iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Corsair Mk II, Fleet Air Arm, 1834 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Victorious

Corsair Mk II Fleet Air Arm, 1834 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Victorious, British Pacific Fleet markings (two models). Hobbycraft British Commonwealth Corsair, No. HC1528 (1996) and Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair, Otaki, No. OT2-27-400 (1976) [...]

1/144 A-Model Canadair CL-415

Sooo...when start running out of display space, a grown up boy should: a) grow up and stop building models b) drop to a smaller scale I chose B of course, and for the first time in my life built 1/144 model. Since I went downscale I [...]

1/32nd Tamiya P-51D Mustang.

Here is another model I built last year. A Tamiya 1/32nd P-51D Mustang. I built my Mustang in the markings of an aircraft flying with 77 Squadron RAAF as part of No.81 Fighter Wing based at Iwakuni, Japan in the late 1940's. Part of the [...]

1/32nd Hawker Hurricane Mk.I

Here is my 1/32nd Pacific Coast Models Hawker Hurricane Mk.I that I built last year. It has been sitting in my stash for too long and I decided it was time to build it. I really like the Hurricane. It was the work horse of the Battle of [...]

Airfix 1/48 Blenhiem

Just finished taking the photos for my latest build, this one is for Model Airplane International. Its the Airfix 1/48 Blenheim built as one of 25 Squadrons AI (radar) equipped fighters from the summer of 1940. It will be in the magazine [...]

ICM 1/32 Stearman PT-13 Kaydet

ICM's Stearman is a very nice kit. Texture surface and details are excellent. The build is free of hassles and the join of wings to struts is fair. Most of the location holes for the cables are marked. Yet, being a biplane the build is [...]

CC Lee 1/144 F-15C Eagle

In the mid-60s, while the TFX (F-111) project was running full steam ahead in order to provide both the USAF and the USN their future medium/long range tactical aircraft, the Air Force considered a new shorter range tactical fighter to [...]

Wing Folded Wildcat

Here’s my 1/72 Airfix Wildcat. The problems were probably all self-induced but this one fought me all the way. I found the landing gear particularly difficult and never did get them to fit perfectly. Additionally, it was a good thing I [...]

Saab SK 60 times three! Part III: Saab SK60B /60083 of the 3rd Squadron "Urban Gul" of F21 Wing and my experience with Pilot Replica's long awaited kit!

The Saab SK60/Saab 105 occupies a prominent position in the history of aviation. Its very origin as a project for a civilian four-seater business jet gives it a special status. What is particularly interesting, however, is that it was [...]

Bücker Bü 181 "Bestmann" Swiss Air Force

In the fall of 1944, as an Experiment, the Luftwaffe requisitioned the HB-EBI, a civilian Aircraft from Doflug Altenrhein, CH, marked it with the A-250, and Tested it as a beginner's training aircraft. The advantage was that the two seats [...]