My Models – RN WWII Supplement
July 23, 2020
I recently re-opened my home photo studio to take pictures of ship models that had not yet been shown. Here are some of them
Tag: Royal Navy
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
RN WW I Camouflage on my models = part VI
December 17, 2018
Here are a few more models from my collection painted in their First World War “Dazzle” camouflage designs,
Older model pictures – conversions
November 22, 2018
About 50 years ago I discovered Hansa models. I bought quite a few. That included several copies of the British ASW frigate Whitby. The Whitby was a very successful design. It formed the basis for the follow up Rothesay class, and modified versions of the Whitby were sold to several other countries, mostly Commonwealth nations. … More Older model pictures – conversions
RN WWI Camouflage on my models – part IV
September 30, 2018
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
Convoy HH-1 from Hampton Roads
June 19, 2018
On May 24th, 1917 the first British merchant ship convoy left Hampton Roads bound for England.The convoy name was HH-1 which stood for the first convoy Homeward bound from Hampton Roads. It consisted of 12 merchant ships escorted by HMS Roxburgh. The cruiser made several more trips across the Atlantic as a convoy escort. During … More Convoy HH-1 from Hampton Roads
Disruptive camouflage at Gallipoli in 1915
May 28, 2018
Disruptive Camouflage at Gallipoli in 1915 Disruptive pattern, or Dazzle, camouflage was used in 1917 to save merchant ships from :U-boat attacks. But the idea of disruptive camouflage had been in actual use earlier, A British professor of zoology, John Kerr, had proposed the idea as a means of confusing range-finders. Then First Lord of … More Disruptive camouflage at Gallipoli in 1915
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