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Showing posts with label USN Destroyers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USN Destroyers. Show all posts
Saturday, 22 March 2025

Early WWII USN Naval Action - Four Stacker (USS Edsell), The Dancing Mouse takes on the IJN!

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The early war USN Pacific actions stand between heroic, tragic and those that stray into the foolhardy. Caught strategically off guard the A...
Friday, 28 February 2025

1/3000 WW2 USN and IJN Destroyer Basing

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There are big ships and there are small ships, but in the end (or rather to start with) they all have to be based. With this in mind I turne...
Thursday, 20 February 2025

52 Fletchers - 1/3000 Navwar

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Dating back to the time I bought "The Battle of the Philippine Sea" Battle Pack from Navwar, I always had a few of these destroyer...
Thursday, 22 October 2020

Corona Virus Project 2c: USN DDs - Completed, Remembering when ...

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This seemed such a long time ago now (see below, early war USN destroyers for the Coral Sea, Guadalcanal and Midway operations):  I sense a ...
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Monday, 25 May 2020

Corona Virus Project - 2 Series USN a-e: Finally Completed

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OK so the better part of the US Pacific Fleet is ready to field (see below, a lot of varnished [Satin Varnish] USN DD and a few more CA and ...
Friday, 15 May 2020

Corona Virus Project 2c Update: USN DDs - Gearing Class

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The final two USN destroyers is this batch, the Gearing Class (see below, actually they were much more late war destroyers and are subbing i...
Thursday, 14 May 2020

Corona Virus Project 2c Update: USN DDs - Fletcher Class

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Probably the famous class of American WWII DDs the indomitable Fletcher Class (see below, PS: thanks to the mega bucket Battle of Leyte Gulf...
Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Corona Virus Project 2c Update: USN DDs - Gridley Class

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Another eight USN DDs for the box, this time Gridleys (see below, and in the background a pair each of Fletchers and Gearing in WIP):  Twent...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Corona Virus Project 2c Update: USN DDs - Livermore Class

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A block of USN Livermore DDs (see below, I an getting to quite enjoy painting the sea, for some reason I am finding it both soothing and sat...
Sunday, 10 May 2020

Corona Virus Project 2c Update: USN DDs - Mahan Class

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Next up six Mahan Class DDs (see below, scittering across the Pacific on the lookout for the IJN):  Now ten of thirty!
Friday, 1 May 2020

Corona Virus Project 2c - WIP: USN Midway Destroyers (DD)

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Onto the painting tray, flash metal trimmed away, based on hard cardboard and sea textured with the spreading of a DIY flexible sealant and ...