iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Review: Tool Tuesday 12th February 2019

Shenyang J-8II 1/48 Trumpeter

The Shenyang J-8 is a high-speed, high-altitude Chinese-built single-seat interceptor fighter aircraft.

‘Rasberry Ripple’ ETPS Hawker Hunter in 1/48 (Academy)

Hi all, Had a crack at the limited edition Academy 1/48th scale Hawker Hunter release over the weekend... didn't really like the schemes out of the box and have been wanting to do an Empire Test Pilot School (ETPS) 'Rasberry Ripple' scheme [...]

Video: Nürnberg 2019

Nürnberg 2019 - Spielwarenmesse®, the international toy fair in Nuremberg/Germany. For more details about Spielwarenmesse® Nürnberg please visit : (link) Save the date! Spielwarenmesse® Nürnberg 30 January - 3 February 2020. Music [...]

Achtung DORA!

Yellow! First of all I want to thank You guys for such a warm welcome and kind words! I'm honoured and very flattered. So, here's another thing from me. Eduard's 1:48 Fw-190D. The prettier sister of first Focke-Wulf. Well, she's got that [...]

Spitfire Vb trop RHAF 1/48 Tamiya

I Gotta Spit Again

Model number three for the year. This one I started and finished in 2019! This is the Fujimi 1/72 Spitfire mk. XIVc. The cockpit is quite sparse. Fortunately the Eduard mk IX has a few extra parts in it so I used them to dress it up a [...]

Tamiya, He-162 Volksjager, in 1/48 scale

Hi Everyone, here is my Tamiya He-162 Volksjager in 1/48 scale. Colors and weathering effects by Ammo by Mig and Van Gogh's oils. "Wood surfaces" were painted first with Ammo by Mig's New Wood color 037. then, with an old brush, [...]

More Do-335 Madness

Some progress on the 1/32 Zoukei-Mura Do-335. Encountered a few problems that arose from the brittle nature of the clear plastic. One of the wing fillets cracked and broke off in two places and had to be repaired. The landing gear is [...]

Tamiya’s 1/48 F-16 Thunderbird

Here is my build of Tamiya's F-16 Thunderbird. Kit went together beautifully as one would expect from Tamiya. The challenge with this one was the white paint, and the decals. Painting white, and trying to keep it clean was quite the [...]