iModeler Ships

Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.

1/350 Revell-Germany U-Boot type VII U-81,1941

Hi folks, an easy and reasonably accurate kit,with a different camo: (link)U-81(1941) Hope you like,and thanks for visiting! Marcus

18TH Century Long Boat

Happy 2023 All, I've been itching to do another wood boat kit but I did not want to get into a long term project so I went with this Model Shipway's 18th Century Long Boat. This was a nice change of pace and fun to build and I'm pleased [...]

Revell 1/50th Viking Longship

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2022 Build Review: When Double Builds Go Bad

2021 was such a good year. I finished 13 models – eight 1/72 aircraft, a 1/72 88mm gun, and four 1/700 Essex-class carriers, one a major kitbash. 2022, by comparison saw no models finished. Not one. Instead I started on one 1/700 [...]

First to fight. Duel on Dec 7 1941

6:40 AM, December 7, 1941. "Captain, come on the bridge!". Lieutenant William W. Outerbridge had been summoned to the bridge of the U.S.S. Ward, straight out of bed and wrapped in a Kimono. He had taken command, his first, of the [...]

Scharnhorst, 1943, Part 2 Dragon Smart Kit,

Dragon's 1943 1/350 KMS Scharnhorst continues to be a real pleasure to work on. I am well into the build now and things are beginning to come together. this submission features a mid build photo shoot so the painting is rough in places [...]

Scharnhorst, 1943, Dragon Smart Kit

This submission is a mid-build evaluation of Dragon's 1/350 Scharnhorst 1943 [Smart Kit]. Many others have submitted comprehensive and helpful reviews on this kit and its predecessor, Scharnhorst 1940. This is a nit-picky submission, and [...]

HELLER 1:100th HMS VICTORY

So, having had this kit since April, i've finally made a start. HOURS of "Youtube" videos watched, and i finally settled on just 2. (both of whom i class as master-builders) First job was to thicken the gun ports on the lower two [...]

Revell 1/72 S-100 boat

My Revell 1/72 S-100 German High Speed attack boat from WW2 which I completed during the lockdown period. It was a fairly easy model to build, with only 1 or 2 minor issues (easily overcome). Length of this kit is 48,6cm Paints used are [...]

USS Gearing, Dragon 1/350

Here is my build of Dragon's USS Gearing, lead ship of the US Navy's ultimate WWII destroyer class. This is the excellent kit from Dragon, which comes with extensive photoetch (but, surprisingly, no railing!). Built it out of the box apart [...]