In The Navy Gallery

[Erwin]

1/32 nd Hasegawa:Hellcat-drone.

 

 

 

 

[bianfuxia]

Here's my little Chinese submarine, the Type 039A Yuan class (the 039 was the Song, pronounced more like "soong"). 

 

The Yuan boats are diesel-electric and are contemporary submarines, first entering service about 15 years ago. 

 

This is the HobbyBoss 1/700 kit with - count them - five parts. I'm not convinced I got the paint quite right, but it's near enough for me!

 

As always photos under harsh light make me see all the blemishes I somehow didn't notice while building...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DaveyGair]

PBO-1 Hudson, 82-P-7, VP-82, Argentia air base, Newfoundland.

 

 

Here's my build of MPM's Lockheed Hudson in 1/72 scale.

Colours are Vallejo ModelAir, followed by Johnson's Klear gloss coat with Vallejo Matt airbrushed on.

Only non-kit parts are Revell Halifax guns and mounting for the turret.

Uschi elastic thered.

 

 

 

[John Masters]

Here is my Revell 1/72nd scale Walrus, from the French Naval Training School, Flotille 53S Aeronavale, Hourtin, France, 1948.  It was a straightforward kit and I used a lot of online sources for some of the building tricks and also some minor details.  I chose to have one of the wings unlocked and swung back for a bit more dynamism and ease of shelf-storage.  That was not a mistake, but it was problematic as I had the build the wing secret and it broke, then I fixed it, etc...Although I did not lose my mojo during the build, my enthusiasm waned so I am happy to call this one 'finished' and shelve it.  

 

Colours...aside from the French Aluminum Dope from MisterKit, all the rest are Vallejo Air.  Rigging is a combo of monofilament and stretched sprue.  I didn't weather it at all.  My rationale is that since it was used at a naval training school, one of the things the cadets would be doing is cleaning a lot.  So no rust, barnacles, battle scars or wear and tear.  Decals are OOB.  Attaching the folded wing required three hands, some brass rod and a fair amount of blue language.  I am most happy with the canopy glass.  It might be my best yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many thanks for letting me join in!  Off to make something Spitfire-ish...

 

--John

 

 

 

 

[ArnoldAmbrose]

 

Gidday All, here's my model of the 'Fletcher' class destroyer USS The Sullivans built OOB in 1/700 scale.

 

 

 

 

Thank you all for your interest. Regards, Jeff.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

        Hello everyone... I present to you my 1/72 Fujimi/Testors F7U-3 Cutlass. It is in the Markings of VA-12 “Ubangi’s” Circa 1955-57. According to a squadron history I found the Navy deemed the Cutlass not safe so VA-12 made no cruises with them. Though the only clear photo in these markings is in a more clean state and seen in a stateside airshow. So that is the way I chose to display mine. 

 

 

 

 

Please feel free to post questions, comments, and or thoughts in my build log. 

 

 

Dennis

Edited April 18, 2020 by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[Alan P]

This the Kinetic/Academy 1/32 F/A-18D Hornet in the two-sided colours of US Marine Corps VMFA-121 Green Knights from 2007. Excellent decals by Flying Leathernecks, seats by Aires, GBU-38 bombs from Wolfpack, GBU-12s from Trumpeter. Everything else was in the box. Beautiful kit, and a great build (apart from the canopy!!!!)

 

Here's the link to the build, it was great fun until the end!

 

[Jb65rams]

Douglas F4D-1 Skyray

1/48 Tamiya

VF(A3)-3

 

Built OOB with the exception of a resin seat, used to replace a missing kit part.

 

 

 

 

[Jb65rams]

Douglas A-1H Skyraider

1/48 Tamiya

VA-176 "Thunderbolts". USS Intrepid. October 1966.

 

Wolfpack wingfold. Master gun barrels and pitot tube. Etched harness from spares box.

 

 

 

 

[Andwil]

Grumman F9F-2 Panther of VF-112, USS Philippine Sea flown by Lt Cdr William T Amen CO of VF-111 on 9 November 1950 to record the first victory in jet vs jet combat.

 

Hasegawa 1/72 with Scale Resin nose and wheels.  Seat, instrument shroud and cockpit rear deck corrected and demisting  apparatus on the rear deck scratched.  Decals by Starfighter.  Montex mask used for the canopy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AW

Edited May 6, 2020 by Andwil
Typo

[ArnoldAmbrose]

Gidday All, this is my latest build, a Hobby Boss 1/700 scale Type IX C U-boat of about 1942 vintage. These boats I think were an enlarged version of the standard Type VII C, primarily to give a longer range. The boat had a surface/submerged displacement of 1120/1232 tons, a speed of 18/7 knots and a range of 11,000 nautical miles. They were armed with six torpedo tubes and carried 22 torpedoes (12 internally inc loaded tubes and 10 in containers under the casing). They also carried a 105mm deck gun plus lighter AA weapons. They had a crew of 48.

