Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
1/144 Airfix SR.N4 Hovercraft
Vintage kit of great hovercraft. A lot of clamps and pressure required to get the main sections to fit. Interior details fine for their time. Less fit issues than many 'see thru' models.
1/72 Revell Schnellboot S-100
Added resin torpedoes and resin contact mines.
Scratch built additional depth charges
Modified display base.
Fabricated additional depth chargers.
Corrected Black Panther logo.
Slight weathering with [...]
1/400 Heller Scharnhorst Battleship
Great old kit. No build issues. Real wood ‘veneer deck’, brass barrels and all railing PE fabricated from brass stock. My first battleship. Did have some AB grain turbulence issues when painting [...]
1/350 Hasegawa IJN aircraft carrier Akagi
Bid Ed Photo Etch added. Very complex upper deck supports. Many small parts that were easier to inhale than place on model.
I am posting this article at 8am, December 7th, Honolulu time. Exactly 80 years on from the moment of the first wave of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941.
The aircraft carrier Agaki was Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo's flagship [...]
Dear friends, this is an U-boot tipe VIIc in 1/350 scale by AFV built out of the box. I put it in a rough sea. What do you think?
After 8 Months of loving this build, heavily improvising her with Dowels, ratlines, deadeyes and blocks, Cannon tiebacks and Cannon shot etc.. pushing my capabilities, my 1759 ROYAL LOUIS - HELLER 1/200 is FINISHED.
5 months of building [...]
Nearly finished with just a few smaller parts and decals to be fitted. A very straightforward and enjoyable build which I can heartily recommend!
Dear friens, this is my last work. An U-boot type VIIb from flyhawk in 1/700 scale. I added the photoetched set by flyhawk and some figures by 3Dmodel.
