Saturday, January 13, 2018

Building A Navy, One Foot (or 30 Centimeters) At A Time, Part IV - The Copies (aka The Good, The Bad, & The Peculiar)

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Nichimo's original 30cm range of kits were very popular, so it was inevitable that there would be copies. As to whether or not they...
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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Building A Navy, One Foot (or 30 Centimeters) At A Time, Part III - Nichimo's 30cm Series

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The HIJMS (IJN) Haruna, the only one of these kits for which I have the old style box art With the arrival of the Mabuchi 130 typ...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Building A Navy, One Foot (or 30 Centimeters) At A Time, Part II - The Game Changing Motor

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Before we go on to the next batch of models, I feel it is important to cover an important topic, motive power. As mentioned in Part I, the ...
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Building A Navy, One Foot (or 30 Centimeters) At A Time, Part I - The Lindberg Kits

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Lindberg's Contributions The first kits we'll discuss are those of the American Lindberg company. These started appearing in the ...
Monday, January 8, 2018

Building A Navy, One Foot (or 30 Centimeters) At A Time - Introduction

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The Genesis of A Small Idea -  Like many maritime historians and hobbyist I know, I became interested in things nautical via models. Be...
Saturday, January 6, 2018

The HMT Chinook, A Freelance Admiralty Trawler In 1/240 Scale

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From a simple wooden kit, this armed trawler emerged. When I began my slow creep back into model warships, and trying to decide on in...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

The Hidden Powerplant - The Submarine Motor

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A model Admiralty trawler and its means of propulsion. In the summer of 1976, my best friend Craig and I undertook a crash course in ...