Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
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 [...]
Having already built this kit for myself (i'll post a photo at the end of this build), my friend asked me to build one for her husband who served on her. She asked for a "no frills, just out of the box" model as her husband has [...]
Hello everyone. This is the latest from the bench. The Heller kit turned out quite nice with the addition of some generic rails. The front mast was replaced by brass tubing. Some small additions were made to enhance details using copper [...]
Hello Everyone,
It's been a while since my last article. I am still on hiatus on plastic modeling but I wanted to share this model. This is the Hasegawa 1/350 Akagi, with all the Hasegawa Akagi. Airbrushed with Mr.Color and Tamiya [...]
My Covid 19 project (everyone has one) was to convert an old Lindberg Coastal Patrol Boat (USCG) into something a little different. I had already done the original version (50's), and a PG Patrol Motor Gunboat (70's) , and had a spare [...]
This is the conclusion of my two part review of the Revell 1/72 PT Boat, PT 579 / PT 588. Kit #5165.
Link to 37mm cannon maintenance film: (link)
Link to Eyebolt Video: (link)
Website page for the build: (link)
