iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

RAF P-47s

Not totally oddball but 2 1/48 P-47s that served with the 73OTU in Fayid, Egypt,1945. The razorback was a Monogram kit and the bubbletop was Academy. Decals by LPS Decals "British Thunderbolts" and Iliad Decals "RAF [...]

AviationUSK 1/72 VL Myrsky II

I enjoy old kits and unusual subjects, and this one fit both bills! This was an old AviationUSK bagged kit. Soft plastic, not a lot of parts, vac-formed canopy (which I'm not a real fan of), and butt joints. It also had engraved panel [...]

1/48 Airfix B.P Defiant Mk.I

Hello Folks My latest and last in 2016 completed build. This time Defiant Mk.I from Airfix in 1/48 scale. Pretty nice kit maybe the panel lines a little bit soft and out of scale, but goes together no problem it all. Decals I used for this [...]

Water Wings GB – Be-200ChS Altair

Beriev Design Bureau was established in 1934 and is the synonym for the amphibian aircraft not only in Russia but on the world level as well. While most of the amphibians were propeller driven like WW2 era MBR-2 and Cold War Be-6 [...]

1/48 Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair “Daphne C” Bureau number 03829, VMF-213, Captain James Cupp

Tonight's article is about the second F4U from my very first article here on Imodeller. This one is hot off the work bench. It's one of 3 early Corsair builds that I had going on at the same time. Two were by Tamiya and one was from [...]

DH Vampire T.55

Well here's a thing, I finished an Airfix Vampire too ! Built for the RNZAF 80th Anniversary GB over at Kiwi Modeller, the Airfix T.11/T.55 is quite simply a delight. Construction is virtually vice-free with only a 'smear' of putty here [...]

de Havilland DH 100 F1 Vampire, A78-1, ARDU RAAF Point Cook Vic 1947.

1/72 Airfix, my second Vampire, I modified and replaced a few things, finished in Tamiya and MM enamels with Future and Matt Cote or Micro flat over kit and spare Aussie decals.

1/48 AMT F7F-2N Tigercat night fighter

Hi all, I hope you are having a good Christmastime with friends and family. I have had this kit sitting for a while waiting to get the outer wing panels properly set to finish the kit. It is the AMT 1/48 F7F-2N. I made use of Obscureco [...]

So Wadja Get For Christmas?

Got some cash under the tree, so spent a few bucks online today... I have recently taken an interest in modern trainers, and have the new Yak and Mig (by Amodel), but just accidentally realized I didn't have the T-4 so snagged on. Then [...]

Homage to Jim Goodson

I am late, I know. He died more than two years ago. But I actually built this diorama before his death. James Goodson has always been one of my favorite air aces of WII. He is one of those guys that never achieved the popular status some [...]