iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Desert Duo, 1/72nd Sepecat Jaguars GR.1,RAF Operation Granby 1991

These desert cats were built over 15 years ago. An inspiration for the "Year of the Cat GB". The first Jag is the Hasegawa kit #E23, this one is the oldest of the pair, being built around 1996 or so. The 2nd one is the Italeri [...]

FIAT G.91 R1 ESCI 1/48

Just getting to posting a weekend build. The first time I saw a picture of a Gina (young enough to be pre-internet, but still old enough to know what "license built" meant), I thought it was a license built Sabre. Now that I have [...]

Zvezda Boeing 737-800

Though not contributed for quite a while have been modelling away. Just finished Zvezda's Boeing 737-800 which went together very well. Straightforward build and very impressed by how good Zvezda's kits are moulded and packaged. Decided [...]

Su-34 Fullback

Hi again folks, just finished building Mr Putin's flying tank! This is the fairly new Hobbyboss 1/48 scale kit of the strike flanker and the first ever Su-34 in this scale. I waited ages for its release and eventually bought it back in [...]

Scratch build 1/72 Gulfstream G650 ER

...So I've always wanted to build models from scratch because I knew there where some aircraft that just weren't available from manufacturers. Recently I made the decision to give it a go. Part of why I build airplanes models is because [...]

Soko Galeb G-2, 1/35

Yugoslav jet trainer Soko Galeb G-2, acro group. scratch build from wood 1/35

Review: Sword 1/72 Harrier T10/12 review

Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter 0-30152Minicraft 1/144

Few pics of my Stratofrighter with scratchbuilt flaps and cowling. Show the last pictures. This kit was not easy to build and need many corrections.

75th AnniversaryDoolittle Raid: 1/72 B-25 Doolittle Raider

I realized the day before April 18, 2017 that the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid was coming up the next day - and I was close to finishing my 1/72 B-25 in Doolittle Raider markings. The kit is out of the box but with aftermarket [...]

75th AnniversaryBattle of the Coral Sea: 1/700 U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2) & 1/72 Leppla/Liska VS-2 SBD

I finished two models to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, which concluded with the sinking of the U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2) on May 8, 1942. The ship is a 1/700 scale U.S.S. Lexington(CV-2) by Trumpeter. The [...]