Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
I thought I'd post a few WIP photos of HMS Victory, as I'm now 750 hours into the project. With the hull, deck and its accoutrements now complete, from now on, everything goes up/out from the decks.
The cannonades and 32-pounders have [...]
Battlecruisers were a hybrid type of ship, invented by the British in 1906. They were designed to have the firepower of a battleship combined with the speed of a cruiser. To achieve this, the armor had to be reduced, which turned out to be [...]
Two carriers I was associated with. First up Italeri 1/720 Saratoga. Had to correct the basic island structure and back date to Mid 1970's when I was a lowly plane captain active duty on F-4s, rearranged some sponsons, scratch built the [...]
Now three months (500 hours) into the HMS Victory project, and the main hull and decks are complete. From now on it's just what hangs from or rises out of the bulwarks.
Main bragging rights are the 5-plank pattern decks and the 108 [...]
The Pola was the last of the four Zara-class cruisers. She was laid down in Livorno/Leghorn in March 1931, launched in December 1931 and commissioned in December 1932. The Zara class cruisers were considered to be successful ships, having [...]
Hobbyboss’ Pola in 1:350 sucks. It’s the old kit from Tauro, that Hobbyboss has scaled up to 1:350. That means, that all the problems of the original kit, have been enlarged by one eight. In the process, Hobbyboss made some [...]
This is my version of the Japanese Light Cruiser Yahagi, with generic etched Flyhawk raillings, ladders and inclined ladders, Lion Roar ladders, life buoy from Dreammodels, radar from Rainbow Models, antenna from MK-1, 25 mm singles type [...]
Process of work ijn Yahagi Ten Ichi Go Operation, appearing coming soon, many modifications and set of photoetch, plastruct improvements...more 750 pieces.
IJN I-27 Submarine B1 Class, 1/350 AFV Club with generic etch Gold Medal Models, and some part of veteran models IJN Binoculars set, IJN flag decals from Blue Water Navy, some parts from plastruct improvements, invisible thread .004 mm [...]
Destroyer DD-445 Fletcher from Tamiya, generic etch Flyhawk US Navy WWII railings and inclined ladders, some part ffrom Gold Medal Models( Stokes Litters, Watertight Doors), MK-1 Antennas and radar, Lion Roar vertical ladders, scratch [...]
