iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Alpha Jet - a 'Year of the Cat' build

Hey again... Yep two finishes in as many days - definitely NOT the way I usually roll, but no matter. Kinetic 1:48 Alpha Jet with (outstanding) Wingman decals and no other extras whatsoever. Kit does have some 'build issues' most notably [...]

Suchoi T-50-1 PAK-FAPit Road 1/144

Nice model from Pit Road. i built as a prototyp with grey and yellow colors. I didn´t use the decals. More picture can find at my homepage: (link)

BELL X-1 “Glamourous Glennis”

Bell X-1 - The mach buster On October 14, 1947, Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in his Bell X-1, which he named Glamorous Glennis, in tribute to his wife. He reached a speed of [...]

Review: Meng 1/48 F-35A Lightning II review

Hasegawa's 1/32 P-47D

Hello. I would like to introduce you to Helen Jo of the 356th FS 9th AF. I wanted to use some of this AK Interactive's Xtreem Metal for quite a while. I find that is is easy to apply and actually stays put when you prep the surface well. [...]

75th AnniversaryBattle of Midway: U.S. Navy Aircraft with 1992 Autographs

This post was a little early on my weblog, but late to this build (I just saw it a few days ago) , but to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway net month I modeled one of each of the three types of carrier planes that [...]

1/48 Airfix P-40B

Another shelf of doom project finished . I present the awesome little 1/48 Airfix P-40B flown by 2nd Lt. George Welch , 47th Pursuit Squadron ,15th Pursuit Group Wheeler Field , Oahu ,Hawaii December 7th 1941 . Painted with Tamiya and Mr [...]

Eduard Spitfire and Trumpeter Defiant

Here is a double post for you all today. First the Eduard Spitfire VIII, this is simply a superb kit, an utter joy to build and one of my favourite kits so far this year. The same cant be said about the second build, the Trumpeter Defiant, [...]

And the winner is……. the Nord 2501 Noratlas

Well first of all let me just thank everyone who took part in this little venture, I only did it for fun and I think it was just that so thanks again to all the boys who voted. You might be interested to know that it was actually a tie [...]

Video: FULL VIDEO BUILD P-40N WARHAWKEduART in 1/32 scale.

Special thanks to Mr. Vladimir Šulc! This kit is straightforward and pleasure to build. Highly Recommended! Please visit Romain Hugault amazing website: (link) For more details about this kit please visit: (link) And follow the official [...]