iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1:48 Scale Hasegawa, Mitsubishi A6M3, Model 32, Type 0, Navy Fighter, (Hamp)

This is Hasegawa's 1:48 scale kit of one of the variant's of Mitsubishi's famous fighter aircraft. Because of the squared off wing tips, allied pilots thought they were facing a new Japanese fighter, and gave her a different recognition [...]

Supermarine Walrus MK I (1/48 Special Hobby)

This is an old kit, the Special Hobby 1/48 that I started to build in 2017 before seeing the first pictures of the future Airfix in the same scale. I chose to continue my model by trying to raise it to the level of the future Airfix. There [...]

Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk. IXc

Hello again! This is Eduard's magnificent Spitfire Mk. IXc Profipack edition. I have never built a more satisfying and well engineered kit! Built OOB and photographed at the same time as my Hurricane. I also played with the pics a bit [...]

Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I

Hellol iModeler! Here is my Airfix 1/48 Hurricane, built almost out of the box except for a Quickboost resin seat. Paints were Vallejo Model Air shot through my Sotar 20/20. Photos were shot outside at a local municipal airport. [...]

Work in Progress: 1/48 Airfix English Electric Lightning F1

Recently Airfix has released several new mold model kits which I was told demonstrated significant improvements in every aspect over the older Airfix kits. It had been a while since I had built any Airfix kit due to my dissatisfaction [...]

Tu-22M3 “Backfire” (Tupolev-22M3) 1/72 Trumpeter

Hello, dear colleagues. I want to show you another one of my works. This is supersonic a strategic Russian long-range missile carrier Tu-22M3. The process of assembling the model did not cause any difficulties. The connection of the parts [...]

1/72 Hobbyboss F9F-2 Panther

Just finished this one today. The markings represent Neil Armstrongs F9F-2. He was shot down in this aircraft on Sept 3, 1951. While on a armed reconnaissance mission south of Wonsan, he was hit by ground fire while making a bombing run at [...]

Academy 1/72 Hurricane Mk. IIc – N. Africa (Kasserine Group Build)

This is the second or third Academy kit I've built, and I have to say, I really like the detail and engraved panel lines on them. I did no scratch building on this - the only add was the resin tropical filter. I did drill out the gun [...]

Review: Airfix 1/72 B-25C/D Mitchell review

1/32 Spitfire Mk.Vb Turkish Air Force

To start off you can check the wip here: (link) So this is my latest build Hasegawa's old spitfire mk.vb in Turkish Air Force markings. Kit is pretty much oob. except the pe belts and markings which are masked and painted on. As always [...]