USS Fletcher (DD-445)
Second time I built this. First one in 2021 had mistakes. I trashed it and this one looks better now. Good old Tamiya quality, 1/700 scale. Lots of tweezer work required.
iModeler Ships
Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
Airfix 1/72 Shannon Lifeboat – Invergordon.
I wasn't going to get this kit initially but when Airfix released the extra decal set that would let me do the Invergordon version it was pretty much a done deal.
Primed with Mr. Finishing Surfacer Black 1500.
Painted with Hataka Lacquer [...]
USS Bainbridge CLGN 25, 1/600 Atlantis.{Aurora]
This is Atlantis's repop of the Aurora kit. I was not pleased with the way it looked in the instruction photos so down the rabbit hole, the ship was update in the '70s adding superstructure updated weapons. of which I attempted to do - two [...]
1/350 Trumpeter USS Arlington + Ponto Photoetch set + LED
Hi everyone. Here is my build of USS Arlington LPD 24, based off the Trumpeter USS New York in 1/350 scale. A slight deviation from my typical WWII ships but I wanted to try the oil-canning paint technique and the ship presented large [...]
DKM Graf Spee
This model corresponds to Trumpeter kit 05774. Its construction could be greatly improved, and it is clear that the number of parts and construction have been overly complicated. There are several flaws, such as the location of the 150 mm [...]
1/700 USS Texas (BB-35)
33 years after I started, I finally finished my scratchbuilt 1/700 battleship Texas (BB-35).
I started the model in the spring of 1992, while in the interim between finishing law school and returning to Marshall to start my judicial [...]
HMS Dreadnought 1915 – 1/700 Trumpeter
Here is my HMS Dreadnought from Trumpeter. Her biggest claim to fame was when she was commissioned she made all other capital ships obsolete. Her innovations included;
All big gun firepower.
Steam turbine engines made her the fastest [...]
1/700 U.S.S. Fletcher (DD-445)
This was a quick build of the 1996 Tamiya kit to get myself back in the mood for building ships. It was more or less out of the box - the only modifications were to paint the black antiskid strips on the deck, a PE rail over the bridge, [...]
Nuclear French Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle R91, Circa 2009..(1/400 Heller).
After more than 6 monts, +750 parts and +200 hours of work, finished the Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle, renovated and improved model.
Many improvements were added... Styrene plastruct sheet, rod, strip,
hanger deck,
Complete set PE [...]
Texaco Tug "George Beckford."
These small tugboats were built in 1942 for the Army Transportation Corps and were utilized on rivers and harbors to move cargo barges. In the post WWII years these tugboats were sold as surplus and a number of oil companies purchased them [...]
