The Navy Channel at iModeler (14 articles)

The Navy Channel at iModeler

Items tagged with Navy
14 articles
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1/72 Revell F4U-4B

by Gordon Zammit on June 27, 2020
in Aviation — 7 Comments

Revell's quite recent kit of the F4U-4 which has some short cuts and emmisions due to being offered as both an F4U-1 and F4U-4. I didn't bother with most of the inaccuracies and built the kit mostly out of the box. The overall shape however is v[...]

1/72 Fujimi A-6E “Sunday Punchers”

by Gordon Zammit on June 23, 2020
in Aviation — 10 Comments

Fujimi "Sunday Punchers" Boxing of their wide range of A-6's in 1/72. Straight from the box with kit decals, which weren't the best (as usual with Fujimi) and were very thick and difficult to comform to compound surfaces.

Hasegawa F-14D Tomcat, Vandy 1, 1/48 scale

by Ramon R. Lomeli on May 27, 2020
in Aviation — 24 Comments

Hello iModeler! Long time no post. Here is my first commissioned build. My client requested it be in flight with a full load of ordnance. That made mounting kind of tricky but I found a way in the end. I bent a clear acrylic rod to a suit[...]

North American T-28B Trojan Kitty Hawk 1/32

by Tomáš Pelej on May 24, 2020
in Aviation — 14 Comments

VT-27, NAS Corpus Christi, Texas 1981 Construction from a box, I added some wires Marking completely sprayed, Mr.Paint colors

1/72 Hasegawa F-14B

by Jorge Cazares on April 23, 2020
in Aviation — 14 Comments

The red tomato!!! VF-101 Grim Reapers AD-101. 1/72 Hasegawa F-14B with Toptierhobby decals, Verlinden resin detail set, and Hasegawa weapons. This was a pretty decent build. It's from Hasegawa's 2014 Jolly Rogers History 2 kit combo and to be ho[...]

1/72 F-14A VF-32 Mig-killer “Gypsy 202”

by Jorge Cazares on November 17, 2019
in Aviation — 13 Comments

Kit: Hasegawa 1/72 Grumman F-14A Tomcat "USS John F. Kennedy Fighter Squadrons" History: On January 4, 1989, two US F-14 Tomcats of VF-32 Swordsmen downed two Lybian Mig-23 floggers. The Tomcats were AC-207 flying lead and AC-202 as wingman. *i[...]

1/72 HobbyBoss F-14D Super Tomcat VF-2 Bounty Hunters

by Jorge Cazares on November 10, 2019
in Aviation — 6 Comments

1/72 HobbyBoss F-14D Super Tomcat. I went with the VF-2 Bounty Hunters CAG bird (the kit has 3 decal options!). Overall the kit was a really nice build that went together well. No major issues at all. A couple of areas needed just a bit of putty[...]

1/700 Trumpeter CVN-74 USS John C Stennis

by Jorge Cazares on November 10, 2019
in Ships — 10 Comments

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 almos[...]

I’m Back…Again!

by Noah Zwierko on October 23, 2019
in Ships — 8 Comments

Well it's been quite a long time, but I'm back! I've been very busy for the last few months and I just got back to modeling. This model is my most recent build, taking me a few months on and off. This is the tamiya 1/350 scale Japanese Navy Y[...]

Revell Type VIIc 41 U-boat

by Matthew Fletcher on October 2, 2019
in Ships — 8 Comments

It has been quite a while since I have posted anything. Here is my latest completed build! It was a very fun kit to build. I did consider purchasing some aftermarket details for it yet I couldn't source any in my country. Any feedback or critisi[...]