iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Hasegawa 1/49 Bf 109G-6 Wilde Sau

There are many suggestions of markings for this particular aircraft among model and decal makers. The common denominator is the overall scheme of undersides black and dark gray swirls over RLM76. Also, the aircraft was a night fighter [...]

1/72 Revell Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc

In my first article on this site I'll show my 1/72 Revell Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc, which was finished on february of this year. The kit came with two marking options, I chose to finish my model as a Hurricane from the 336th greek sqn. of [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 F1M2 Type Zero Observation Seaplane (Pete)

A gem kit by Hasegawa. However, there is dedicated rigging to be done that requires a specialized PE set.

Zvezda 1/48 MI-24V/VPCzech Tigermeet version.

A lovely kit that went together very nicely and gave me no real issues other than the self inflicted ones. Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey. Painted with. Hataka Orange Line Gunship Grey, Grey, Light Ghost Grey, International Orange, Golden [...]

Sag Harbor Express: Enhancing Monogram's 1/48 B-25J

On January 7, Sag Harbor Express 1945 took off from Tacloban Airfield on Leyte piloted by 2nd Lt. Arthur Browngardt, Jr. on a low level bombing and strafing mission against Clark Field on Luzon. Over the target, it pull up to avoid an A-20 [...]

1/72 Lt. Frank Luke SPAD S.XIII

I don’t even remember why I got this little SPAD - the only WW I biplane I’ve ever built was the venerable Snoopy Sopwith Camel. But after studying it online I decided I wanted to build it as Lt. Frank Luke’s aircraft when he was [...]

Luftwaffe WWII Combat Vet Jets: 1/48th TriMaster Me 262A-1a Schwalbe

Trimaster produced a series of 1/48 scale Luftwaffe subject kits, which had fine surface scribing and were highly detailed with metal parts and photo-etch. They were all notable kits, including this Me262 example. Despite the fact that a [...]

Monogram AV-8A Hawker Harrier, 1/48 scale

Hey Party People! This is the latest addition to my "Good From Afar but Far From Good" collection: Monogram's AV-8A Harrier. Decals are from Furball. Napalm tanks are from true Details. Sidewinder missiles and exhaust nozzles [...]

ProModeler Monogram Dornier Do 217E-5

A good representation of the naval version of the Dornier 217E armed with Hs 293 Henschel air to surface missile by Promodeler sporting RLM72 and RLM73 over RLM76 with Wellenmunster swirls.

Bf109G-14

Hello everyone. Been a while since I got anything finished - started a few, but only finished this !. There's been some discussion on various FB pages and other modelling sites as to the validity of the markings, and I acknowledge [...]