Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
This is a resin kit that included a few sheets of PE details that I built almost completely out of the box. I did add after-market 5"/38 guns and turrets as well as 40mm Bofors, and 20mm Oerlikon guns. I've found that photoetch AA is [...]
Back in 1992-1993 I used Larry Gertner's article on accurizing a Hasegawa Essex kit to represent the Lexington (CV-16) in June 1944. After finishing that model in 1993, I wanted to build one that was as different as possible, and bought [...]
I have always been fascinated by the Spruance and Ticonderoga class ships. Today it is not easy to get a kit that I would like to build again. This kit is from Revell, 1/700 scale and I was pleasantly surprised compared to other brands. I [...]
Today is the 79th anniversary of the climatic day of the Battle of Midway so here is a review of a build in honor of today. FYI, I did publish the original photo as part of my collection of PTO models but did not submit the entire review [...]
Now the PT boat is finished I have started to build the Airfix 1/72 RAF Rescue Launch.
I will be building it as No 172 as seen at Malta and rearranging the kit supplied number 127 to 172. Looking at a B/W photo it looks to have the yellow [...]
I have been working on this kit for the past 2 months and am now calling it completed - my 1/72 Revell PT boat.
Safety rope and rope holders are added using pins, copper wire and thin rigging thread as these are not supplied in the [...]
This model of Russan navy battleship Oriol was built with a 1/350 kit by Zvezda, photoetch by White Ensign Model and the wooden deck by Artwox. The torpedo net was built using a protective net for air conditioning ducts that I found on [...]
Saw a couple of these dioramas on FB and just had to give it a go. Hope you like it
Accessories:
Trumpeter – Grumman F6F Hellcat
1 x Trumpeter – Grumman TBF-3 Avenger
Eduard PE (53070)
North Star Models USN Bofors Quad mount crew (NSA350522)
North Star Models Life Buoys (NSA350505)
Shapeways USN Combat Set (201), [...]
