iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Hannover CL.II with Ordnance Team

The Hannover CL.II (from a Bavarian squadron in 1918) is from Wingnut Wings in 1:32 scale. Paired with it is the German Ordnance Team from Copper State Models.

1:72 Zero's (Pearl Harbour)

Three Zero's representing Zero's from three of the six Japanese carriers at the Pearl Harbour attack (please don't ask me which carriers). Made up from two Hasegawa and one Airfix but mainly using the Hasegawa decals, all painted with [...]

Eduard 1:72 Fw190A-8 , building the "imperfect Beast"

a cantankerous build at best, but still a nice model which i'll build again in other versions as they are released. one online review called this kit as close as perfect as we modelers can expect, so i'll call this article "building [...]

Last builds of completed models of 2015: Airfix 1/72 Blenheim Mk. IF and Mk. IV

Last builds of the year, the beautiful little Airfix Blenheims. Since between the two kits together there are parts to mix-and-match to create different versions than OOB, I used the gun tray from the Mk.IV kit to turn the other into a [...]

1/72 C-97

1/72 C-97 built OOB painted with Model Master Metalizers.

Revell 1:32 Spitfire

Revell 1:32 Spitfire Mk.IIa (Backdated to Mk.Ia) QV-K P9386 19 Sqn Pilot S/L Brian Lane and F/L Walter Lawson Kit: Revell 1:32 Spitfire Mk.IIa Decals: EagleCal EC#157 Paint: AK Interactive Sundries: Mig AMMO Washes, Tamiya Weathering [...]

1/48 CH-53

1/48 Academy CH-53 built OOB, painted with Lifecolor paints. This build is on Display at the USS Lexington Museum in Corpus Christi Texas.

1:72 Airfix Kittyhawk

This is the last of my 2014 builds, and as always one of Airfix's new tools and a joy to build. Finished with the kit decals and using Tamiya paints.

Grandson's first modelRevell Snap Tite F-16

My five year old grandson got a bunch of die cast airplanes as a gift a while back. He had his mom send me a picture asking what kind of airplanes they were and he's been interested ever since. On a whim I picked this up for him a few [...]

RAAF CAC CA-1 Wirraway cockpit

Time for another cockpit, wouldn´t you say? This time we´re taking a look inside the oldest remaining Wirraway in the world, A20-10, eighth off the production line. Was given just a qick sit into it so I don´t have too many photos. But [...]