USS Texas BB-35
For all you naval freaks out there - the battleship USS Texas (BB-35) celebrated her 100th anniversary yesterday. She's a grand old ship, and well worth the visit if you happen to be in the Houston area:
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The Battle of the River Plate
For anyone interested:
The 1952 movie "Battle of the River Plate" - the story of the December 1939 battle between the Graf Spee and the British cruisers HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, is on You Tube uncut.
The movie actually [...]
USS Harder from Revell 1/180 kit of USS Lionfish…
The USS Harder SS-257 was a Gato Class Fleet Submarine. She was built by the Electric Boat Company at Groton, Connecticut, and launched on 19 August, 1942. One of the most famous submarines of WW2, her skipper was Cmdr Samuel D. Dealey, [...]
USS Bowfin from Revell 1/180 USS Lionfish kit…
The USS Bowfin, SS-287, was a Balao-class Fleet submarine. She was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine, on 23 July 1942, and launched on 7 December 1942. She had a distinguished career in the Pacific, based mainly [...]
Revell 1/72 British Vosper M.T.B.
To me this was one of the more confusing boats of a late WWII (?) design to be modeled. It's a British design, U.S. built, for Russia, but doubtful that it saw WWII service. Somewhere along the line, one or two were [...]
Royal Caroline 1749
This is Mantua Models' Royal Caroline (kit no.750), the original being launched from Deptford in 1749 as a Royal Yacht.
The scale is 1:47. The length, excluding sticky-out-bits fore and aft, is 65cm (just over two feet). It's really a [...]
RAF Rescue launch 1/72
This Airfix old kit of the Royal Air Force Rescue Launch that picked up downed pilots from the waters of the English channel during WWII.
I built it many years ago, but did some touch up painting and weathering work on it [...]
Royal Air Force Rescue Launch, 1943
Built by the British Power Boat Company, the 67' Air Sea Rescue "Whaleback" boats were used by the RAF in WWII to rescue downed pilots. The design of these rescue craft was an adaptation of a motor gun boat developed by the Royal [...]
Scallop Trawler WILLIAM C BAKER, 1962
A type of boat found in every New England fishing port, the WILLIAM C BAKER was typical of wooden commercial draggers of the era. Referred to as an "Eastern Rig" (East coast design) or "Side Trawler", this class of [...]
YAMATO, World’s Largest Plastic Ship Model…
...at least in 1970 it was.
When stationed in Boston, Massachusetts I took a walk to the local hobby shop and purchased this kit. At a whopping' 40" in length, the YAMATO was a handfull as I carried it back to my ship along crowded [...]
