Here are a few of the newest models in my collection of WWI camouflaged ships. It includes a pattern prepared for USS Tacoma, but which may never have been used. There are also examples of large transports ST Louis and ST Paul that served as auxiliary cruisers in the Spanish-American War and were requisitioned again … More New Additions to My Collection
I am clearing out my extra model shelves. This offer is for my remaining German WWI models. Many are items that are out of production and hard to find. Prices are in US dollars. The entire lot, including postage, for $315, payable via Paypal. For selected separate items there is an additional postage and packing … More Special Offer – German WWI 1250 Models.
My father was the youngest of 8 children. Both his parents died before I was born. I don’t remember him talking a lot about his siblings. That may be one reason why I got into genealogical research. This week I found something interesting about my fathers’ brother, Raymond. Raymond was about 12 years older. I … More My Uncle Raymond
I like to think that i have a high degree of expertise in the subject of ship camouflage. After all, I’ve published a book on American Ship Camouflage in WWI (The Easter Egg Fleet) and my blogs about Japanese ship camouflage in WWII are among the very first things you see if you do a … More The Perils of Being an Expert
Not the first time I’ve been in print. I’d written several articles before. But this is my first book.
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.
The Easter Egg Fleet will go on sale on November 1st. Here are some notices I’ve put up.
As many of you who read this already know, I’ve been writing a book. The book title is “The Easter Egg Fleet”. It has been under development for a long time. This post is going to cover a few of the reasons why. I started writing about American ship camouflage in WWI because I was … More Meet a Struggling Author
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
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