iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Aerobatic – BAE Hawk Red Arrows vs. Aermacchi MB-339A Frecce Tricolori

1/72 Revell BAE Hawk and 1/72 Italeri Aermacchi MB-339A in aerobatic color schemes flying side by side. I thought it would be a nice change from grey military schemes. In 2016, my brother attended English Royal International Air Tattoo [...]

Video: Bandai 1/48 AT-ST

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Video: FULL VIDEO BUILD MAGACH 6B Gal Batash by ACADEMY

Academy 1/35 scale Magach 6B Gal Batash kit. Academy has produced very detailed kit of this heavily modified M60 version by the Israelis. For more details about Academy kits please visit (link) SPARMAX Airbrush used in this video: Sparmax [...]

RAF Museum, Hendon, London (part two)

Friday started great (Rob, your briefing makes my day) and just got better. I did some modeling, went to see 'Dunkirk' with my son, found that I really underpaid for my Adolf Galland painting (and genuine signature), pre-ordered a new [...]

Mitsubishi A5M4 Claude.

This is the 1/48 scale Finemolds Mitsubishi A5M4 Claude. Imperial Japanese Navy, INJ Kaga, 1939. The kit contained 67 parts, and apart from the seat harness, was built straight out of the box. It was painted with Alclad II, Aeromaster [...]

RAF Museum, Hendon, LONDON – part one

Raining all day here in London so I paid a visit to the RAF Museum, which has something of a visit to an old friend about it. This post focuses on WW1 for those Wing nuts out there. I've highlighted some of my favourites with some random [...]

Revell 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 109-10

An old blast from the past, did this kit about 7 years ago, and it was and my first attempt at mottling. Have a great appreciation for those that get it right, I need to practice some more before attempting another one Not a bad little [...]

It’s a Banshee

Yes, folks, this is the Kitty Hawk 1/48 F2H-2 Banshee. I don't think I need to go into the history of the plane as you guys already know far more about it than me, suffice to say that it's a jet fighter bomber designed for the US Navy [...]

Review: Zvezda 1/144 IL-76MD review

1:1 Scale Boeing B-29 FIFI

The Commemorative Air Force dropped into Lunken Airport to sell some rides on FIFI, one of two B-29's still flying today. The other newly flying B-29 is DOC, named for the Disney character, and is based out of Wichita, Kansas. Was told by [...]