iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Review: Revell 1/53 AT AT Part One

1/48 Hasegawa F-104G HAF

Halberstadt CL.II

The CL.II entered service in August 1917, and proved extremely successful, its excellent manoeuvrability, rate of climb and good field of fire for its armament allowing it to match opposing single-seat fighters. It also proved to be well [...]

A Nice Pair of Juuu… Thunderbolts.

I've read a number of good reviews of the Platz 1/144 kits and at a recent contest I ran across a good deal at a vendor table so I decided to give one a try. In the box you get two complete kits with three marking options. The build was [...]

Ltjg George W Bush

Bush enlisted in the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday, June 12, 1942, as a Seaman 2nd Class. He was commissioned an ensign and pilot and served aboard the USS San Jacinto flying Grumman Avener bombers with the 3rd and 5th Fleets. On [...]

Camouflage & Markings – McDonnell F2H Banshee (Part 2)

In contrast with the profiles posted in the first part of this article, the later versions of the F2H Banshee offered a rather greater variety of color schemes. These late-production Banshees also looked quite different from the [...]

1/32 Revell F4F-4 Wildcat, Lt Cdr John Thatch, VF-3 USS Yorktown, Midway June 4, 1942

Tonight's article is about a 1/32 scale Wildcat model that I built just before the Ki-43 in my previous post. It's the Revell re-boxing of the old Monogram kit, (which I think in turn was originally a Revell release back in the late 60's [...]

Alconbury F-5E

Finished this one last night. 1/48 AFV F-5E built OOB except for the resin seat. Decals are from TwoBobs and I used Bombshell Brew paints.

1/48 Αzur Loire 130

Α difficult kit, it needs a lot of scratch. I build the trailer by my self, the engine, and the most of the wind handles. The model took silver metal at IPMS of Athens in 2014

Il-86 1/144 Zvezda

Hello, colleagues! I offer my model. The kit from Zvezda is very well known over here. Many had begun their journey in the modeling building it, and it is a nice kit. The model was made in at the request of the person in a gift to the [...]