iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Spitfire Mk.IXc – or severe case of AM (aftermarket) syndrome…
I admit it. I have it.
We have all been there - drooling over possibly the best plastic kit on the market but when You finally get a hold of it, it's just not good enough. Don't get me wrong - Eduard's Spitfire in 1/48th scale is one of [...]
Classic Airframes Fokker DXXI 1/48
This is the Classic Airframes 1/48 Fokker DXXI that I built in 2013. A very labor intensive bit of work it was, but I am very happy with the end result. Unfortunately I do not have any pics of the interior build progress. It was a very [...]
Curtis P 40M Kittyhawk, A29-359, 86 Sqn RAAF Dutch New Guinea 1944.
1/72 Academy, my third Kittyhawk so far, I modified a few things, finished in Polly Scale acrylics and MM enamels with Matt Cote over Tally Ho decals, this aircraft was flown by Sqn Ldr Stan Galton.
1/48 Tamiya FW-190 D-9 “Lt Oscar Romm” IV/JG 3 Sturm
Tonight's article is on a kit that I built many years ago sometime around the year 2000. It's the Tamiya model FW-190"D-9" .
Oscar Romm was a Luftwaffe "Experten" who is credited with 92 kills. 82 of these were from [...]
Hasegawa 1/72 Kfir C-2 – Ecuador
Back when I first got into modeling (mid-80's), one of the first kits I built was the Testor Kfir as an F-21 Navy aggressor. I've always loved the lines of the Mirage family of delta aircraft, especially the modified versions (Kfir, [...]
Mc Donnell Douglas F-101 C Voodoo – Kitty Hawk
My friend Tom Cleaver already posted an article about Kitty Hawk Voodoo.
As I can be pretty stubborn (there are a couple of subjects you won't change my mind about unless you're able to hypnotize an anvil), I decided the warnings I read [...]
1/48 Hobbycraft F8F Bearcat “Gulfhawk 4” Al Williams
Here tonight is another Hobbycraft Bearcat. This one is finished in the colors of Al Williams plane the "Gulfhawk 4". The Gulfhawk 4 was a civilian version of the F8F Bearcat and was called a G-58. Only two G-58's were built. [...]
Hobbycraft 1/48 Grumman F8F Bearcat Blue Angels “Beetle Bomb”
Here are some photos of my version of the "Beetle Bomb" Blue Angels plane. The original "Beetle Bomb" was a North American SNJ that was painted to resemble a Japanese Zero.
Beetle Bomb was incorporated into the Blue [...]
