Egilman

The Brooklyn class ships were a direct response to the "Mogami" class cruisers of the IJN... (which stunned the world's navies when they were revealed)..... A class of 35+knot ships with 15 rapid fire 6" guns and 8 5" guns... (when the Japanese abrogated the treaty their 6" guns were removed and replaced with 10 8" guns in five turrets in which configuration they served through the war) All designed after the London treaty which limited Heavy cruisers construction and classified cruisers by their gun calibre 6.1 and larger were "Heavy" and 6" or less were considered "Light"...... That was the inspiration for the Brooklyn class...... Very long legged, fast, cruisers that could be used for either commerce raiding or carrier escort as originally envisioned and that could hold their own in a gun battle against any heavy cruisers then in existence..... (given the limitations of the treaty) Of the nine ships built only one was lost during the war, the USS Helena CL-50 to long lance torpedoes..... The last two, the USS St Louis CL-49 and the USS Helena CL-50, were modified Brooklyn's having their antiaircraft armament changed from six 5"25's to 8 5"38's (in twin turrets) The Japanese after the Battles of Savo island and the guadalcanal naval campaign had a nickname for them calling them "Machine gun cruisers" they particularly didn't like them.... Their hulls were based upon the preceding 10K ton New Orleans class heavy cruiser hulls redesigned (longer) to make them faster the only reason they weren't classified as heavy cruisers was the treaty, and as the Japanese action of upgunning their Mogami class to 8" guns showed they were very capable of handling such armament.... Their hulls were the basis of every US cruiser designed from that point forward including the Baltimore class of heavy cruisers and several of the light aircraft carriers (from cleveland class, modified brooklyn hulls) Probably the most capable gun cruisers ever built up to that point in time..... I'm condensing and paraphrasing a lot of Norman Friedman's US Cruisers an illustrated design history (amazon link) here... well worth the read.....

Here's the playlist if your looking for what's available....

Well while yuse guys are giving the synapses a workout, you may want to check out Little Wars TV Here's an example of what they produce.... It is aimed at the wargamer of course.... but their model recreations are excellent....

You got the talent brother.... no question..... I think it's going to look spectacular.....

I agree Lou, after the Hipper Class Cruisers, the St Louis Class and Brooklyn classes are my favorites, followed by the Cleveland class Brooklyn derivatives.... Beautiful ships all.....

That's a gorgeous kit....

Scale accuracy has to give somewhere brother, and yes they would looks junky/clunky in 1/350.... But then they mk1 eyeball doesn't have the ability to sort resolutions that small.... They look best from about 8-10" away... Where 1/350th it's about 24"...... You do know that with this experience you can build anything? Also, that folding 1/350 isn't the same..... Beautiful work my friend, work that I cannot do.....

Me 2....

That's exactly what it looks like brother, or the scriber point for a height gage...

Ney at Waterloo cost Nappy the battle...... LHS was the key to the British position, the longer it held the longer they had to prepare for the centre assault they knew was coming.... When Ney finally took it the British were prepared for the final act with cannon overlooking everything with the French channeled into their fields of fire.... He did not understand fully the importance of the position and why Nappy wanted it taken early....

I know one thing for sure, it isn't really mine until it has received a little blood...., and trust me, everyone I've built, is mine.... (they all have a little piece of me in them) {chuckle}

Got you and yours in my prayers brother, hope it turns out well.... (if god has anything to say about it, (and I know he does) it will turn out well) Keep the faith my friend...

Yeah B-17's and B-24's were more common especially after the start of '44... They had several flying examples of just about every aircraft we flew in combat both british and american including a Corsair and a B-26.... There are reports of P-47's and P-51's actually used by the Luftwaffe in combat towards the end of the war..... But no records at all of a captured B-25.... (or Lancasters for that matter) The germans had a squadron known as Zirkus Rosarius, that was devoted to flying captured enemy combat aircraft to the various units involved in air combat for pilot familiarization and to expose their deficiencies..... Quote comes from here.....

https://www.forcecom.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/FORCECOM-UNITS/TraCen-Yorktown/Training/National-Motor-Lifeboat-School/ That's where you go to get your training and qualifications to be on a MLB before you are assigned to an individual station. Every station where the need for MLB's exists has a training schedule brother, that's why they are there.... And the best place to train is in the environment your going to work in.... Of course they train there they have skills that need to remain sharp....

Cape Disappointment is where the Coast Guards Lifeboat training facility is....... That is the Columbia River Bar on an average day...... The boat on display at the museum? it has done over 30 complete athwartship rolls and 4-5 end to end rolls, that is the surf they train in.... They make TV shows about it for Danger TV...

