Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
I started this 1/700 Tamiya 1/700 U.S.S. Hornet (CV-8) in the spring of 1992 after finishing law school, and finished it the following March, complete with build info sheet. The Hornet was depicted as she appeared at the time of the [...]
First attempt at a battleship and first attempt at the scale. It turned out quite well, I think - they never turn out as well as we hope they might, eh ? The good thing was that I made a lot of mistakes during the building, but I also [...]
Today, I would like to introduce the 1/700 scale model of the British battlecruiser HMS Hood. I'm using a kit from Flyhawk, which recreates the ship as it appeared during the Battle of the Denmark Strait in 1941. This was quite a challenge [...]
Hi all,
After having been away from the workbench and an absence from the forum for four months, I am slowly picking up my mojo for scale modeling again.
A couple of weeks ago a started making hours in my workplace in order to resume the [...]
After more than 1 year 1/2, +3800 parts and +1000 hours of work, finished the USS Nimitz, renovated and improved model.
Many improvements were added... Styrene plastruct sheet, rod, strip, hanger deck, complete set of PE white ensign model [...]
Hello everyone!
I'm continuing to expand my collection in my favorite 1/350 scale. This time, I present to you a model of the aircraft carrier HMS "Ark Royal" as of 1939, produced by Merit International with Very Fire [...]
The Los Angeles class are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) currently in service with the U.S. Navy. Making up over half of the Navy's fast attack submarine fleet, the Los Angeles class is the most numerous in the world. [...]
German submarine U-552 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 1 December 1939 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg as yard number 528, launched on 14 September 1940, and [...]
For your attention, the model of the French battleship Richelieu as of the beginning of 1944 after repair and large-scale modernization, in the USA. Used a set of etch and gun barrels from Flyhawk and a wooden deck. The ship's deck at that [...]
For your attention, my latest model is a representative of the modern Italian-French series of destroyers of the Horizon class. I am not a supporter of modeling modern ships - the requirements of stealth technologies make them indistinct [...]
