Oshkosh 2024
Had a chance to go to the NATS in Madison this weekend and piggybacked a trip to Oshkosh. The NATS turnout was pretty incredible, the workmanship on display was extraordinary. I didn’t get the Mustangs finished enough to take…but [...]
Hasegawa RF-4E 1/48 Phantom II: Final Year 2020
The commemoration of the long service of the Phabolous adds another colorful dimension to the 'Sea Camouflage' attractive scheme of Japan's RF-4E.
I enhanced the basic mold of the ejection seats and used DXM decals for the specialized [...]
P 51-D Hasegawa 1/48
Ciao ragazzi, here I just finish for friend of mine a P51-D. The kit is Hasegawa in scale 1/48, assembly was quite ok but the decals was a real disaster. Some of the them destroyed immediatly when I put in the water...and I have to paint [...]
1/72 Heller Dewoitine D.520
I finished this Dewoitine D.520 in 1/72 scale from Heller in 2023. It's a very old tooled kit, with raised panel lines, thick undercarriage doors, no detail inside the wheel wells and just the seat inside the cockpit. Fortunately the [...]
US Navy Spitfire on D-Day: Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk. Vb
This build starts with a story that I read in the British magazine "Flypast". I had never heard this story, and it was so cool that I couldn't resist building a model to represent the Spitfires in the story. So, first is the [...]
Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc
The 1/72-scale Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc is a phenomenon. This is my first Eduard kit, so I’d like to give my impressions. As I think is generally understood, Eduard kits are of high-quality: excellent detail, well-molded and engineered, [...]
1/72 Academy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
In this article I'll show a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat in 1/72 scale from Academy that I finished by september, 2023. It represents the fighter flown by Lt. Richard Stambook within the VF-17 sqn. on board at the WWII USS Princeton aircraft [...]
1/72 Tamiya Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
For my third article on iModeler I'll show my latest model, a Tamiya Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "razorback" in 1/72 scale which was finished on April of this year. It's my second "razorback" kit, the first one was an [...]
Airfix 1/48 Gannet AS.4
Airfix' Gannet is an excellent kit. The fit of parts is very good, and the detailing is extensive with recessed and raised surface texture.My choice of colors and texture was influenced by a detailed indoors walkaround of a non restored [...]
Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. H – Damaged and abandoned
Simple diorama about abandoned Panzer IV. Reference picture as a starting point for the diorama.
Kits used:
Tamiya German machine gun crew on maneuver
RFM Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. H (5046), tracks Friulmodel
ICM railroad track
Painting [...]
