iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Aero L-26 Delfin – Mark 1 1/144

My last finish. An Aero L-29 of the GDR. I used etchparts and the canopy from Mark 1, self made cockpit decals and wires to Detail the cockpit and seats. Painted with vallejo (metal).

Hasegawa 1/48 P-39Q 100th Fighter Squadron

I'm been wanting to do the various planes flown by the Tuskegee Airman and this is the second one I've completed. The first was a P-40L "Ace of Pearls" which I posted here several years ago. Like most Tuskegee aircraft this one [...]

Nord 2501 Noratlas 1/72 Heller

Well as always I am good to my word, I said I'd build the kit my peers picked and so here it is and it has not been easy. Because of the way the kit is constructed it is possible to build the fuselage completely before moving on to the [...]

Year of the cat: tiger on the tail

Here's my second contribution to this great group build, it's Great Wall's 1/48 Mig-29 limited edition kit Slovak Air Force 2014 Special Painting "digital camouflage with Tiger on Tail" 2014/2016. Jack Mugan posted a similar [...]

Albatross

Here's a shot of the USN Albatross from the starboard side.

F-4B Phantom II, VF-111 Sundowners, Eduard (Academy) 1/48

Another of my collections is this model from Eduard. Thanks to the extensive range of accessories included in the box, I did not even care. The construction was quiet, only suction channels needed to go dry enough. I had a problem with [...]

F84G Thunderjet

Tamiya 1/48th F84G Thunderjet. Eagle strike decal set number 48143 The aircraft was a F84G of the 310th fighter bomber squadron, 58th fighter bomber wing, Korea 1952. I painted the model with various shades of Alclad 11 & Aeromaster [...]

USCG Albatross

This is another Monogram Albatross I painted and lettered for the USCG.

USN Albatross

This is an old Monogram 1/72 scale Alabatross that I painted and lettered for NAS AGANA. Decals by Microscale.

Tommy McGuire's last "Pudgy"

The Trumpeter P-38L done OOB with seatbelts, and Eagle Cals decals. (Last of thre P-38s for now, though there are two 1/48 kits in the stash) On Jan. 7, 1945, Tommy McGuire led a flight of four planes on an early morning fighter sweep over [...]