Beautiful model John. I have a question that maybe with your research you can provide the answer. I always thought that after the sinking of the Battleships in Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, it was thought that the Battleships were too big and to slow to protect the 4 Aircraft Carriers we had at that time. So the Battleships were re-floated, refitted and then sent to CONUS on the west and east coasts to patrol for enemy invaions or attacks. The Cruisers and Destroyers were then put into the battlegroups to screen for the carriers because they were faster and armed with the smaller weapons compared to the big guns of the Battleships. The Battleships were indeed brought back during the Korean War and Viet Nam for offshore bombardment. Any information or thoughts you have are appreciated. Thanks.... Bob D...
--- On Tue, 1/6/09, John Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Freeman <[email protected]> Subject: [Papermodels II 33867] John Freeman's Photos--Battleship Iowa To: "papermodels" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 11:27 AM The Iowa Class battleships were built to escort the carrier task forces during WWII. Six were ordered in 1939 and '40, the first four being finished by the mid '40s, while the last two were canceled during construction, and scrapped. They were indeed fearsome weapons, hurling 16 inch diameter shells for twenty or thirty miles with considerable accuracy. At the end of WWII they were "mothballed," but it was surely not the end of the road for the monster ships. The last half of the twentieth century saw them dragged out of retirement three more times, serving in the Korean war, the Vietnam war and the Gulf war. The last two of them were finally struck off the Naval Registry only three years ago. For me, the most memorable of these was the Missouri, or "Big Mo", perhaps because those of us of the geriatric persuasion can still remember the publicity photos of the signing of the Japanese surrender on her rear deck, ending WWII. This model, in about 1/1200 scale, was designed by Oliver "Olli" Bizer. It is available on his site at http://olli.maquettes-papier.net/ Olli has become one of my favorite designers of very small ships. He has the ability to design a model that is relatively simple, perhaps not as accurate as a "purist" might like, but totally recognizable, with enough detail to make it look great. After studying pictures of the real ships I did add a few tiny bits here and there, but mostly this is Olli. The finished model is 9.5 inches long. -- John and/or Marzlie Freeman Check us out at-- http://2oldkiters.smugmug.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