     The build was meant to be an easy, stress free build. It was quite well detailed I thought, although the light guns didn't look the best. The model went together with no problems. It is a simple model, and I feel almost embarrassed to post it here. Almost. 😀 As usual close-up photos are not kind to my workmanship.

 

Here she is, a Type IX C U-boat of 1942.

 

Thank you all for your interest. Regards, Jeff.

[moaning dolphin]

Good Morning All!

Here is my (hopefully!) first effort. Its a Grumman Avenger MKII, JZ525 of 849 NAS onboard HMS Illustrious as part of the British Pacific Fleet. Kit is the 1:48 Italeri version, which is a repop of the Accurate Miniatures kit. I used an Eduard internal etch, mainly for the seat harnesses and instrument panel. I totally remodelled the centre cockpit based on all available information and a bit of good old imagination. The decals are from an old Aeromaster decal set, they weren't in a very good condition but I managed to adapt and overcome with a bit of imaginative repairing. The internal paints were from the Mig Ammo range and externals were from the ModelMaster Acryl range. Not sure about the weapon load or Yagi aerials being correct but hey ho I chucked them in any way. Many thanks to those that chipped in with their own guidance and expertise, it was very much appreciated. Build log can be found here:

 

 

Onto the phots!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers now

Bob

Edited April 22, 2020 by moaning dolphin
Clumsy fingers!

[825]

Here's my first completion in this GB. THis is AZ Models Grumman Martlet G-36A finished as a Martlet MkI.

 

Built OOB apart from some seat belts from Tamiya tape. The actual colour scheme is subject to a lot of debate and discussion as it was different colours to the classic temperate sea scheme and later US equivalents. I used Revell Aqua Seegrun on the upper surfaces with Xtracrylix Gunship Gray and Revell light blue on the undersides. The transfers are from the Xtradecal sheet 'Yanks with Roundels -Part 1. 

 

Completed as Grumman Martlet MkI AM963 of 802 NAS on HMS Audacity in December 1941. Its thought to be the aircraft in which S/Lt Jimmy Sleight shot down a FW200 Condor. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 23, 2020 by 825
Fixing photographs

[mackem01]

What was to have been my one and only entry for this GB, a Supermarine Walrus of 710NAS deployed on HMS Albatross in early 1940:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for one final look....

[mackem01]

Also, more by luck than good judgement, my second entry for the GB, Supermarine Seafire Mk.XV of 806NAS aboard HMS Glory in 1946.

Some of the marking are conjectural based on a later photograph where the codes 'maybe' yellow and I have interpreted the spinner as

being red - makes for a nice finish!

 

 

 

 

 

Many thanks to all the BM'ers who provided much help and advice, especially Tonyot and Troy. Thanks for looking.................now where's me

helicopter!

[Colin W]

I would like to present my MPM 1/48 Faily Fulmar in the markings of Stan Orr, the leading fighter pilot for the FAA during WW11. This represents N1884 - 6K from 806 Squadron, HMS Illustrious, Eastern Mediterranian in late 1940.

This is 'modified' from the kit by folding the wings, this is not a standard 'option'. No aftermarket was used, only some brass rod to support the wing folds and plastic card & rod to close in the fuel cells and provide detail. The fold is not difficult and is helped a lot by the FAA museum example having folded wings. Serials were home printed. The wing fold is cut from the kit parts and the sections reassembled in the new locations. Paints by Mr Colour

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile aboard HMS Illustrious, the Navy Brass debate the new 'sand and spinach and spaghetti' leading edge camouflage invented by 806 in theatre.

 

 

See the build thread and more pictures here

 

Colins 806 Fairly Fulmar

 

Many thanks to Grey Beamer (inc Tony OT and ClaudioN) for the reference thread back in 2016 and for the specific questions during the build.

Thanks as well to Rob85 for the original idea and as a Mod.

Now I'm off for some more naval fun in the Buccaneer STGB.

