1/72 Scale USS Enterprise CV-6

Posted by Bill on Mar 7, 2012 in Research & Information, Scale Models

The National Naval Aviation Museum, located at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, is home to a stunning 1/72 scale model of the USS Enterprise. The model, part of a permanent display honoring the most-decorated ship in the US Naval history, depicts the Enterprise as she appeared in June, 1944. The camouflage measure the model is painted in does not appear to correspond to any measure employed post-1943, however. All of my research points toward the employment of measure 21 or 33 during this time period.

http://cv6.org/ship/camo-radar.htm

US Naval Air Museum – Pensacola FL

Posted by Bill on Sep 17, 2011 in Research & Information, Scale Models

USS Alabama BB-60

Posted by Bill on Sep 17, 2011 in Research & Information, Scale Models

USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class battleship, was the sixth completed ship of the United States Navy named for the U.S. state of Alabama, however she was only the third commissioned ship with that name. Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and served in World War II in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. She was decommissioned in 1947 and assigned to the reserve duty. She was retired in 1962. In 1964, Alabama was taken to Mobile Bay and opened as a museum ship the following year. The ship was added to the National Historic Landmark registry in 1986.

Centennial of Naval Aviation

Posted by Bill on Jun 4, 2011 in Research & Information

I have a couple articles in this issue of VIE.  Both related to the birth of U.S. Naval Aviation one-hundred years ago in nearby Pensacola, Florida.

Check ‘em out here:  The Centennial of Naval Aviation and here: The Stearman Model 75 Kaydet