iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Australian Flying Corps Sopwith Pup – 1/48 Flashback (ex Eduard)

Hi all, This kit is one of the old Eduard molds, re released by Flashback and frankly a pretty rough kit. If you are up for a little challenge, see if you can find one and see how you go! I made quite a few modifications because so many [...]

Dassault-Brequet Super Etendard Armada Argentina.

On the first of May 1982 the Aviacion Naval Argentina was in the possesion of the first batch of 8 Super Etendards. These aircraft equipped the 2a Escuadrilla de Caza Y Ataque, based at Comandante Espora, Puerto Belgrano. These aircraft [...]

1/72 Academy F/A-18E VFA-143

This is the 1/72 Academy F/A-18E Superhornet depicting the CAG Aircraft of VFA-143 "The World Famous Pukin Dogs" from 2008. The model was built completely OOB using the kit decals which were excellent. Painted with MRP paints [...]

1/144 KC-135 refueling a B-2 Spirit Bomber

I uploaded a few WIP pics of this little diorama a few months ago and after languishing on the shelf for a few months, I decided to finish the build. I don't normally build anything smaller than 1/72, but these two at 1/144 were the [...]

Avenger

Accurate Miniature TBM-3 Avenger 1/48th scale. The only addition is the harness. This kit is over 20 years old now. This version was released in 1996. It's painted in Aeromaster acrylic. Markings are from USS Intrepid.

Year of the cat: SEPECAT Jaguar GR1 Kittyhawk 1/48

Here's my first entry into this group build, I couldn't find another subject with more than three cat references, this one has "CAT", "Jaguar" and "Kitty". It is, of course, Kittyhawk's 1/48 kit, which I [...]

Little Nellie

Here is a very old AIRFIX kit I found in the attic. Not sure when it was made? It is rather battered.Sale 1:24. My partner's father in law was Wing Commander Ken Wallis who built and flew this auto gyro in the James Bond film.He also [...]

1/32 Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage

Another recently completed build. 1/32 Tamiya F4U-1 birdcage built OOB with Eagle Edition decals. I entered it in the annual Sproo-Do model contest and show and it took a gold and Best Box Stock.

1/48 Sukhoi Su-11

This is the recent Trumpeter kit. This project was just plain fun! I never thought we'd see a mainstream Fishpot, let alone three. Trumpeter has kitted the -9, -9UM, and the -11 that you see here. I was fascinated by this plane as a kid, [...]

1/72 Monogram F-4C 35TFS, 347thTFW, USAF 1969

Monograms venerable Phantom kit, using decals from Airfix's old F-4 kit. This is an older build, I still have one left I my stash plus a Fujimi photo bird.