iModeler Headlines

1/72 North American XB-70 "VALKYRIE" - October 12, 1964 - Test flight No. 3 - 9:07 a.m. – Edward's USAF Base (California)

by Fabrice Simon on September 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 46 ≡

On October 12, 1964, during its third test flight, its first supersonic, the paint of the XB-70 was torn off in entire patches on nearly 15% of the surface. Whose fault is it ? Nobody really knows, but each time a VIP was announced for a [...]

Flight 19 TBM-3

by Dan DeSilva on September 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Hi all, Had these photos ready for quite some time, but never seemed to have a moment to post this past summer. Hurricane Lee has provided me two days (while I have power and internet) to finally post this. I have FINALLY built my 1/48 [...]

Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat Armée de l´Air Indochina Hobbycraft 1/48

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on September 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Good ol' Hobbycraft,simple but beautiful (at a distance). Hope you like it. Marcus

Flying Gecko...1/48 Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II, VA-22 "Fighting Redcocks", USN

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on September 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

My dad´s US naval theme continues, this time with something more modern. Hasegawa´s A-7 kit, first released in 1987, this is the P14 kit from back then. Aires A-7 late seat, TwoBobs decals used which were very thin and tended to wrap and [...]

SKULL ISLAND – Miniature Diorama

by Michael Mathioudakis on September 13, 2023 · in Diorama · 19 ≡

Hi All. I am posting some pictures of my Skull Island Diorama. It is completely hand made apart from the skull which was 3d printed.

1/48 PBY in Flight construction begins.....

by Steven Corvi on September 13, 2023 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This is my 1/48 Monogram PBY--Dont see built up too much. I am using the Belcher Bits tail correction and Eduard canopy masks. Otherwise OOB. I am also adding figures from the PM release . This will be an inflight display over my bar. [...]

Review: PM Models show 13th September 2023

by iModeler Youtube Picks on September 13, 2023 · in Reviews

First to fight IBG Big scale PZL P-11c

by Bill Koppos on September 12, 2023 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

Well, the first Allied fighter in European WW2 skies anyway. Contrary to some accounts, the Polish Air Force was not destroyed on the ground early, but their aircraft were dispersed to designated War alert fields, having been on a war [...]

Revell 1/72 Shackleton AEW.2

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on September 12, 2023 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Probably, the best kit in the scale. Revell's new tool Shackleton is superior (but not by a large margin) to the Airfix kit. In all, it is not a difficult build and results with a big and impressive model.

Fujimi’s A5M4 in 1/72

by Scott Nelson on September 12, 2023 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

I’ve had this one in the stash for awhile and it was an older kit when I got it. That meant the decals were not of much use as they yellowed considerably. So I masked everything on this one. I also used a trick from Tom Cleaver to get [...]