My collection once had models representing every large American aircraft carrier that served in WWII. Each one was painted in a distinctive camouflage pattern. CV 2 represents the prewar measure 1 overall dark grey. That design gave way to measure 12, modified, which used three colors in a mottled pattern. almost every ship that was … More My Models – US WWII Fleet Carriers
As with the heavy cruisers, I chose camouflage patterns that were actually used. Many used the same pattern on both sides. Unique in this group is USS PROVIDENCE in post war haze gray
My collection has many examples of the various classes of US heavy cruisers. Almost all are painted in the camouflage patterns they actually carried at some time during World War Two. The US Navy called the patterns “measures”. Lower measure numbers date from earlier in the war. By 1944 the measure 31-32-33 series was being … More My Models US WWII heavy cruisers
You can find a reference to all my Japanese ship camouflage posts at: https//wetherhorn.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/japanese-ship-camouflage-cross-reference/ At the end of World War 2 The Japanese Navy tried a new approach to Camouflage. America was threatening to invade the home islands and the Japanese tried to preserve what remained of their fleet for use in a last ditch … More Japanese Warship Camouflage – 1945 Concealment
the Royal Navy introduced aircraft during the First World War. Some early seaplanes operated from tenders like HMS Engadine. The seaplanes were hoisted from the ship and placed in the water, After landing they could be lifted back on board. The photos show several Short 184 large torpedo carrying seaplanes on their mother ships. … More Early RN Fleet Air Arm in My Collection
Dazzle camouflage was developed to help protect merchant ships from U-boat attacks. Here are a couple of examples of patterns that were applied to Q-ships. Q-ships were commissioned warships that were resigned to look like merchant vessels. The submarine would be tempted to come to the surface in order to complete destroying its prey without … More Some Examples of British WWI Dazzle Camouflage
You can find a reference to all my Japanese ship camouflage posts at: https//wetherhorn.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/japanese-ship-camouflage-cross-reference/ Japan participated in the First World War on the side of the Western powers against Germany. She was amply rewarded in the peace settlement by acquiring most of the German colonial possessions in the Far East, Japanese destroyers helped fight U-boats … More Japanese WW One Ship Camouflage
The American Army sent a massive force of ground troops to France to help bring an end to the First World War. There were no airplanes to cross the Atlantic then, Everyone came by ship. The largest of the transatlantic passenger ships have been called superliners because they were so much larger than other ships … More The Superliners at War
I used to have models of the US battleships that served in WWII. When I got the bug about painting them in camouflage colors it led me to research which ships carried what patterns. I got a lot of enjoyment out of both the research and the painting.
Here are a few more models from my collection painted in their First World War “Dazzle” camouflage designs,
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