The Carrier Database at iModeler

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CVE-9 USS BogueTamiya 1/700

The USS Bogue is the lead ship of 45 escort carriers built by the US Navy during World War II. The basis are trading ships of the type C3-S-A1, which were equipped with a closed hangar, 2 elevators and a wooden flight deck in the period [...]

20 - Bandai Space Aircraft Carrier

This was a really fun build and one I'm really happy with, from the Space Battleship Yamato or Star Blazers series. I tried some new techniques on it like preshading the panel lines, and in this subject matter I really like how it worked [...]

Hobby Boss, Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat in 1/48

Hello friends, today I have another US NAVY aircraft for you. It's the Hobby-Boss 1/48 scale kit that I started about 2 years ago. The construction is relatively easy, since the components fit together very well. The only challenge was to [...]

Tamiya F4U-1C, 1/48. The Sky Pirates.

One omission from the plethora of Corsair models out there is the F4U-1C, in fact there isn't even a company that offers a resin conversion set for this type. Not wanting to miss out on the only -1 variant I haven't yet built I decided to [...]

Academy 1/700 USS Enterprise CV-6 "Modeler's Edition"

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 [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Scale WW2 Aircraft Carrier Tug

Hello all, I updated this post with pics of the painted tug operator added. Well while I wait for another F-104 kit to arrive I decided to cut the boredom by building the little tug that came with my 1/48 scale Corsair kit. Took me a whole [...]

#IntrepidCorrected – Revell’s Classic 1/720 Essex Class Carrier (Corrected)

For many modelers of World War II ships, Revell's 1/720 scale model of the USS Intrepid (CV – 11) was an early favorite. It was cheap (two dollars, compared to four dollars for a Tamiya Akagi), easy to build, and gave you a big [...]

1/700 Trumpeter CVN-74 USS John C Stennis

Kit: Trumpeter 1/700 CVN-74 USS John C Stennis. Intro: This was actually my first ship ever. I usually build aircraft in 1/72 but decided to try something new. I started this in October of last year, and being that it's August, it took me [...]

Monogram 1/48th PBJ-1H (B-25H) Landing on ShangriLa

As kid I loved the line of Monogram 1/48th scale aircraft models. Their bomber series let you build highly detailed good looking models that represented the planes that won the war in Europe and the Pacific. I always liked the B-25 G [...]