The Imperial War Museum is a treasury of collections of all sorts of things related to war/ One of those collections is a set of wooden ship models. These are not ordinary models. They are what remains of a major effort by the Admiralty to protect British shipping from the depredations of German U-boats during … More Camouflaged Wooden Models at the Imperial War Museum
In Feb 2018 I published a picture of an Italian ship in WWI camouflage. I promised there would be more. Here are some. The top photo is a picture of a tanker. There were three tankers named Ansaldo. Each with a different pattern. All on them were camouflaged. Not all the pictures I’ve seen agree … More Italian WWI Warship Camouflage
The ship on the right in the picture can easily be identified as the Russian cruiser ASKOLD. She was unique in having 5 funnels. But the picture seems to show her with contrasting stripes of color amidships. There is no record that I now of showing ASKOLD ever received any such camouflage. So what is … More A Confusing Photograph of a Ship in Camouflage
The Russian Fleet in the Black Sea apparently used camouflage on some of their ships. Other Russian warships of that era, with one exception, did not try to use camouflage.
Many people know that the major naval powers camouflaged their warships in the Second World War. The Russian fleet, however, has received little attention. Possibly because of the nature of the then Communist regime. In any case, here are some examples of camouflage on Soviet ships of that era.
The US Navy developed a camouflage pattern based on small stripes. It seems to have been originally intended for small, fast, motor torpedo boats, usually called PT boats at the time. The French Cruiser GLOIRE was the largest ship to carry the pattern during the war. Recently I ran across a picture of an American … More Unusual Camouflage
I’ve been updating a lot of areas on my computer recently because I’ve had some response time problems. That’s also why there’s been a gap in my postings. For right now, I want to point out a small problem in a display at the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News. They have a beautifully done model … More A Model Problem
This past month I added 4 models to my collection. All of them are painted in their First World War dazzle camouflage patterns. Two of them I purchased, and 2 others I built because no commercial model maker currently offers them. The difference in quality is obvious, but there were no alternatives. The Nereus is … More Some New Additions to My Model Collection
Here are a few more pictures of USN WWII Cruiser models. of particular interest is the one showing pre war identification markings on the turret tops. The stripes varied in number (1 or 2) and color, depending upon which cruiser division and scouting squadron was involved. The aircraft carried similar stripes on their fuselage. The … More My Models – More USN WWII Cruisers
I missed some carrier models in my previous post. This one includes more top views to illustrate flight deck markings.
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