iModeler Ships

Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.

SS Ben Read

At last finished. 1:260 scale SS BEN READ - (Photos were taken in daylight - cloudy weather)

Revell Cutty Sark Clipper

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 [...]

Goetzen

GOETZEN - 1:500 Scratch built

ORP Kaszub (V 108 Torpedo Boat) - 1/200

1/200 Scratch Built

U1407 – Uboottyp XVIIB – 1/350 MikroMir

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 [...]

AFV Club 1/350 U-Boat Type VII C/41

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 [...]

1/350 Oliver Hazard Perry (Academy)

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 [...]

Trumpeter 1/350 Prinz Eugen 1945

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 [...]

Brassed Off.

I've not posted much here lately, mostly because I've been stupidly busy at work (working 13 days out of each 14 due to a staff shortage), I did get this almost finished but it cast off and sailed away across the cutting mat before I could [...]

Prince of Wales in 1/350 scale from Tamiya, 2nd... part

Well ... I couldn't keep the weekly updates because I meant too many things. Here is the second part of my slow work. I use Tamiya paints diluted with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner, the colour specification comes directly from the kit [...]