Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
This double build of 1/700 Trumpeter and Meng kits is intended to show how the aging U.S. carrier Lexington was refitted in two and a half weeks at Pearl Harbor in the spring of 1942 to improve her defensive capabilities. The carrier's [...]
The U.S. Navy Patrol Torpedo boat of World War II. Referred to as the “Mosquito”. This kit by Atlantis is a re-mold of the old Revell kit copyright 1959. It is 8 inches long. It was missing the windscreen that sits on top of the cabin [...]
The USS Thresher was supposed to be the lead ship of an upgraded Skipjack class submarine design. Forsaking speed for stealth, the Thresher class (named after a species of shark and the even more dangerous Tambor class submarine, USS [...]
Today I would like to upload the IJN destroyer Yukikaze. This is my first 1/350 trial. I used the Tamiya kit as a base and Infini model detail up parts. IJN Yukikaze is famous as a ship that survived the fierce battles of the Pacific War, [...]
Hey everyone.
My son Kai (he's 12) and I (much older) just completed work on this really cool and fun to build and paint 1/72 kit from Takom of the Scharnhorst Battleship Turret B.
Although technically a battle cruiser I think, many [...]
About a year ago I saw on FB an amazing diorama created by the famous diorama master @won-huilee showing the sinking of the HMS Hood and I was mesmerized by it. This diorama stuck in my mind ever since and I always wanted to try it. I [...]
This is one of my favourite ships, but I have hesitated to post it because, after all, I had built it a bit long time ago. To be honest, it was my first Flyhawk kit and my first attempt at rigging. Again, as before, I cheated with the [...]
1/350 Trumpeter, Tribal class destroyer, built 2020 - 2023 for the Korea GB, more pic's and details there.
It's been a while since I posted. This time it's HMS Belfast. This is a ship that reminds me of when I worked in London about 25 years ago. My office faced the Thames, and seeing her was my daily life. She was actually there wearing this [...]
This is Revell's original issue Type VIIc U-boat in 1/144. I replaced the ladders and tower handrails with brass wire, thinned the kit winter garden and hull handrails, detailed the guns, and removed the round sockets that were molded on [...]
