iModeler Ships

Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.

mini pt boat

this is a 1/183 scale hawk kit from 1967 i hand painted it russian armor green the bottem of the hull is painted salamander orange/red

pt-73 from mchale's navy

this is the revell 1/72nd scale british vosper m.t.b i scratch build the radar mast and placed a single 50 cal on tripod on the foredeck i had the pt-73 decals custom made by a friend

modern s.s. minnow

this i also used a lindberg 1/64th scale pt-109 hull and scratch built everything up i based it on a 2008 72' vicem classic flybridge cruiser i saw in an issue of yachting magazine

s.s. minnow from gilligan's island

i started with a lindberg 1/64th scale pt-109 hull and scratch built everthing up from there i only hade a few screen shots to go from down side is they were three different boats used the rental boat in the opening of the first season the [...]

Tamiyas USS Fletcher in 1:350

The USS Fletcher was the name ship of a class of 175 ships. It was the largest destroyer class ever built and they were considered to be a very successful design. They served in the US Navy during the WW2 and the Korean War. A number of [...]

Trumpeters Sovremenny in 1:350

I finished the Sovremenny in December 2008. In general I don't like modern warships. I find their angular superstructures ugly and out of proportion. The russian ones look better though, and since I had won the kit at a contest, I thought [...]

Royal Caroline, 1749 (Completed)

I've posted previous Headlines articles about this wooden ship model (Panart 1/47), as recently as a month ago, even though it wasn't a completed project. This was because as a two-year, intermittent build, there wasn't enough momentum for [...]

Caio Bella! Italian cruiser Gorizia in 1:400.

Every educated person knows, that the main problem with the plastic model industry is, that there are so few kits of italian cruisers from WWII.;-) The only injection moulded ones I know of are Tauro's kits in 1:400 of the four cruisers of [...]

Trumpeters USS Hornet in 1:350

I finished the USS Hornet in January 2006. The kit leaves a lot to be wished for. The general shape of the hull is incorrect and the stem in particular is faulty and very clumsy. I strengthened it from the inside with pieces of scrap [...]

Revell whaler Charles W. Morgan 1/110

Hello all, I'd like to present my Revell Charles W. Morgan. I read a lot about this model on the dedicated modeling sites before starting. Wrong sailplan, wrong colours... I just started building and painting according to my vision of a [...]