iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

264 Squadron Boulton-Paul Defiant in 1/48 (Battle of Britain day scheme)

Hi all, This is my lash up of the relatively new tool Airfix quarter scale Defiant. Tried a heavy post-shade then comprehensive highlighting coat technique with freehand camo. All feedback welcome as ever! 🙂 Full build video [...]

Hobbyboss 1/48 P-38L Lightning & Hasegawa 1/48 “Follow Me” jeep

Solsala Italy...part of the Foggia complex of about 25 airfields within a 25 mile radius of Foggia on the west coast of Italy...Ramitelli was among them The p-38 lightning was America's darling fighter on Dec 7 1941...it was like look what [...]

The Portuguese “rebel” – Miles M.2 at the Spanish Civil War

This is the third (and maybe the final) incarnation of my Miles M.2. This time as appeared at Spanish Civil War as José Adriano Pequito Rebelo's aircraft. Rebelo was a Portuguese writer, politician and aviator and a quite restless figure [...]

A brick model for the youngest

Dear all, Mabey some of you will find this post useful. I have two very young sons and I am trying to infect them with modelling mojo. I found some Revell quick build car (Older boy loves it). This time I want to share with you guys some [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 A6M2 Zero

With Louis Gardner's article series on Japanese aircraft colors ramping up ((link)), I thought I'd deliver my take on the early war Mitsubishi A6M2. Hasegawa's Zero has been around for 25 years now, and it is still a very nice kit. It [...]

Tamiya 1:48 Scale, Ki.61-I

Probably one of the best models I've ever built. Tamiya has really upped the game with this kit, with the engineering being amazing. Very little putty is required, and the kit falls together. The only complaint I can point at, are the [...]

Hobby Boss 1:48 Scale, F4F-3 (Early) “Wildcat”

Hey Folks, It's been awhile since I last posted, but I have been busy building a lot. It's been a regular, "Fighter-Pa-Loozah" here on the Island and I have managed to finish a couple kits, This HB kit is not a bad model. In [...]

Work in progress—-1/72 scale ModelCollect V-1

Experimental Paint scheme coming on Launch ramp

Work in progress—1/48 scale Tamiya Salamander

Still plugging away—-ready for sealant coat before decals...this is a fun easy kit to build (IMHO)

Su-25 (Frogfoot) 1/72 ARTmodel

Good evening! Another of my work on the scale of 1/72. The set is of poor quality and demanded a lot of effort to assemble. It took me 5 months to turn the pieces of plastic into a model similar to the Su-25. All outboard weapons had to [...]