iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Review: Zvezda 1/72nd MIG-29 review

N.A. Mustang IV, Airfix 1/72

Hello everyone. My first completed models this year. I am happy with the result. Very good fit, but Humbrol acrylic paints are terrible for AB. I hope you like it 🙂 Cheers. Mladen.

1/48 Special Hobby’s Saab Viggen

This is the Special Hobby's Saab Viggen ( rebox of Tarangus ) kit includes interior color etch . Paint with tamiya paints and weathered with Mig dark wash . Enoy [...]

Arriving May 7...

Just went to the printer today. Coming on May 7. Cleaver’s superb Bridgebusters is the book that finally credits the uniquely brave men of the 57th Bomb Wing with the recognition they so richly deserve. A rigorously-researched work, [...]

Bf 108 Taifun in Swiss AF (Eduard 1/48)

This aircraft was originally designed as a sport and touring aircraft, and during the WWII, it was also used for personnel transport and liaison purposes. A prototype of my build was used by Swiss AF during WWII. Kit quality is not [...]

Hobby Boss 1/72 A5m2

Well, this wasn't a weekend build but, it was close! It took me four days to finish it. This Hobby Boss easy build kit was exactly that: an easy build. The parts count is very small and fit was excellent. I only needed a tiny bit of [...]

1/48 I-153 “Chaika”

This is the brand new ICM kit. What fun this one was! This is probably the most fool-proof biplane I've ever built. The parts are molded very nicely, it fits extremely well, has enough detail to make it look busy, and it looks like a [...]

A-4 Skyhawk, ESCI, 1/48

Restoration of old ESCI A-4 Skyhawk 1/48 Decals are home made with laser decal paper. Some missing parts are scratched. colors: Hu140, Hu 129 & Revell 50+05

Hunter FR.10

Built for 'Micro Modelling Month' over at www.modelersalliance.com - an annual GB/Campaign to build any model in one of the smaller scales. As I have four of these kits on the shelf, I thought it was time to build another Hawker Hunter, [...]

Eduard 1/48 Israeli Air Force Spitfire IX

The aircraft is ex-Czechoslovakian AF and has RAF camouflage scheme. The Phoenix carrying the Spitfire was painted while in Czechoslovakia to provide good fortune for the young pilots ferrying the plane to Israel. The aircraft was [...]