iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

A-4B Skyhawk (Airfix 1/72)

Easy OOB build of a relatively new Airfix kit. I've only added Eduard PE parts for interior. There was some problem with air intakes, but not critical. Painted with Gunze acrylics. Thank you for watching!

Tamiya 1/32 scale Mustang

I built this kit about 8 Months ago, it was the first time I used Alclad paints with varnishes, I used an aftermarket pilot figure that I purchased from Eagle Editions. I did not have to add any detail kits or do any scratch building with [...]

F4J Phantom II “Warlords”

This is Tamiya's 1/32 F4J Phantom II (kit no.60306), in the VMFA 451 "Warlords" livery, one of three choices available in this boxing. I used the Eduard self-adhesive interior set for controls and consoles, and their Brassin [...]

AMK 1/48 Aero L-29 Delfin

The Aero L-29 Delfin (Dolphin)was Czechoslovakia's first locally-designed and built jet aircraft, and became the standard jet trainer for all Warsaw Pact air forces (other than Poland) during the 1960s. The prototype XL-29, designed by Z. [...]

Lavochkin LA-5FN 1/48 Eduard

In 1941, to integrate the cumbersome Shvetsov ASh-82 (M-82) engine into the frame of the LaGG-3 to build LA-5 was not a small matter and it costs the life to some Russian test pilots. The new machine required many improvements (cooling, [...]

Shades of Yossarian.

There were (until this find last year) virtually no photographs of Joseph Heller, the author of "Catch-22" from World War 2. This 6-minute segment comes from what was a 73-minute documentary made by 340th BombGroup Public [...]

New Airfix kits

Just received the review kit of the new Airfix 1/48 Spitfire I (Hornby USA not having its head up its posterior about review kits, as Hornby UK has done). In case you were wondering, it's as beautiful as the new Mk. V, and definitely the [...]

1/32 Scale Zoukei Mura Raiden

I have been posting pictures in the group build of this kit. Well I can finally say that it is complete. I am not a professional Photographer, but I hope you enjoy the pictures non the less, the last pictures I took I placed it with a P 51 [...]

Heinkel He 162A-2 Volksjäger, Trimaster 1/48

Made from a box somewhere 1989 crosses paint and decal. xtracolor .RLM: late war. For now, the only representative of the Luftwaffe in my showcase In stash im have new TAMIYA to build Capture colors of RAF. P.k

1/48 Classic Airframes Bf 109B-2

This was built primarily out of the box with an Ultracast seat added and the prop pieced together from a CMK 109E prop. The documentation is all over the place on this aircraft. I have seen it referred to as a B, C, and D in [...]