 

Colin

[ArnoldAmbrose]

Gidday All, here is my latest completed build of stupendous size, challenging complexity and exquisite detail - the Hobby Boss 1/700 scale USS Gato submarine. While building the kit I did a bit of research into the class (modeling can be so educational) and learned that the original fairwater (conning tower) was quite conspicuous and hence was reduced in size during the war, while the gun outfit was increased. The model appeared to have the later fairwater but original gun outfit, so I decided to alter it to match a photo I found of the boat, dated late November 1944. To do that I have a scratched 5-inch gun on the casing (hull) forward of the fairwater, a kit 20mm on the forward platform, a scratched 40mm on the aft platform and the other kit 20mm on the casing aft of the fairwater. The photo also shows the radar mast moved to behind the periscopes but I decided not to do that.

     Anyway, here she is USS Gato SS-212, 1944

     The 5-inch gun on the casing is completely scratch built. It has ten parts but only eight are visible. The Bofors 40mm on the aft platform is a modification of a simple spare gun from an Airfix 1/600 Narvik class destroyer. I used the gun casing (shortened) and pedestal, and added the barrel, seats and auto loader on the top. They're a bit rough I'm afraid.

 

Thank you for your interest. Regards, Jeff.

Edited April 25, 2020 by ArnoldAmbrose

[Misterfriend]

Hansa Brandenburg W.29 - Eastern Express 1/72. Scratchbuilt some cockpit details, exhaust pipes, windscreen and added rigging. Fun build and I love how she looks!

Cheers

Segan

 

 

 

 

 

[Seamus]

Academy 1/72 Vought F-8P Crusader, Flotille 12F French Navy. WIP thread can be found here 

1/72 Academy Vought F-8P Crusader by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

 

1/72 Academy Vought F-8P Crusader by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

 

1/72 Academy Vought F-8P Crusader by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

 

1/72 Academy Vought F-8P Crusader by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

 

1/72 Academy Vought F-8P Crusader by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

[PhantomBigStu]

Finished Sunday but forgot to post, airfix club sea harrier fa2 in retirement markings ,painted with xtracrylix medium sea grey and dark sea grey and finished with Winsor and Newton Matt 

 

 

[madcat911]

Presenting my go at Academy's new-tool 1/72 F-14A Tomcat. 

 

Overall it was a decent build with good detail. Aftermarket used were Fine Molds plastic seatbelts and decals from a re-boxing of their old-tool Tomcat. 

 

She is built as Fast Eagle 107 of VF-41 "Black Aces" just after the infamous 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident in which this jet and another VF-41 Tomcat, Fast Eagle 102, shot down a pair of Libyan Su-22 Fitter attack aircraft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Build thread below.

 

 

Mark

 

 

Edited April 29, 2020 by madcat911

[PeterB]

Hi,

 

This is my build of the Monogram 1/72 scale Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat, which was first released in about 1965. It is an old kit and rather crude, but I have improved the non existent cockpit and fitted resin guns. Otherwise it is pretty well OOB, including the decals which had to be put in the window for a couple of weeks to get rid of the yellowing. They actually worked quite well and it has come out looking not too bad. Don't know how accurate it is, and the choice of markings look like it was perhaps being ferried somewhere just after the war as the numbers on the cowlings look hand painted and are probably non - standard. The absence of the red bar in the national markings make it pretty early I would guess, but there is not a vast amount of info on this machine.

In common with the F8F Bearcat I built last year, it arrived just a bit too late to see operational service in the war, and was soon replaced by jets, the various night fighter versions being the ones produced most.

 

It was a nice easy build and I hope you like it.

 

Cheers

 

Pete

[PlaStix]

British Grumman Mk.IV Martlet

FN142 based on HMS Formidable, November 1942

 

Kit: Airfix 1/72 A02074

Extras: Plasticard, plastic rod, lead wire,

Paints: Humbrol, Revell, Citadel and Railmatch acrylics all applied by brush.

Base: Wilkos picture frame, Evergreen styrene sheet, Airfix 1/72nd figures and Academy stowage items.

The WIP can be found: HERE

The RFI for the Martlet can be found: HERE

The RFI for the vignette itself can be found: HERE

 

 

 

 

 

[DaveyGair]

Airspeed Oxford Mk II, 780 Sqn NAS, 1949-50.

 

Special Hobby 1/48th out of the box with kit decals.

Vallejo ModelAir paints, Vallejo Satin Varnish.

 

 

 

 

[Ray S]

This is the IJN Kumano, a Japanese Light Cruiser from WWII. The kit was the 1/700 Tamiya one, which also had a couple of runners of upgrade ordnance and accessories supplied. I left any other upgrades off and kept it OOB. It was painted with a series of Humbrol and Revell acrylics by brush, and one Humbrol enamel for the waterline plate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Build log is here:

 

Thanks for looking and for all those who helped out and 'liked'.

 

All the best,

 

Ray