iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

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F-4F JG 74 “Mölders”, Tactical Leadership Programme (1982)

This is my 1/48th F-4F JG 74 from Hasegawa. Since Luftwaffe Norm 72 camouflage pattern is one of my all time favorites; this project has been on my mind and agenda for a long time! Having a 1-year old baby boy and a tight schedule on the [...]

1/48 Eduard Fw-190D

1/48 FW-190F-8

This is the mid '90s Tamiya kit that I'm ashamed to admit has lurked in the bowels of the stash since at least 1996. I've shied away from WW2 German stuff because I've never been very happy with my mottled camo results until recently. I [...]

Tamiya 1:48 Dewoitine D.520

Subject: D.520 of the Regia Aeronautica, 24th Autonomous Fighter Group, Sicily and Southern Italy Assembly: This model was built OOB with the additions of Eduard PE seat belts. Painting/Decals/Weathering: I used Polly Scale acrylics and [...]

Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig 27 “Flogger D”, 27, Soviet Air Force 1976.

1/72 Hasegawa, OOB, built around 2004 / 2005, finished in MM enamels with Tamiya X22 and MM 20000 acrylic over kit decals.

Tu-154 Of Omskavia, Plasticart, 1/100

Hello, dear friends. It so happened that I got my hands on a set of German firms Reifra. Saying she's revived the line when your favorite GDR-ovsky Plasticart models. Indeed, in the box lay the sprues painfully known. All in the distant [...]

Yoo-hoo?! No, Uhu.

My newest archiving addition is the 1/48 Tamiya He-219 Uhu. I got this kit pretty cheap from a vendor at a local contest. A couple pieces were broken but, nothing too difficult to fix. I am a modeler after all ?. The kit, as most Tamiya [...]

1/48 HobbyBoss Early F4U-4

More often than not I now find myself building a model based on some photo that grabs me. Such is the case with this Corsair build. I used the HobbyBoss F4U-4 with the curved windscreen or as HobbyBoss calls it, the early version. The [...]

1/72 Super Model Cant Z 506

This is another old one from the stash. While several versions can be built from this kit, I tried to choose what I thought was the most colorful. I enjoyed the build, and thought the little research I did, most interesting. It was a [...]