iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1/72 Airfix Beaufighter

This kit was the subject of the inaugural 2016 Airfix Cup, a category in the 2016 NSW Model Show hosted and run by Illawarra Plastic Modellers Association. The kit was to OOB with decals being the only option to change. I built mine in [...]

Hawk’s F2H-2 Banshee….. Reworked!

Firstly, a confession. This is a re-post of one of my favourite aircraft & like many others (I think) I was hoping that the new Kitty hawk kit would bring me the satisfaction I have been waiting so many years for. Didn't happen! There [...]

Video: FULL VIDEO BUILD TAMIYA British Tank Churchill Mk.VII Crocodile

Brand New - TAMIYA 1/48 British Tank Churchill Mk.VIII Crocodile Full Video Build. Excellent kit! For more details about Tamiya kits please visit (link) Music copyright ® by YouTube Audio Library Thanks for watching! All the [...]

Flying artillery! The Mosquito XVIII TseTse in 1/48

Airfix's 1/48 kit of the Mosquito FB VI converted to a Mk XVIII 'Molins' 57mm sub hunter. The main gun was a standard British Army 6 pounder anti-tank gun, fitted with an auto loader and could fire 25 rounds in 20 seconds! The .303 [...]

Year of the Cat Build1/48 Tamiya P47D Bubbletop 404th FG “Black Panther”

1/48 Tamiya P47D Bubbletop 404th FG “Black Panther” – Finished a few weeks ago and just hadn’t taken any pics! Thanks to everyone for their models during this group build, I have enjoyed looking at all of the gallery and WIP [...]

Battle of Kasserine Pass G.B. – 1/48 North American F-6A Mustang.

This is the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 scale kit. I picked up a Model Alliance decal set for RAF and Commonwealth fighters in the Med several years ago and wanted to build this particular aircraft first. The Kasserine Group Build gave me [...]

1/48 Hasegawa P-47D Mike Gladych

Finished this one in October last year. 56th Fighter Group, Mike Gladych. 1/48 Hasegawa P-47D with decals by Techmod. Bazooka tubes are from the Tamiya kit, wheels from True Details. I used Tamiya rattlecan British Dark Green and Medium [...]

1/48 Tamiya P-47D “Nut Cracker” 405th FG

I am going back and revisiting some of my older P-47s and giving them additional weathering and tidy ups where possible. As we all know trying to work on finished models has it share of risk...I managed to snap the UC leg on this one [...]

Heller P-51D

Another simple kit, but great for training metal finish. This old 1/72 heller kit, given to me by a friend, is a classic Mustang P-51D "miss jackie". A little bit of putty in the joints, and let's go. This time I tried some [...]

Revell Mig 21F-13

Hello modeling friends, another classic jet of the cold war era. A Mig 21 F-13 from eastern Germany. A simple, yet pleasant Revell German kit on 1/72 scale. This time, a good workout for the difficult finishing in natural metal. I used [...]