Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]