iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Battle of Kasserine Pass GB, Amtech 1/48 scale P-40 L-5 CU, long tail version, “Lighthouse Louie” 325th Fighter Group “Checkertail Clan”, North Africa

Here is another one of the planes I built for the Kasserine Pass Group Build. Again I wish to thank David Thomas for starting and hosting the Kasserine Pass Group Build. His untiring efforts have helped this GB become the success it is. [...]

Battle of Kasserine Pass GB, AMT 1/48 scale P-40 F short tail version, 57th Fighter Group North Africa

I want to start out by saying this... I owe a great big "Thank You" to David Thomas, for having a wonderful idea to start this Group Build. David tirelessly commented on our builds, encouraging us as we went along. David was [...]

AH-1F cobra

This Monograms A-H1F cobra in Operation Desert Storm colors. You might recognize this from my fathers AH-1F. We used the same decals and kit but I cut out the canopy door on the gunners seat so you can see the interior. I had a lot of fun [...]

Battle of Kasserine Pass Group Build: 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop

My additional entry for the Group Build is a MK.Vb Trop Spitfire belonging to the RAF 601 Squadron. The 601 was an Auxiliary Squadron that dates back to the late 1920's. They represented the County of London, and were well know as the [...]

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 [...]