iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Corsair in the Palms

This superb diorama is not my work, but the work of master modeler Terry Davis who graciously consented the use of these photos. To wit: "Yeah, go ahead, I have no problem with that." This is his 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair [...]

100 Years of the RAF, No. 222 Squadron RAF Hornchurch, September 1940, Spitfire Mk Ia, “ZD-R” Tamiya 1/48

I want to start out by saying "Thank You" to Paul Nash @white4freak for technical assistance, and Paul Barber @yellow10 for starting this great idea for a Group build to honor the RAF. Thank you also goes out to Martin and his [...]

ProModeler (Dragon) Fw-190G-3 modified to Fw-190G-8

Designer Kurt Tank expressed his design philosophy in creating the Fw-190 thus: “The Messerschmitt 109 [sic] and the British Spitfire, the two fastest fighters in world at the time we began work on the Fw 190, could both be summed up as [...]

L-13 Blaník /// Planet models /// 1:32

This is my last build in 2018. Mentioned as a gift for my father. The kit itself is bad as much as it gets. Cockpit is practically scratchbuild, there was almost nothing in the box (definitely nothing accurate). Wings connection to [...]

P-51D “panty waste” 1/72 Tamiya

This was a fun build OOB except decals. I ordered the aftermarket decals from scalehobbyist.com. Not a single problem with it either.

1/72 scale Hasegawa Sukhoi-27 Flanker Ukranian Air force

Goodday to all , The Hasegawa kit of the Sukhoi-27 Ukraine air force is one of the most convenient kit of the scheme as they include decal version of the digital camouflage which gives the kit the advantage in terms of reducing time for [...]

Fleet Air Arm Corsair IV

This is the Tamiya 1/48 scale kit of the F4U-1D Corsair as supplied to the British Fleet Air Arm & represents a Corsair IV in the markings of 1842 Sqn. as flown from HMS Formidable in July 1945. The markings are those adopted by the [...]

1/48 Eduard P-39N/L Aircobra USSR

Hello Folks My completed last mouth P-39N Aircobra in Soviet Air Force markings. Model goes together very well, no real problems with the fit or so. As profi pack kit I added PE parts in the cockpit and used masks for canopy. In addition [...]

Aero Futurism. Art movement circa 1930’s

A friend saw me putting together a model the other day. They exclaimed "Oh, your like an engineer". I replied, "Actually, more like an artist." ==Aeropainting or sometimes aero-futurism.== Aeropittura (Aeropainting) was [...]

Review: Eduard 1/48 Tempest Mk.V Review