USNavy - Small Scale History

Dauntless

by Benedikt Wallisser | Jul 4, 2022 | 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, Pacific Theater, USNavy, WW2

Afternoon of June 4, 1942: This Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, coming from USS Yorktown, is about to attack IJN carrier Hiryū. It’s the famous Battle of Midway – 1/144 scale vignette

Ditched into the North Atlantic

by Benedikt Wallisser | Feb 13, 2022 | 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, USNavy, WW2

October 1943: Pilot Lieut. J. R. Brownstein ditched „Fox 5“ of VC-13 aboard of USS Core into the North Atlantic Ocean – 1/144 scale vignette

November 1943 over Rabaul

by Benedikt Wallisser | Jan 1, 2022 | 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Axis, Imperial Japan, Models & History, Pacific Theater, USNavy, WW2

November 1943: The USS Saratoga, together with the USS Princeton, attacks the city of Rabaul, an important stronghold of the IJN forces, several times – 1/144 scale Models

Shangri-la

by Benedikt Wallisser | Dec 1, 2021 | 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, Pacific Theater, USNavy, WW2

March 1945: two Corsairs of USS Shangri-la – 1/144 scale models