Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
Something different for me, I tried a sub!
This is Academy's 1/150 Type IXb U-boat that was kitted as a motorized pool toy! It was accurate in size and outline, but very basic, had a huge, square keel to house a single electric motor and a [...]
J.M.S.D.F. DDG-174 Kirishima
By Hasegwa (30045, Hyper Detail) in 1/700 scale.
My first experience with Hasegawa kits, 1/700 scale, ships and the ocean 😄
Some things happened durung processing, some time passed by, but in the end I'm [...]
Originally released in 1969, this off scale kit of the North Carolina depicts the ship as she was end /post war configuration with her main deck forward AA guns removed. Commissioned in 1937. She was the first of the fast battle ships. [...]
Hello all,
Here is my attempt at the 1/72 Das Werk SM U9. I have to say I really enjoyed this kit. It goes together very easily and is engineered well. Most of the effort on this was spent on painting and weathering. I used Model Master [...]
The USS Pueblo was a signals intelligence ship of the US Navy that was commissioned in 1967. She was converted from a Army Camano Class Coastal Freighter (later Navy AKL class) and used a cover story of an oceanographic research ship and [...]
Let me post another IJN ship, but it is much older than previous one. This is IJN battleship Mikasa, the flagship of Russo-Japanese war (1904-1905). She was designed and built by Vickers shipyard in the UK; therefore, it was technically a [...]
I have agonised long and hard about this model. Is it good enough to post on here? I finally decided that, as this is my first ever scratch built model, I'd give it a try and maybe get some to tips to improve the next one - whenever that [...]
Soviet submarine 949A "Antey".
Product size:
Length 30cm, width 8cm, height 9cm.
The work is made of resin. The stand is made of glass 8
Let me post a work of Japanese ship. Her name is Ikazuchi, which means simply "thunder" in a very traditional Japanese way. She was an IJN destroyer, the 23rd of the Fubuki class destroyers. The kit was provided by Yamashita [...]
For the second post, I chose SMS Emden, another Flyhawk one. Although this ship was described as a light cruiser, the length of this ship was almost equivalent to that of standard destroyers in WWII. Thus, the actual model is much smaller [...]
