The Skipjack class was a class of United States Navy nuclear submarines. This class was named after its lead ship, the USS Skipjack. This new class introduced the teardrop hull and the S5W reactor to U.S. nuclear submarines. The Skipjacks were the fastest U.S. nuclear submarines until the Los Angeles-class submarines. The Skipjack‘s design was based on [...]
The Fleet Submarines of the Trafalgar Class are extremely sophisticated, deep diving, high-speed submarines, capable of fulfilling a range of maritime military tasks undreamed of by the strategists of previous generations. Their most important role is to seek out and destroy other submarines that may pose a threat to any friendly force. Model Scale 1/350 [...]
Join the Navy and blow up things!! The latest diorama shows the post World War Two U.S. Navy UDT version of the boat used to drop off and recover the best of the best. I had this model back in the late 1960s as I remember the “frogmen” figures that inspired me to set a goal for [...]
I’ve got this box seating on the floor two days ago in my studio. Finally I was able to take a peak inside and take some pictures. I was greeted by an impressive instruction booklet. It is comprised of 42 pages, ending on the rigging of the ship on step 165. From step 166 to [...]
Presenting the 1/72 USS Skipkack Nuclear Powered Submarine from Moebius Models. The mail carrier dropped off this one in my studio last week so here are the preview pictures. Let me start by saying, don’t let the box of this kit fool you. Moebius went the extra mile to wisely use every square inch during [...]
The K-141 Kursk was an Oscar-II class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy, lost with all hands when it sank in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000. Kursk, full name Атомная подводная лодка «Курск», which, translated, means the nuclear powered submarine “Kursk” [АПЛ "Курск"] in Russian, was a Project 949A Антей (Antey, [...]
The Soviet Union/Russian Navy Project 705 (Лира/Lira, “Lyre”) was a class of hunter/killer nuclear powered submarines. The class is also known by the NATO reporting name of Alfa. They were the fastest class of military submarines built, with only the prototype K-222 (NATO “Papa” class) exceeding them in submerged speed. The Lira was a unique [...]
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The USS Yorktown was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the US Navy after its commissioning in July 1984 before being decommissioned in 2004. It was named after the American Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown. Perhaps its most famous incident occurred in the Black Sea in February 1988. While claiming the “right of innocent passage” through Soviet territorial [...]
Although the Revell’s 1:72 Gato Class Submarine was a last year project, it happened during the transition of publishing platform (SMF to WordPress) and lots of model kit pictures and posts didn’t make it. Marking are from the USS Cobia which is still stationed in Wisconsin and used as a museum. As you can see [...]
The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is a class of air-cushion vehicle (hovercraft) used as landing craft by the United States Navy’s Assault Craft Units and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). They transport weapons systems, equipment, cargo and personnel of the assault elements of the Marine Air/Ground Task Force both from ship to shore [...]
The LVT had its origins in a civilian rescue vehicle called the Alligator. Developed by Donald Roebling in 1935, the Alligator was intended to operate in swampy areas, inaccessible to both traditional cars and boats. Two years later, Roebling built a redesigned vehicle with greatly improved water speed. The United States Marine Corps, which had [...]
April, 2012 marks the centennial of the most (if not the most) disastrous cruise liners tragedy in history. To commemorate its centennial, the folks over Rapid Nadion.com recreated the sinking of the Titanic with two 1:350 scale model kits from Academy. Lots of preparation went thru for little over a minute of footage. They did [...]
The Type VII C was a further development of the Type VII B. The VII C was by far the most built submarine. It was also the most successful submarine of all time and in all countries. By the end of the war 577 units had been completed. From the delivery of the first sub [...]
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