iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Another Wiffie
This is my NASA X-98.
THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE! Part 4. The fun has begun.
Playing around with the airbrush over large surfaces is the best part of aircraft modeling in my opinion.
Before I painted the black underside, I laid a foundation of reddish brown.
That was followed by a thin layer of dark grey and then [...]
My builds for 2017
I managed to complete three kits this year, which is pretty good output for me. All are 1/48 scale. First was the Eduard F6F-5, finished in the markings of VF-27 deployed aboard USS Independence in July of 1945. Second was a [...]
Mitsubishi A6M2b, Model 21, Type 0, Reisen or “Zero”
Finally finished this Hasegawa 1:48 scale A6M2b, Type 21, Model 0.
I found the overall build to be decent. Great in some spots and a somewhat, pain in the arse in others.
While detail in the cockpit, engine and wheel bay are very [...]
Albatros D.III OEF
Ola
As promised, the last one to leave the hangar for this year, an Eduard Albatros D.III in 1:48
My first stringbag to date, had some struggles but not too bad as such. The pics are...bad 
But I CBA to do them better at this point, so [...]
But I CBA to do them better at this point, so [...] 
Part 1. Pilatus PC Mk 21, 1/32 scale, Scratch Build
Here are the first build pictures of the PC Mk 21,
What I did first was trace all the rib sections and fuselage halves onto tracing paper and transfer them to a sheet of plastic card.
Once I completed that I started to cut everything out [...]
2017
Probably the fewest completions in a long time, but then there were the major completions of "Pacific Thunder" and the upcoming "Tidal Wave," as well as another project not to be spoken of yet, so I had good [...]
Mistercraft Focke Wulf FW-190 A-8 Rammjager 1/72 “Captive Jaeger”. “Caged Birds” serie
Starting this new line of captured warplanes or "caged birds", I let with you my Mistercraft Focke Wulf FW-190 A-8 Rammjager, my Captive Jaeger. I got this design from Pinterest.
What can I say, the kit is not very [...]
Airfix new tooling 1/72 F-86, 1/48 Kitty Hawk UH-1D and 1/48 Revel UH-1B
This is my F-86 in 1/72 scale. This was out of the box and was a really nice kit, with beautiful decals. Then there are my two Hueys. The long body is kitty hawks 1/48 scale UH-1D along with revel's/monogram's UH-1B in medevac colors. [...]
