iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Douglas AD4-W SKYRAIDER

Nulla AD4-W in 1/48 scale Which i created by crossing the pieces dedicated to the Esci version ,with the A1 H Monogram kit. The conversion is easy to perform. The Monogram kit has been re engraved into the paneling lines,the model was [...]

P-51D souvenir build

A few years ago I was fortunate enough to have a flight in a P-51 over Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia. Needless to say, it was an awesome experience. We spent half an hour doing aerobatics and mock strafing runs on yachts in the bay. [...]

Review: Magic Factory F4U-1 & F4U-1A Corsair, 1/48. 'A New Line of Plastic Corsairs on the Horizon'

I recently got round to finishing these pair of Corsairs from Magic Factory's new tooled set, this set is a dual-combo build of an F4U-1A and an F4U-2 Nightfighter but with minimal effort the -2 can be reverted to a -1 which is what I've [...]

Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair from VMF-312

This one was a long time in coming. The build was interrupted by a house move and the need to build a new model studio with a paint booth. But once that was done, I got back to painting. To get the build done, I used Quinta cockpit and [...]

Video: Figure Painting Tutorial | Painting 1/35 British Tankers

Supermarine Spitfire LF IX.e 1/32 Revell

This build is my personal tribute to Lt František Vavřínek (25.1.1914 Vsetín – 26.7.1978 Vsetín,On March 3, 1942, he was assigned to the 313th Czechoslovak Air Force as an operational fighter pilot. fighter squadrons at Hornchurch. [...]

What a sight! McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Air Tanker

With some modelling projects, it is quite clear what motivated you to build them. In the case of the rare DC-10 modification presented here, I can easily identify three factors that I would like to present below. Fascination number one: [...]

Bristol Beaufort Mk.1 (ICM 1/48)

The Bristol Beaufort was a torpedo bomber developed from experience gained from the earlier Bristol Blenheim light bomber. It entered service with the RAF in 1940, but by mid-1942 Beaufort units were transferred to the Mediterranean and [...]

1/72 Academy B-29A

I got this kit as a practice run for Academy's B-50D with the idea if I was going to bungle something it would be something that was easy to replace. No one glaring problem presented itself thru the build; if I was to whine about something [...]

Nakajima Ki 84-IA Hayate

Tamiya's 1972 mold shows its age. This 1/48th scale kit provides basic cockpit components and sports minimal engraved panel lines. Nonetheless, the assembled model has the characteristics of the Hayate (Frank) including the purposeful look [...]