A Few WWI Cargo Ships in Dazzle
October 31, 2020
Here are some examples of US patterns actually used in WWI. The real patterns are not identical on both sides. The pictures are from models in my collection.
Tag: dazzle camouflage
Book Final Draft Approved
October 11, 2020
The Easter Egg Fleet will go on sale on November 1st. Here are some notices I’ve put up.
Camouflaged Wooden Models at the Imperial War Museum
January 24, 2020
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
HMS Revenge in WWI
January 22, 2020
The British Admiralty discouraged the use of dazzle camouflage on their battleships during WWI. There were a few exceptions. Actual patterns in various colors were applied to the new battleships Revenge and Ramillies. I covered Ramillies in an earlier post. Revenge is a more difficult problem because there is a book that claims her pattern … More HMS Revenge in WWI
Belgian WWI Ship Camouflage
November 23, 2019
Belgium did not have an independent office dealing with ship camouflage. The British admiralty provided dazzle designs for Belgian ships. Here are some photographs of Belgian cross channel ferries that were given protective dazzle painting. Note that each ferry has a different pattern.
Some Recently Added Models
September 21, 2019
These are 3D printed EFC type 1001 small cargo ships made by Decapod I painted them in their WWI camouflage.
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