pack & Book). Video preview. Finely rendered engraved panel lines many useful options in the box, high quality decals printed by Cartograf. Beautiful MHM [...]

1/72 Encore (Academy) Harvard Mk IV

I just completed this today. This is the Encore boxing of the Academy Harvard Mk IV. I painted it with MRP and Alclad (RAF High Speed Silver) paints. The markings are from the kit. I moved with wingtop nav lights to the wingtips, added [...]