iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1/48 USMC VMAT-102 TA-4F conversion

Hi all, this is a companion build to the TA-4J I posted earlier. I started it with a Hobbycraft A-4C. When the Hobbycraft kits first came out, I bought a B, an E, and two C kits sight unseen (no reviews/photos beforehand). I was a bit [...]

Eduard 1/48 Se 5a

First time i build WWI airplane in this scale,must say that i liked, so there will be some more of them in the future.

Eduard 1/48 Bf-109G-10 (MTT-Regensburg)

Jorg Czypionka Hunts Mosquitos: The ranks of "Great Luftwaffe Aces" do not include my friend Leutnant Jorg Czypionka. "You have to understand,I joined the Luftwaffe because I loved airplanes and flying, not for the combat. [...]

1/48 Classic Airframes TA-4J USN Adversary

This TA-4J kit was sitting for quite a while, and I finally finished it off at the end of this summer. Airbrushed gray but hand brushed tan and green- with brushed touchups on the gray area. I used Afterburner decals although the same [...]

SR-71 Blackbird – Hasegawa – Eggplane

Hello guys So much fun getting together this little gem of a kit. Fully recommended for a fun build. MrPaint paint, had some problems with silvering on decals. Happy modelling to you all.

Hasegawa Fw 190A-5 "Japanese Army"

This was one of Hasegawa´s many special boxings of the Fw 190, this time including a single option for a Japanese Fw 190. The Fw 190 was sent to Japan from Germany thanks to a technological cooperation agreement between the two nations.

Need help for an early F-4C…

I had built a couple of F-4Ds in SEA scheme thinking it was what my dad flew in Viet Nam. I think he actually remembered it that way, and told me he flew the D there. I realized once I secured his pilot logs that he actually flew the C, [...]

Lightning F3 – 100 Years of the RAF Group Build

BAC / EE Lightning F3 Sqn. Ldr. George Black 111 Squadron RAF Wattisham 1965 Built for (a total of) three RAF 100 Group builds on various modelling forums including iM, this is Airfix’s original 1997 issue of the Lightning. Cannot recall [...]

RAAF Bristol Beaufort (Special Hobby 1/72)

Hi all! I usually don't build models under commission, but in this case it was a especial request and a favor to a fellow member of my modelling club (SAPMA). Dudley Hokings is a senior member of the club and due his age he no longer is [...]

1:48 Scale, Airfix, Boulton-Paul Defiant

This is another one of Airfix's "New Tool" kits. It is a good kit, that also builds well, and it's a subject that is not often seen. I found it enjoyable, and would also recommend it to anyone. Trumpeter also produces a [...]