Looks like it came directly out of the maintenance manual, can't get much more detailed than that....

Looking great Kevin, wish I do mine that well...

Amen Brother.... 36500 was a TRS class 36' motor lifeboat....... Here is a shot of one as you can see the Museum has a Cape Disappointment stationed craft in it's collection as well.... Haven't found out the registration number yet but I believe it is CG-36454, which also has it's famous story... (but not as famous as CG-36500's) Here's a posting of CG-44300's career from being a prototype, to being the training boat for USCG coxswain's out of the Lifeboat school at Cape Disappointment WA..... A 35 year career..... Wonderful boats, they saved many a life, and between the two types were the worldwide standard in MLB's for over 70 years.... And WE need to stop re-railing Dennis's B-25 thread..... Sorry Brother....

Yep, Columbia River Maritime Museum, about 2 hours away from where I live, been there a couple of times.... Last time I was there they had a number of absolutely gorgeous ship models... One of the wonderful places around these parts....

The last one Dennis I'm especially fond of.... Of course we have one on display here in the PNW.... Coast Guard Lifeboat 44300, the prototype of the class.... That is the Coast Guard Hall of the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria Ore. That a real boat on display, it was The Columbia River Bar lifeboat for 30 some odd years... The Columbia River Bar, known as the Graveyard of the Pacific the surf is legendary.... it's where these boats were tested... and proven unsinkable and indestructible... This boat has the distinction of not only being the prototype but of being rammed by a commercial ship and driven through three piers and buried in the wreckage.. they thought it was a write off, but when they cleared the wreckage it bobbed up on the surface righted itself, floating normally and was ready for duty.... (to everyone's great surprise, true story) An absolutely spectacular display.....

Very Very nice my friend, all classics in their genre's They build into beautiful models.... About 30 years ago, The admiral told me I could go to Fantasy World at the local B&I and spend 50.00... well I spent half the day there, so many choices you have to check out you know..... .....wound up spending 400.00..... All she did was smile then told me she knew what I was going to do and it was fine..... called it an early birthday present.... (I hate being that predictable)..... {chuckle}

Brother, for historical accuracy's sake the Panzer Lehr was never attached to the 5th Army.... It was part of the strategic reserve that hitler refused to release on D-Day.... It operated as an independent unit..... Here's the historical account of it's activities around Caen.... The Quote above came from https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Panzer_Lehr_Division You can find the complete history of the Panzer Lehr Division there..... Covers all movements and actions it was involved in from it's creation to it's surrender in the Ruhr Pocket... Also, in operational orders and on tactical position maps the Panzer Lehr was noted as the 130th Panzer, It's TO&E consisted of these units... Panzer-Lehr-Regiment 130 Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 901 Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 902 Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 130 Feldersatz-Bataillon 130 Panzeraufklärungs-Lehr-Abteilung 130 Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 311 Panzerjäger-Abteilung 130 Panzer-Lehr-Pionier-Bataillon 130 Panzernachrichten-Abteilung 130 Panzer-Versorgungstruppen 130 The large turret numbering was only present on about half the tanks they had and represented company level identifications... Battalions "Abteilung" usually took the same number as the division... Backer might know more than I do given his extensive resources....

But they are available brother.... https://www.kitsworld.co.uk/index.php?CATEGORY=5&SUB=3 But to do a SAC B-25, you'll probably have to get generic USAF decals for the 1950's stars and bars period correct with the red stripe.... Caracal models produces some that would work for the B-25, check out the C-123 set, those insignia's should fit the B-25 in scale in period, and any of the good WWII sets should do the stenciling for the aircraft itself.... https://www.caracalmodels.com/72scale.html But as a modeler I understand the overheated wallet syndrome we sometimes are afflicted with....

You seen this brother? http://dogsofwarvu.com/forum/index.php?topic=535.0

Well the last flight of a SAC TB-25J was May 21st, 1960..... At the time, the aircraft, TB-25J-25-NC Mitchell, 44-30854, was painted overall aircraft grey with tricolor winged star insignias.. It was donated to the Doolittle Memorial Park in Niceville Fla. in a USAF bare metal scheme, it then went to the Doolittle Memorial, Valparaiso, FL and was painted up to represent Doolittle's 02344, Currently, it is on display in Elgin Fla. at the Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB.... Still painted up as Doolittle's aircraft..... They converted over 600 B-25J's into trainers after the war designated as AT-24D's AS far as I know, no B-25 ever wore SAC Bomber Green which was developed sometime in the mid to late 60's....