1:700 scale modeling
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Ever since I got the USS West Virginia in World of Warships, I have really wanted to build a model of it. There were some fitting issues with the kit but it was a pretty fun build. The entire thing is painted with one paintbrush. This is [...]
Aoshima 1/700 Yoizuki kit with the Five Star Fuyuzuki upgrade kit:
The upgrade kit is essential for this build as the original kit is pretty basic. I also added aftermarket rope reels and built the wood base and acrylic case myself. For [...]
Kit: Academy 1/700 USS Enterprise CV-6 "Modeler's Edition"
EDIT 11/2021: Fixed the SBD wing issue by building new ones
History:
The USS Enterprise CV-6 was the seventh US Navy vessel of that name and the sixth US aircraft [...]
Welcome to all ,
First and foremost be strong we can beat the pandemic , best time for us modelers to spend this hour to finish our unbuild kits. Anyhow this is an unboxing of the Five Star brand resin naval figures which I will be using [...]
I wanted achieve a highly weathered effect so I used large amounts of washes and weathering techniques. I wanted to make some parts look like they were covered with clothes so I made these clothes out of tin foil. The dock is scratchbuilt.
So my extra parts and decals came today. Using 2 sets of photo etched steel figures, 2 sets of Nimitz class decals, a box of 6 Sea Knight helicopters, a box of 3 Sea Stallion helicopters, 2 types of micro sol decal setting solution and [...]
Trumpeter 1/700 German Cruiser Prinz Eugen 1942
Prinz Eugen as she appeared in November 1942. Photo-etch set and brass masts are Flyhawk. Rope reels are from Big Blue Boy, AA suite is 3dModelParts, crew are from Eduard, and rigging is [...]
Trumpeter 1/700 USS Baltimore (1944)
This is the first ship model I've attempted in some time using all the details (photo-etch, rigging, sea base, etc.). Pretty satisfied with the results but definitely room for improvement.
USS Baltimore [...]