1/72 scale ESCI F-5
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iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
1/72 Airfix Fairey Swordfish Mk.1
Despite being busy (like a long tailed cat in a rocking chair factory) I got another one finished ! It's OOB with some scratch built items and general repairs, mostly the result of brittle plastic. Rigged with pre-blackened 2 lb test [...]
F-100D Super Sabre 'Pahodee Tiger'
Hello all.
So here's my just completed Trumpeter 1:48 'Hun'. What a kit !, simply fell together with almost no input from me. Only additions are a Quickboost seat and Eduard pre-painted etch set for the pit - neither of which are actually [...]
Kitty Hawk F9F-8P Photo Cougar
Here's my take on the Kitty Hawk F9F-8P Cougar (1/48th). I originally was going to do the VF-61 fighter version, however, I messed-up by adding the intake spltter plate, before I realized that this version did not have the splitter. I [...]
Trumpeter 1/32 EA-18G Growler VAQ-141 Shadowhawks
Fellas,
just finished the Trumpeter 32 scale kit. I had to use the Steel Beach resin update that has all the fuselage humps and bumps of the Growler, as Trumpeter only gives you the wing tip ALQ-218 pods and the under wing ALQ-99 pods and [...]
Convair XFY 1 Pogo, 138649, Naval Auxilliary Air Station, Brown Field California USA 1954.
1/72 Kovozavody, I modified the propellers, pitot tube and seat, finished in MM metalizers and enamels with MM metalizer sealer over kit decals. built in 2007.
Tribute to the Princeton and the men and Hellcats of VF 27
The USS Princeton (CVL-23) was lost on October 24th, 1944 at the battle of Leyte Gulf, after a single bomb hit the aft elevator and several 'locked and loaded' Avengers. Eight F6F's from Fighting 27 were on patrol and engaged around 80 [...]
Lightning in June
We have all been there. A model just fights and fights every inch of the way and sometimes just seems to say, "you aren't really much good at this hobby, why not try golf, or knitting? Something less... skillful".
This was that [...]
Me-109 in 6 variants
Hi,
After being lazy for one year or so, I decided to start building a part of my collection from my favorite Me-109. I have some 18 kits from various firms. The first 6 you can see below, are the most ‘’simple’’ and built them to [...]
Fw-190D-9 Tamiya
Hi everyone ! This is my latest completion , the old but excellent tamiya kit . This was my first riveting effort ( about 10 years ago ) and for that i used a needle and not a riveting tool. I didn't like the way it turned out so i [...]
