iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

1:72 Airfix Mig 15

One of my first forays into 1:72, Airfix's Mig 15 finished as an example from Cuba

Video: Airfix 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX

Happy New Year!

Hot off the bench.... a 2015 build!

Here is the Eduard Me 262A-1a. Very good little kit, but I couldn't resist adding a bunch of P-E from the Brengun set for the B model. My eyes have ordered me back to 1/48! Happy New Year to All!

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.