The US Navy Channel at iModeler (29 articles)

The US Navy Channel at iModeler

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Academy 1/700 USS Enterprise CV-6 “Modeler’s Edition”

by Jorge Cazares on April 19, 2020
in Ships — 16 Comments

Kit: Academy 1/700 USS Enterprise CV-6 "Modeler's Edition" History: The USS Enterprise CV-6 was the seventh US Navy vessel of that name and the sixth US aircraft carrier. She was a Yorktown-class carrier commissioned in 1936 and was one of onl[...]

Vought F4U 1D CORSAIR US Navy WW2 military aircraft 1/72 scale Revell kit

by Bhandez Models on January 3, 2020
in Aviation — 10 Comments

Technical data: built out of Revell kit + resin wheels. History: WMF 214 (Black Sheeps) commander aircraft flown by pilot "Pappy" Boyington.

A “Ford” I Like

by Scott Nelson on November 22, 2019
in Aviation — 11 Comments

We all run into those kits that for one reason or another turns into a challenge to complete and takes much longer than anticipated. Well this one turned out to be one of those for me. I won’t bore you with the details except to say that Walthe[...]

A-7E Corsair II, Trumpeter 1:32

by Martin Dytrych on November 18, 2019
in Aviation — 9 Comments

As many successful constructions, also Corsair is real beauty beast - robust, durable, reliable, serving in many countries can deliver deadly ordnance to whatever target. Its upperwing allowing to carry large variety of bombs, rockets, electroni[...]

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 scale USS Sacramento AOE-1 (Trumpeter)

by Mee Wan on August 4, 2019
in Ships — 11 Comments

Greetings , This is another naval build which was an OOB. The 1/700 scale kit is from Trumpeter which is the only manufacturer to date to produce this class of vessel. The kit overall was satisfying to build the fittings and detail look good f[...]

F-4J Phantom Tamiya 1/32

by mark poulton on June 9, 2019
in Aviation — 14 Comments

Its been quite a while since I have posted anything so thought maybe time to do some more. I have been modelling away and frequently visit this and other sites. Maybe I been inspired! I have always loved the F-4 Phantom and managed to get the T[...]

USS Laffey Survived waves Kamikaze off Okinawa (1/700)

by Won-hui Lee on May 28, 2019
in Ships — 11 Comments

1/700 Scale Gearing (Snowman Model) Detail-up used photo-etching only for radars and handrails. And I referred to the link below.

World War II Dive Bombers

by Robert Knaack on April 11, 2019
in Aviation — 19 Comments

For several years I had a goal of building 1/48 scale models of all the Navy dive-bombers that saw action in WWII. I'd been fascinated with dive-bombing ever since I read Walter Lord's book "Incredible Victory", and saw the movie "Midway" in th[...]