iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1/48 Lockheed F-104A

This is the Hasegawa F-104C backdated to a Tennessee Air National Guard “A” model from the early 1960s. This is one of those planes I’ve always wanted to model but couldn’t get proper decals. IPMS USA came to the rescue this [...]

Assaulted Douglas Dauntless

This finished build relates back to the Salty Modeller bit i posted a week ago where i was delving into the salt weathering technique. I won't go back over the process i used here but suffice to say it has been one of the most fun things i [...]

1/32 Sopwith Camel BR.1by Wingnut Wings

As promised in my last article I finally completed my Wingnut Wings (WnW) Sopwith Camel. before I get into the actual I’m going to preface this with the fact that I did not try to build this model as accurate as possible. I took some [...]

Finemolds 1/48 Mitsubishi A5M2b Claude

Hi ya'll..lol. My completed Claude. A fun build though the engine was a bit challenging to fit. In the markings of Hokoku no.132nd, Lait Go, No. 12th naval air corps, China. Love the striking red/bare metal finish. #finemolds

Video: Spitfire Mk XIV Conversion Wrap Up

This video wraps up the construction portion of the two 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk XIV conversions.

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: [...]