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Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.

Trumpeter 1/350 Royal Navy Battleship HMS Dreadnought, 1907

For your attention - the battleship HMS Dreadnought, launched in 1906, became a revolutionary step in the naval fleet of Great Britain. This ship was the sixth in the Royal Navy to bear this proud name. It was distinguished by its unique [...]

IJN Destroyer Shiranui "不知火" 1940, Pit Road 1/700

Today I am uploading a 1/700 model of an IJN destroyer Shiranui, the second ship of the Kagero Class. This is based on a kit of the Kagero (pre-war), which is a Pit-Road product and includes etchings. IJN Shiranui has an intense war [...]

U boat type VII C/41 from Revell in scale 1:144

Here is my last project which I have been doing for 4 years on and off. But now the U-Boote type VII C/41 project is finally finished. It became an eternal project with as much joy as frustration. I was ruining this build when I crossed [...]

AFV Club USS Kirk (Knox-class frigate)

The FF-1087 USS Kirk was a Knox-class anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigate. The Knox class frigates were commissioned in 1969 but served only a brief 23 years, as improving ASW technology quickly made them obsolete. Frigates evolved from [...]

1/700 Mikuma & Asashio @ Midaway 1942

This is an older one I did about 15 years ago. 1/700 Tamiya Mikuma & 1/700 Pit-Road Asashio with some etched brass to jazz them up. A battle scene of what the fate of the Mikuma was... Always like waterline displays for my ships. [...]

USS New Jersey, BB-62

Hi All, Presenting, my next "build the ships I've visited", a 1/700, USS New Jersey, BB-62. I've had the pleasure to tour the battleships, USS New Jersey,BB-62 and USS Wisconsin,BB-64 but at this time I am only building one of [...]

IJN Battleship Nagato 長門 in 1927, Aoshima 1/700

Hello everyone. Today I'm posting about the battleship Nagato of the Imperial Japanese Navy as it was in 1927. It's been a while since I've worked on an Aoshima kit. At this time, Nagato had an elegant form without the imposing appearance [...]

Gato class Subs

Hi All, I am presenting two WW2 Gato class submarines. Additions for my ships I visit builds. I have had the pleasure/honor of touring the USS Drum, in Mobile, Alabama and the USS Cod, in Cleveland, Ohio. If you are ever in either area of [...]

1/350 Revell DKM Bismarck + Pontos Photoetch Set

Hi everyone, here is my latest ship 1:350 scale DKM Bismarck as she would have looked early March 1941 minus the air recognition symbols. Base kit is Revell and Pontos Photoetch set is added. The kit is old and the Pontos set is one of [...]

German Uboat type IIB in scale 1/144 from ICM

Here is my first work after many years break of model building. A first attempt at doing something I haven't done before. This construction has taken a year, during which I have been working on and off with the construction. You can see my [...]