iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

General Dynamics F-16XL,Monogram 1/72

Got this online awhile back, I think its been in my current stash the longest. Always liked the aircraft, built it wheels up because some of the gear pieces were broken , replaced missing wing tip missile rails ,loaded out for air to air, [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 scale P-51B

Most of us who build World War II aircraft, started out being interested in the ace's. Therefore most of us have cranked out a Don Gentile "Shangri-La" P-51B. As the story goes, Don Gentile slammed his beloved aircraft into the [...]

1/72 Tamiya F4U-1A Ira Kepford

Just finished! Very quick build for a collector friend of mine. Short Wip here: (link) Thanks for watching

1/72 Hasegawa He-111-H6

This is another re-shoot of an earlier project, originally built and photographed in Aug. 2000. I included one of the old pictures that shows some of the internal detail. For the new set up I replaced the old nylon thread antenna wires [...]

RAF 143 Sqn. Coastal Command Mosquito FB VI,

Tamiya 1/48 again. Hard to beat for sheer enjoyment & my first build for 2017. In the course of building my previous model (Beaufighter TF X) I came across more history about the RAF Strike Wing stationed at Banff; this time about [...]

Hawker Hunter F 58, J4030, Patrouille Suisse, Swiss Air Force Dubendorf Air Base 1982.

1/72 Revell, almost OOB, I replaced ejection handles with copper wire, removed molded instrument detail, added intake covers and have canopy open as it doesn't fit properly closed, finished in Humbrol and MM enamels with Future and Xtra [...]

Dragon Ta 152H-1

Subject : Ta 152H-1, “Green 3” of JG301 Assembly: I started this model (and about 10 others) about 2 years ago and finally got it finished. Finding time to build the past 2 years has been difficult to come by and thankfully my bench [...]

Delivering the iModeler Award

During the four years of the iModeler monthly contest, we have happily managed to deliver around 100 kit prizes to modelers in all corners of the globe. When Stellan Schroeder Englund was elected the winner of our December award, I [...]

My first contribution

Hi to all! I've been a member for a few years but, except for giving my opinion and admiration at the awesome work you guys do, have never posted anything. So here are a few examples. I know I have a long way to go in terms of factual [...]

RQ-7B Shadow UAV (AttackSquardon 1/72)

UAVs (or drones) is very popular nowadays (millions was sold during past few years), so it's time for them to enter a scale modeling world. Actually, drones have some advantages, compared to typical aircraft subjects – no interior and no [...]