The US Navy Channel at iModeler (20 articles)

The US Navy Channel at iModeler

Items tagged with US Navy
20 articles
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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[...]

1/35th US Navy Riverine Command Boat

by Jason Vukovich on April 10, 2019
in Armor — 7 Comments

Greetings! A kit I haven't seen built a whole lot is Tiger Model's 1/35th CB90 Combat Boat. Rumors and the internet have it that Tiger is coming out with a US Navy version but I am impatient and decided to convert their existing kit into a Riv[...]

A-1H Skyraider US Navy

by Julian Shawyer on March 25, 2019
in Aviation — 24 Comments

This is the 1/48th Tamiya Douglas A-1H Skyraider. US Navy. VA25 squadron. The only additions to the kit, apart from the decals, were etched seat belts. I used Aeromaster Acrylic Matt Light Gull Grey, and Tamiya Matt White to paint the model. T[...]

F-4J Phantom “Jolly Roger”

by Martin Dytrych on March 5, 2019
in Aviation — 8 Comments

Scale: 1:32 Manufacturer: Tamiya This build is pure box with only few add ons - seat belts from plumb stripes, F.O.D by Quickboost and HGW stripes "Remove before flight". The kit is very nicely detailed and requires only very little effort to f[...]

Hasegawa 1/32 Curtiss BF2C USS Ranger

by Yves Dhont on February 2, 2019
in Aviation — 11 Comments

Hasegawa 1/32 Curtiss BF2C USS Ranger

Revell 1/48 F/A-18F Super Hornet

by Ramon R. Lomeli on January 29, 2019
in Aviation — 18 Comments

Hello iModeler! Here is my Revell F/A-18F Super Hornet. Good from afar but far from good... but learned more from this build than I did from my recent Tamiya builds. Exhaust cans are resin Wolfpack cans, decals are CAM Pro VFA-41 and ordnance[...]

The cover art arrived today

by Tom Cleaver on October 31, 2018
in News — 15 Comments

So. Available for pre-order at your favorite online retailer. (Comes out in February 2109) Includes: "The Fight That Never Happened" - Royce Williams in an F9F-5 goes 1:7 against Russian-flown MiG-15s of the Red Air Force and shoots down four[...]

Academy F-14A 1:48 (1988 tool)

by Matthew Fletcher on October 28, 2018
in Aviation — 12 Comments

I must say I was always intimidated by builds of modern aircraft but this build changed my mind. The kit is from 1988 and does not stand up to the new Tamiya kit but I managed to have a lot of fun with it. Lots of fit issues and old decals but I[...]

F6F Hellcat – 1:32 Hasegawa

by Matt Minnichsoffer on October 27, 2018
in Aviation — 17 Comments

First, let me say this—I originally wanted to title this post, “To Hell with this F6!” But, thought our web site benefactors wouldn’t appreciate it. However, my fellow builders, this kit was anything but fun. Maybe its because I’ve been dist[...]