iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Corsair build, some tips, and what a great fit

First, the beer. I am not in general fond of Pumpkin beers, especially ones from larger breweries. As often as not it is like they tried to stuff a pie in a bottle with some alcohol. But here in the Pacific Northwest I have found 3 I [...]

Water Wings group build

Just a friendly reminder that we're running a group build dedicated to seaplanes, flying boats and any aircraft that operate from water. The build started September 1st and will run through March 1st 2017, so if you're looking for a neat [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Corsair IV

The Fleet Air Arm was interested in the Corsair as soon as they heard about it, and began receiving Corsairs under Lend-Lease in 1943. At a time when the U.S. Navy was declaring the Corsair unsuitable for operations aboard an Essex-class [...]

F-4C Phantom II, Eduard Ltd. Edition "Good Evening Da Nang!", 1:48

Hello Imodeler-friends, this is my latest build on the Eduard Ltd. Edition "Good Evening Da Nang". Enjoy the pics!

Lockheed Hudson 1, A16-25, 1 Sqn RAAF Malaysia 1941.

1/72 Italeri / MPM, I modified a few things, finished in Xtracolor and MM enamels with Future and POLLY Scale flat over kit decals.

Film of EDO floats on C-47 1942 from factory

This might be of interest to all. I found this on you tube while researching my water wings build. The film was made by the grandfather of the person who posted it on you tube,Robert W Martens, although my father did retire from the [...]

F4U-1D Corsair VMF-214 USS Franklin (CV-13) F3b 45

Another one of thise fantastic Tamiya Corsair . Painted with Tamiya paints ; Enjoy 🙂 Cheers Brian

Review: Eduard 1/72 HIND 24/35 review

Video: Airfix F 86F Sabre, 1/72Stopmotion

I would like to present my recent little clip of a beautiful aircraft. It was a birthday present of my friend Pete Domm and I hope he'll like it... For the entire body I used a combination of Alclad II alu coatings and Uschi van der Rosten [...]

1/48 Academy Spitfire FR Mk.XVIII

Hello Folks This time I would like to present completed build. This time it is Spitfire Mk.XIVe version from Academy. The build take me a two year or so but not because the kit is woeful but I have long brakes working on different project. [...]