iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Classic Airframes 1/48 J-2F 5 Duck

A challenging model like most of Classic Airframes' kits. Although the rigging is minimal, there are some fit problems to resolve. Loose wires were discovered during the photography session and were stretched back to place. In the end, the [...]

Iraq Migs in the Persian Gulf: Eduard 1/48 Mig 21Bis

Mig 21Bis of the Iraqi Air Force based in Jalibah during the mid 80s were deployed to patrol the Persian Gulf. These aircraft had a specialized sea camouflage and probably anti naval vessels missiles for use against the Iranian Navy.

Mean looking Warhawk

This is a Hobby 2000 reboxing of Hasegawa’s 1/48 P-40N. Aside from PE belts and resin exhausts, it’s built out of the box. Not the most original scheme, but arguably the meanest looking fighter of the war, so it was a “must have” [...]

Siam Sword...1/48 North American F-86F-40 Sabre, Royal Thai Airforce

Next Thai Fighter finished by my dad. Hasegawa kit with Siam Scale decals, Eduard PE seatbelts, gun covers and exhaust area painted with MRP Steel, wing central areas with MRP White Aluminium, main surface done with MRP Super Silver. Red [...]

Italeri 1/72 Junkers Ju 52 3M

The film "Where Eagles Dare" left me with a lasting impression. On several occasions I saw the Ju 52 used in the film during visits in Switzerland. It crawled in the sky and I could not imagine that this big aircraft would [...]

Airfix 1/72 Airfix Bv-141

This is an old kit with raised panel lines and thick rivets, and very little detail in the crew nacelle. I sanded it smooth and engraved all lines and panels/hatches, and riveted. Added lots of details in the crew nacelle and two aircrew [...]

Wingman Model 1/48 Kfir RC 2

A model representing one of the late development of Kfir. Wingman Models issued three variants of the Kfir. The reconnaissance version of the Kfir is a challenging model due to the nature of the plastic mold, which is Kinetic's Kfir,

A hornet without its stingers: F/A-18B in action at the National Air and Space Agency NASA

A fully equipped F/A-18 Hornet in civilian hands? Is there such a thing? Surprisingly, you don't have to look far to answer yes: the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been operating a small fleet of F/A-18 Hornets [...]

Pilatus PC 9A, A23-052, Roulettes aerobatic team, CFS, RAAF East Sale Vic 2009.

1/72 OzMods, built 2022 - 2023 for my Aerobatic group, more pic's and details there, A23-052 built in Australia, with the Roulettes from 1998 to 2019, sold 2020 to Blue air training USA as N775BA.

1/48 Hobby Boss Yak-38A Forger

The Yakolev-38 Forger was the Soviet Union's answer to the Harrier. It shared some similarities in shape and mission, but also had major differences such as no thrust vectoring (the Forger carried two small engines for lift that only [...]