I have several carrier models in my collection. Those that survived until later in the war did receive camouflage. Several ships were converted into carriers , especially after the loss of the main carrier force at the battle of Midway. The conversions included remodeling passenger liners (Hiyo and Junyo) and converting former submarine or seaplane … More Japanese Aircraft Carrier models.
Japan, more than most other naval powers of WW2, made extensive use of seaplanes. Many of them were conversions from other types of vessels. Kamoi was converted from an oiler to be a seaplane tender. Kimikawa Maru was altered from a cargo ship. The cruiser Mogami was mentioned in an earlier blog post as having … More Japanese WW2 seaplane carrier models.
I have only a few models of Japanese battleships from WW2, but I think they are very interesting. The four ships were originally all identical sisters. But one was demilitarized (partially disarmed) and used as a training ship. Before the war started she was rearmed, and all 4 received modifications that left them with differences … More Japanese WW2 Battleship models.
The series on Japanese WW2 models continues. This time with light cruisers. Most of them were older. Tenryu dates from the First World War. But the types included also has Oyodo and Yahagi that were built during the war, and Isuzu that received a major anti-aircraft rebuild. Katori was originally intended to be a training … More Japanese WW 2 Light Cruiser models
I’m continuing a theme I started last week. These are models from my collection of Japanese heavy cruisers from World War 3. Heavy cruisers carried 8″ (208mm) guns for their main armament. Some of the models represent wartime improvements in anti-aircraft guns, and Mogami was altered to have a flight deck aft for carrying several … More Japanese heavy cruiser models
These pictures are from my 1:1250 scale model collection. They represent different classes of Japanese destroyers that served during the Second World War. Each model caption has the name of the ship and the original manufacturers model number. I repainted all of them. The decks are painted brown to match the chocolate brown linoleum then … More Japanese Destroyer Models
The models featured in this post were giant transatlantic passenger liners. They usually traveled without escort. Their high speed often kept them from being attacked. But Justicia, a former Dutch ship, was sunk by a U-boat while waiting to proceed into port.
This group of models are examples of merchant ship dazzle patterns used on decoy ships. The ships were designed to appear similar to normal merchant ships but they were actually full-fledged warships with a strong armament that were expected to lure a submarine to the surface by their appearance and then to destroy the U-boat … More RN WWI Camouflage on my models – part IV
Here are a few more models from collection, This time British and Australian smaller cruisers wearing dazzle patterns. Strictly speaking, Amphitrite had already been converted to a minelayer, and Ascot was a minesweeper.
One central idea that ran through my entire collection was that each model represented a specific ship. I tried to make every model appear as the original ship by painting them in the actual camouflage patterns they carried and modifying their armament, and sometimes other equipment, to match what was actually fitted at the time … More My models – Barnegat class small seaplane tenders
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