iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Airfix 1/72 C-47
So, this is a little out of my wheelhouse, as I build primarily 1/48 postwar jets. The origin of this particular build started off quiet unexpectedly, as is often the case with me. While perusing a thread on a Facebook group (Cold War [...]
Tamiya BF-109 E 4 1/72 with little Luftwaffe Hangar
The illustrated machine is the white 7 of the Lt. Josef Bürschgens 7./JG 26, Caffiers Aug. 1940, that is, at the time of the Battle of Britain. As you know, the Tamiya kits are a pleasure to build and there are no difficulties to bring [...]
Airfix Bf-109 E3 1/72 “Forced Landing”
My newest project is the Airfix BF-109 E in 1/72 scale. The figures are from Zvezda, named "british recon team". I airbrushed my models with "Mr. Hobby" colors and did some dust dirt with "mig ammo" (airplanes [...]
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
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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 [...]
