iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Airfix 1/72 Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
I remember building this kit as a teenager back in the 70s, but a few years ago I had another crack at it. It's actually quite a nice little model, spoilt only by the poor clear parts and some unfortunately placed ejection-pin marks.
I [...]
Corsair chasing a shadow… or a zero… or… in the clouds
Mid 1943 – a lone Corsair pilot has chased an unidentified aircraft into a cloud, and is now frantically searching for it. It is a fellow Naval Aviator? Is it an enemy aircraft? Or maybe just his own shadow?
“I Can’t Identify that [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 Nakajima Ki-27b (pilot- K.Shimada)
Hello everyone! I want to introduce you to the latest work - the Japanese fighter Nakajima Ki-27, a member of the military conflict in Khalkhin-Gol. He piloted the aircraft commander of the 1st Squadron of the 11th Regiment Kenji Shimada. [...]
Revell 1/32 Me109K-4
Here is a recent build of mine, hope you like it.
I bought it from a chap in our club, and it came with a set of Aeromaster decals, so I added an Eduard etch cockpit set to it, which didn't work out very well, as the console fell to bits [...]
Academy 1/48 scale SU-27 Flanker
Hello! Here is my Academy 1/48 scale SU-27 Flanker. This kit was purchased for the equivalent of about $20 in the city of Taegu, Republic of Korea back in 1995 (when I thought $40 was a lot to pay for a kit!). I worked on it here and [...]
Video: Sprue tour! GWH 1/48 MiG-29 SMT 9-19
Another comfort-zone buster!
1/48 Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXe
1/48 Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXe
Meteoric Rise
Xtrakit 1/72 Gloster Meteor F.8
Amongst my all-time favourite aircraft are several 50's jets – including the F-86, Hawker Hunter and Gloster Meteor. Xtrakit's 1/72 Meteor kit was a re-boxed MPM tooling, and looked great in the box with [...]
