iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Boeing 314 Clipper, NC18605, Dixie Clipper Pan American Airways System 1943.

1/144 Airfix, OOB except for landing lights from clear sprue, finished in Humbrol, Revell and MM enamels with Future over kit decals. This aircraft carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt back from the Casablanca conference of January 1943.

Water Wings group build

Deadline is upon us, so start posting those builds! It looks like we had a pretty good turnout for this one and I'm pretty excited to see what turns up, even after keeping up with the build logs. Again, no worries if you're not quite done [...]

Classic Airframes 1/48 Fiat CR-32, pilot- comandante J.G.Morato, December 1937

Hello everyone! Presents its latest model, the Fiat CR-32 from the company Classic Airframes . I am very glad that it ended, because the building was not easy. I hope that you will like the result. Enjoy watching!

Tamiya 1/72 scale P-47D

This project begin while researching an uncle in our family who flew with the 56th FG. I had discovered a personal photograph of Lt. David Mauldin (56th FG, 61st FS) inscribed to our uncle. Lt. Mauldin's P-47 carried the name [...]

Hobbycraft 1/48 Hawker Hurricane IIC “Night Intruder”

Started more than three years ago, I resumed work on this old Hobbycraft kit a month or so ago. I finished her Saturday, and made my way out to the airport today for a photo session. I messed up the stretched sprue radio aerial loading [...]

Tamiya 1/48 FW190-D9 "Brown 10"

Fellas, Just finished the Tamiya 48 scale D9 finished with Montex Masks for Brown 10. Finished with Gunze acrylics. Not much to be said about the kit, it's Tamiya. For a kit made in 1995 it holds up very well. Andy

1/ 72 Airfix Grumman Widgeon

The "OLD" 1/72 Airfix Widgeon is older than most the people in this group. I found one at a vendor, at the "right" price, and thought I'd give it another go. Lucky for me, there were about 4 decal sheets in the box, [...]

Aerospatiale / Westland SA 341D HT 3 Gazelle, XW898 G, The Gazelles, CFS Helicopter Wing RAF Ternhill Shropshire England 1975.

1/72 Airfix, I modified and replaced a few things, main rotor shaft, tail rotor drive shaft and skids with wire, tail rotor from plastic sheet, finished in MM and Humbrol enamels with kit and other decals.

Blast from the past,Revell Saab J-35 Draken, Danish A.F.

Another one from the cheap seats, Picked this up at one of the few hobby shops that sells old kits. Forgot how basic this kit was. Added under wing stores from spares the kit had none., Added some scoops and bumps and pitot tube, The kit [...]

Academy 1/48 Lockheed P-38M Night Lightning USAAF

Late August 1945, as Capt McLaughlin (fictional) views the moonlit Pacific out of the cockpit of his P-38M. The drones of the supercharged Allisons like music in his ears. The war is over, though being in the war zone since mid summer, [...]