iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Revell 1/72 Saudi Hawker Hunter Mk 6

Lovely little kit of the Hawker Hunter by Revell. I used the Xtradecal sheet for a Saudi Hunter for something a little different. Please forgive the poor photography, I am working on it! Hope you like it, thanks Riccardo

Family, Friends, Food, Florida, Flying, Fun and good memories, but not necessarily in that order…..part 2

Louis Gardner was kind enough to put up with Joe Caputo and me for an entire day that turned into quite a memorable one. The tour of the American Aero Services shop in New Smyrna Beach, FL, was the icing on the cake, but most important [...]

Amt 1/48 P40N

A quick easy build after my Special Hobby Fiat Br20. Amt 1/48 P-40N-20 Cleopatra 111 flown by Wing Commander G Atherton 80 Squadron RAAF Noemfoor July 1944. Very simple build. I almost didn't post cause it's nothing special but I enjoyed [...]

From the Shelf of Doom: Special Hobby Gloster E.28/39 “Pioneer” – RAF/100

As a result of collaboration between jet engine inventor Frank Whittle and W.George Carter, Chief Designer at Gloster Aircraft, the company was chosen on February 3, 1940 to create and produce the first British jet-powered aircraft. Built [...]

An-12BK, Roden, 1/72

Hello dears! Recently finished another model. It is a model of the Antonov An-12БК. Now these planes are no longer being built, but some of them are still flying. This model of the aircraft Muscovy (Russia). Model from the manufacturer [...]

North Vietnamese Mig-21PF in 1/48 Scale from Eduard kit

This is from a little while back - was my first attempt at Natural Metal Finish work with Alclads... It's Eduard's Profipack series 1/48 scale Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-21PF in North Vietnamese Air Force markings. Used Alclad Airframe [...]

Grumman Hellcat F6F-5N, Hasegawa 1/48

Classic model from Hasegawa. Have tried to use an old resin kit for the cockpit but it was a terrific fail 😛 I finally used the original part from the kit. I used for the first time paint from MIG Ammo. I had some issue with the Navy [...]

Battle of France/Battle of Britain Group Build Entry Finally Finished

...and it only took four years, three months, 1000 plus toothpicks, a roll and a half of Tamiya tape, a variety of adhesives, many trips to the "spares box", countless hours of fitting & sanding, two bottles of the John [...]

Last Details Added to my 1/32 Tamiya RNZAF Corsair

I finally received the stretchy line for the aerials in the mail yesterday and attached the completed assembly using copper and steel wire, Albion Ni-Ag tubing, and a little paint. Next, it will be placed on the shelf where it will remain [...]

Airfix 1:48 Bf 109 E-7 Full diorama completed!

Here is my diorama base for my Airfix Bf 109E-7. I am very happy with hownit came out. It is a small diorama so I put a lot of effort into small details. The figures are hasegawa figures and are not great. I painted the figures as well as [...]