iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Work-In-Progress: 1/32 Trumpeter SBD

Here are some pictures showing some of the assembly steps I took in building this Trumpeter 1/32 SBD Midway Edition. It is currently completely assembled, or at least assembled enough to start the painting process. Most of it is built [...]

1/48 AMT P-40F Battle of Kasserine Pass Group Build

My final submission for this fun GB started by David Thomas. Really thought I was finished with this GB until I pulled this kit off the shelf. Why not enter one more just for fun, besides it's another P-40 for my collection. Built pretty [...]

F4 Sundowners Hasegawa 1/72

About a month ago I had finished this model. Here is the build thread if you guys want to check out: (link) Actually the photos were already taken but I was too lazy to edit and clean them and write this article. There is not much to say [...]

1/72 Revell/Matchbox T-2C Buckeye VT-19 NAS Maridian 1975

Entering service in 1959, utilizing the wing design of the FJ-1 Fury and controls similar to the T-28, over the years the Buckeye trained thousands of naval aviators. finally being phased by the T-45 Goshawk in 2004. Revell's 2009 [...]

Review: G.W.H 1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2 review

1/48 Airfix Gloster Meteor F.8

I’ve had a great time building the last few years’ worth of 1/48th Airfix new tools, so I figured why not give their 2016 issue Gloster Meteor F.8 a go. I assumed this kit would live up to the ease of Airfix’s recent Spitfires, [...]

1/48 Ta 183 Huckebein ‘Afrika’

Hello there, This is a recent work of mine. The kit was reproduced in 2018 by Academy and the Original kit from AMtech was introduced at 2001. So I searched good design for paint it and I found a image from (link). Just with this image, I [...]

The movie Sir Peter should be making

(link) Sir Peter did this for the Australian War Memorial. Can you tell the difference between the "real" footage and the CGI? I work in the business and can only differentiate when I see an S.E.5 or an Albatros going down on [...]

SB2C-4 Helldiver, 1/72 Academy

Here's Academy's 1/72 Helldiver. Recently Academy re-released this kit with Cartograf decal and diver flap PE part. and the kit itself is already top notch quality. PE part for 72th scale was first time challenge for me. and it was hard [...]

Nose Art Group build – update

Just a friendly reminder that the Nose Art Group build is in progress and awaiting new projects. Due to requests from several participants, I'm going to extend the finish date to January 30, 2019 to allow for completion of models in the [...]