Naval modeling - ships, submarines and boats.
Here, my friends, is my first foray into the brave new world of resin kits. I have a soft spot for the 9 cruisers of the Brooklyn class, which were extremely good looking ships, and of great historical significance. Thus, it is hard to [...]
By TAMIYA, 1/350 scale. This was the sub that carried four aircraft in the hanger under the conning tower. I chose to not use them. This submarine was to attack the Panama Canal with her aircraft and possibly bomb installations on the west [...]
39”, took me about a week. I did not paint the hull the traditional red, after taping off and getting the black straight, I was not about to push my luck and do the red with a second tape off. The lines are decals from STARFIGHTER [...]
After more than 1 1/2 years, +3500 parts and +1000 hours of work, finished the USS Enterprise, renovated and upgrade model.
Added many(many) improvements… Styrene plastruct sheet, rod, strip..hanger deck, ss radars and platform island, [...]
When I was a kid, my nextdoor neighbor, several years my elder, went into the Navy. He wound up in the Riverine force. He was on either a Swift or a PBR.
When Tamiya came out with their PBR, I jumped at the chance to build it. I thought [...]
Trumpeter 1/700 USS Lexington with some etched brass details . Nice build overall pretty accurate. Water & base are a combination of Golden Gel gloss and Hodge Podge, multiple layers of color and cotton used for waves.
Hope you [...]
I wanted to try one of these little toon kits for a long time now. They go together well and with some spare parts and a little weathering turn out to be very interesting. Hope you guys like it!
This Nichimo 1/200 I-19 Japanese Submarine was a Christmas gift to me from my parents in about 1977 , or so. Over the years it’s gotten a little “ war weary”, dusty, and beat up looking. I was considering finally throwing it [...]
This is my first ‘ scratch build ‘ and it’s taken me a good 5 months. I have done a couple of couple of conversions before such as the POLA / GRAF SPEE ( which I will post next in her pre-River Plate raiding look which includes ALL [...]
