19 articles
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This is the Academy boxing of the Accurate Miniatures kit. I bought it second-hand for my wife to give me for Christmas in 2018 and I couldn't wait to start it straight away. It only took me about three months elapsed time to finish, [...]
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 [...]
Academy
1/350 scale
P.E. : Pontos (Basic)
I'm not used to modern warships. I'm looking for a painting method that emphasizes panel effects.
This is the first step toward building the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer(1:350 scale) and the [...]
Our club started a cold war build last summer, to be revealed at our December meeting, and this is the subject I selected. It was only a few years ago I became aware of the Savage - the first carrier-born bomber capable of nuclear [...]
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 [...]
1/350 Scale
Manufacturer : Very Fire
The quality of this kit is pretty good.
The quality of etching is good, but I think it's a pretty serious problem that there's not a single spare part of it, such as anti-aircraft guns.
If you lose [...]