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1/350 Trumpeter USS Hornet CV-8 "Doolittle Raid"

by David Kopielski on January 23, 2022 · in Ships · 7 ≡

Welcome to last and final week of the Trumpeter 1/350 USS Hornet CV-8 Project! For 30 weeks and 660 hours of work this project is finally completed. The final update in the build log is a large update covering the 3-D crew figures, [...]

1/48 GWH Douglas TBD-1 Devastator – Midway

by Eric Berg on February 13, 2021 · in Aviation · 36 ≡

Plenty has been written on these iModeler pages about the history of the Douglas TBD-1 Devastator. Let’s just say that this wasn’t one of Douglas’s finer achievements. All fifteen TBD’s of VT-8 were shot down during the battle of [...]

TBD-1 DEVASTATOR from Airfix in 1/72, an experiment…

by Andreas Fey on April 22, 2020 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

TBD-1 DEVASTATOR from Airfix in 1/72 scale Hello, after a long break I have a new, but very old NAVY plane for you. TBD-1 DEVASTATOR from Airfix in 1/72 scale. I represent a plane of VT-8 from USS HORNET. Note: The overpainted “8 –“ [...]

Paul Allen’s research vessel “Petrel” has found USS Hornet (CV-8)

by Tom Cleaver on February 13, 2019 · in News · 2 ≡

17,500 feet down, with 140 of her crew still aboard. Lost at the Battle of Santa Cruz, the last US fleet carrier lost in combat. (link) Also here is the first report: (link)

76 years ago today – the Doolittle raid

by Tom Cleaver on April 18, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Newsreel reveals raiders took off from USS Hornet (CV-8) (link)

Trumpeters USS Hornet in 1:350

by Ulf Lundberg on January 25, 2015 · in Ships · 18 ≡

I finished the USS Hornet in January 2006. The kit leaves a lot to be wished for. The general shape of the hull is incorrect and the stem in particular is faulty and very clumsy. I strengthened it from the inside with pieces of scrap [...]