Posted 8 years ago
fortapache
(3438 items)
From the archives, my collection of WWII Ship models made by Tamiya. Sadly they suffered some damage in the last move as did many tank models.
Photo 1 has the fast battleships that entered service after WWII began, or close to that.
Left to right is Alabama, South Dakota, Washington and New Jersey. All fine ships that were greatly underrated. Unlike aircraft carriers they could fight at night and kamikaze planes were swept overboard and the burn mark painted over.
Photo #2 is US carriers. I believe Essex is in front then Lexington, after that is Hornet covered with B-25s taking off for the Doolittle raid. Then the battleships again.
British ships in photo #3. There is a destroyer, then a cruiser, followed by Ark Royal, King George V and Rodney. After that are Japanese ships.
If I recall correctly in photo #4 is battleship Haruna, hybrid battleship/carrier Ise, a Japanese aircraft carrier and then the dreaded Bismarck the most overrated ship of WWII. Contrary to popular belief it was not the most powerful battleship at the time. The US Colorado ships out gunned it and the Rodney had 9 16" guns vs the 8 15" guns of the Bismarck.
Thank you very much nutsabotas6.
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Always a pleasure to read your expertise on military ships, planes and tanks, etc.! [;>)
Thank you very much NevadaBlades, very kind of you.
Thank you very much brunswick. Over thousand men used to live on it.
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Thank you SEAN68.
That reminds me that I need to do some pictures of my tank, plane, and car models - nice ships fortapache! - Cheers! - Bob
Thank you very much beyemvey. I look forward to seeing them.
Hi,didn't get a chance to get back to you,well thank you for your comments.
As you know I still have a lot of work to finish her up.
When I am done I will download some pictures.
Thank you again.
Thank you very much Shipmodeler. I have still have yet to get to work on my models.