iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Airfix 1/48 Seafire F.R.47

65 years ago this summer... On 25 June 1950, the North Korean invasion of South Korea found the United States in a greater state of military unpreparedness than had the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor nine and a half years earlier. In the [...]

BF 110 C-4/B (II/Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 Operation "Barbarossa", Eastern front, 1941)

BF 110 C-4/B II/Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 Operation "Barbarossa", Eastern front, 1941 Hi all! Here I am again! This time with the new tooling BF110 from Airfix in 1/72. Very nice model and it was a pleasure to build it. I was [...]

1/48 Monogram C-47

Built this kit several years ago and it was my first try at a multi-engine aircraft, after years of absence from this hobby. Built it to honor my dad who made 21 jumps from this type during the war. It's no show stopper but he was proud to [...]

Review: Tamiya 1/32 Mosquito FB MK VI Review

Tamiya 1/48 Focke-Wulf FW-190F-8

Finished this one up this a.m. Painted with Tamiya acrylics, as well.Excuse the spurious smoke rings, I claim artistic license and fun. Some things I added were: PE seat harness. Drilled out the cowling guns. Replaced wing cannons with [...]

P-47D Thunderbolt Brazilian Air Force – Italy 1944

A few people know that Brazilian troops fought shoulder to shoulder with the Allies in Italy against the Axis during World War II. Even fewer know that Brazilian pilots formed a squadron, the 1st Brazilian Squadron attached to the [...]

Bobba tries to climb in....

Just about done with the C-2 pit, added everything I could think of and remember including the handle we used to manually pump up the brakes (seen on the back of the copilots seat) and the "thunderstorm lights above the cockpit door. [...]

A couple Monogram “Classics” at the airport

Last week's trip to the Cameron Airport involved five models and none had been photographed out there before. Although it was really hot, I managed to get a few pics of each plane. Both of these are ancient 1/48 Monogram kits, and both [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 Mdd F-18C “Hornet” VFA-81,Desert storm 91.

Hornet is back ! After two decades of home back home in showcase. Yeah so long graced showcase a local store which is now closed. Build in 1992 with minimal adjustments :airwawes echet parts,Verlinden ejetion seat MB Mk.10,& Superscale [...]

1/72 Italeri B 26 K Counter Invader.

Finally got this one finished. It's fitted out with some Hasegawa gun pods, otherwise it's OOB. Some fit problems with this build, mostly with the clear parts. The model is lightly weathered.