iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Rommel’s Taxi – The Tamiya Fieseler Storch 1/48th – Kasserine Pass Group Build

A popular decoding of ‘The Rommel Myth’ suggests that both sides in the Second War used him as a propaganda weapon, and that he was fundamentally a committed patriot quietly enraged by the restrictions placed upon Germany by The Treaty [...]

RA-5C Vigilante – Trumpeter 1/72

Greetings fellow modelers! This time I brought to you what I think is my best aircraft to date! I have a customer who loves weathered aircraft, and I've been working for him for some time making some minor aircraft (like the MiG-23 that [...]

PBY-5A Catalina – 1/144 – Minicraft

This was another long run. I'm happy to see it finished. I hope you like it...

F4U-1 Corsair 1/72 Academy

As you can imagine by now i really like 1/72 scale . The Academy kit is simple but with some rivets it suddenly becomes more interesting . I decided to do some chipping using the hairspray technique . A three colour scheme is wat i chose [...]

Video: Sherman Drive Sprocket Alignment

This brief video describes a method that I have used to align the Drive sprocket on early M4 Sherman model tanks.

Harrier process.

First of three pending models, next Monogram A-10 Warthog.

Ansaldo A.1 Ballila - Progress

Another 1/48 resin kit from Karaya. It's the little Italian scout A.1 Ballila, which was developed from the ruins of Ansaldo's SVA project. I'll add a little more detail in a later post, but thought I'd show a few sections now. You'd be [...]

KC-135R - 1/72 - Italeri

Turkish Air Force KC-135R 57-2609, İncirlik Air Force Base, Adana/Turkey Decals by Babibi & Turquoise Decals

Spitfire Mk I Airfix 1/72

And for the Spitfire fans , another little one ! Airfix new tool kit . Rivets added as usual

E/A-18G Growler – Revell 1/144

What happens when a customer wants you to build a 1/144 aircraft, and you're not used to that scale? Well, it's time to use your magnifying glass and try! So we have a really good model from Revell. So nice that I didn't have to use any [...]