Naval modeling - ships, boats and submarines.
Are you tired of building cars, airplanes and armor, then try a ship or two. This model was small but that's ok as I have built other small models and they don't take up too much space in your house.
The model was built o.o.b and the kit came w[...]
At last finished. 1:260 scale SS BEN READ - (Photos were taken in daylight - cloudy weather)
A friend asked me to build a ship, so I selected this well-known Revell kit of the Cutty Sark. The Cutty Sark is possibly the most universally-known ship on the planet. It was built in 1869 to carry tea from China, and later hauled wool from S[...]
GOETZEN - 1:500
Scratch built
Today I would like to present my newest model - U1407 in its mid-1945 guise. It was commissioned into Kriegsmarine in April 1945 and used for the training, hence the yellow band on the kiosque.
The kit parts are quite accurate in terms of shape[...]
I built the Revell Yorktown in the early 1970s . I used it to recreate the Battle of Midway in the horse trough. From some reason I thought it’d be cool to leave it in it’s watery grave overnight. As fate would have it, it froze that night and b[...]
Built out of the box, the kit comes with optional PE parts which add good details. This is my first try on building the sea base with kitchen foil, cotton and water effect gel.
The last photo is a size comparasion to the Yamato I have in the sa[...]
Academy
1/350 scale
P.E. : Pontos (Basic)
I'm not used to modern warships. I'm looking for a painting method that emphasizes panel effects.
This is the first step toward building the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer(1:350 scale) and the Nimitz-cl[...]
Finally done. Hull completed & painted 6 1/2 years ago in New Jersey, packed away for a move to Virginia, then a resident on the shelf of doom for several more years. Finally modeler-ed up about 6 months ago. When I finished the Z-25 in 2[...]
