iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1/48 Piaggio XSP-2 “Super Veloce” (1938)

Piaggio started in the aeronautics field in 1915. As with most Italians, racing was in the blood. The 1920s served as an important time in the company's history when, Piaggio Aero brought on Giovanni Pegna and Giuseppe Gabrielli, two [...]

Kasserine Pass GB: 1/48 scale Tamiya FW-190A , Oblt. E. Rudorffer, CO 6 / JG2 Tunisia

Better late than never they say...who ever "they" are. Here it is finally. This is the Tamiya FW-190 A-3 kit, that I updated to make it look like a later A-4 version with a few simple modifications. These are all covered in [...]

Nose Art Group Build 1/48 Hasegawa P-40N

Many thanks to Jamie Carreon for starting this Group Build, the amount of subjects as well as various models that can be entered are truly endless. My addition is the Hasegawa P-40N that's been around for awhile but still builds up as an [...]

1/48 Supermarine Walrus.

This is the new Airfix kit built pretty much out of the box with the exception of Classic Airframes decals and Eduard seat belts added. I also had to drill a hole and fabricate an antenna post on the top of the rudder. Odd that this was [...]

Video: Realistic scenery for water effects No.1

Realistic scenery for water effects No.1 There are lots of available products out there that will help you create water in all variations... but this is one easy and cheap way to do it. About the kit: 1/72 scale "Biber German [...]

AIRFIX 1:48 BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT

The model represents an aircraft from the No.2(Army Cooperation) Squadron, KO•I, s/n N1572. Only one was trialled and rejected. This was a great kit to build. The fit of the parts is fantastic for the most part. I had an issue joining [...]

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 [...]