iModeler Ships

Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.

1/720 USS Ronald Reagan

This is the Italeri kit in 1/720 scale. I haven't had much time to model this summer, but did manage to build this over the last two months. My local hobby shop owner asked me to build it for a customer whose son is currently serving on [...]

RN Pola 1:350

Hi, I'd like to show you a ship I built on 2015. This is the Hobbyboss RN Pola 1:350, converted to RC ship. The kit quality is awful and several parts had to be remade and redesigned from scratch, like the mast, tripod and anchors. The [...]

1/700 BB-35 USS Colorado 1944 (Trumpeter)

1/700 BB-45 USS Colorado 1944 She departed on 5 May passing Pearl Harbor and Kwajalein to the pre-invasion shelling at Saipan, Guam, and Tinian after 14 June. During the shelling of Tinian on 24 July she was damaged, 43 men were killed, [...]

Progress USS Indianapolis 1945 – trumpeter 1/350 (part III)

Yes... I'm still working on them….. Plastruct Improvements styrene sheet, Rod,strip…, Generic PE raillings from Flyhawk, Gold Medal models vertical and inclined ladders;, cable reels, TDY-1 ECM antenna, Stokes Litters, Watertight [...]

USS Enterprise CV6

What can you say about the Enterprise? To me, she represents the spirit, the bravery and courage, the hope, and the good that humanity is capable of. I think it's impossible to overstate the influence this ship had on the war in the [...]

Progress USS Indianapolis 1945 – trumpeter 1/350 (part II)

I'm still working on them... Plastruct Improvements styrene sheet, Rod,strip…, Generic PE raillings from Flyhawk, Gold Medal models Ladders, metal chains, PE trumpeter set, antennas from Gold Medals Models, Barrels 203mm and 127mm from [...]

1/350 Missouri 1944

Tamiya Missouri WWII P.E : Lion Roar Accessory : 3Dmodelpart Orelikon Northstarmodel Figure US Navy position 1~3

Holidays and a Humble Heller and Humbrol model…

This is the good old Belle etoile from heller. I really like their sail ships collection despite its age. Here there is no fuss about engraved or not engraved panel lines, empty cockpits, and the airbrush wont add anything to the painting [...]

Should You Build a Boat?

I am fascinated by ships. Maybe it's because I was born by the seaside, but their size, the smell of paint and fuel, and that peculiar mixture of purposefulness and elegance always did the trick for me. Real ships, that is. Ship models? [...]

HMS Victory, 1805

The Ship: HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. She [...]