Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
USS Momsen ,..generic etch Flyhawk USN ladders, inclined ladders and Railings from Gold Medal Models, screws from gold medal models, USN Carrier deck equipment from mpc, MQ-8B fire scouth from snafu store...scratch from Plastruct [...]
Hello,
this model surely long over due but here we go!
I got this model back in 2019 after winning the model of the month award right here in iModeler!
Though, took a bit of a break from modeling but here we are now!
The model is the [...]
These boats were used to patrol the Mekong Delta water ways in South Vietnam, Armed with a twin .50 cal. mount. a combination single .50/mortar mount. and various other small arms. they were originally designed as a shuttle boat for off [...]
These patrol boats were used by the South Vietnam Navy in the Mekong delta by their River Assault Groups in the 1960's, armed with a 50 cal. and two 30 cal. machine guns.
The kit was originally issued in 1967 along with a Navy Swift boat [...]
This is the first model I've built for more years than I care to think about. Revell 1144 Snowberry with Eduard detail sets to remind me how infuriating I used to find photo etched parts.
95% complete and needs it's display base. [...]
Here I present my latest work, the Almirante Latorre missile frigate, 85 hours work, a good model but it has many defects in the details, to which quite a few improvements were added to the custom Chilean Navy... Styrene sheet, Rod, strip. [...]
It took three days short of a year, but I am finally calling my resurrection build of a 1980 Revell 1/530 Essex-clas angled deck carrier done. (Build log at (link) )
The model started out as a Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) that I built in [...]
A patient gift me a metal gadget by Costa Crocere that is a waterline model of Costa Fascinosa, a ship of the same class of Costa Concordia. Use some photos of the sinking I made this diorama. Terrible event with too loss of soul.
Aoshima 1/700 Yoizuki kit with the Five Star Fuyuzuki upgrade kit:
The upgrade kit is essential for this build as the original kit is pretty basic. I also added aftermarket rope reels and built the wood base and acrylic case myself. For [...]
