Picture of the day.

[vikingBerserker]

On that one I agree. You can also see damage under the wing

 

[Airframes]

Possibly dropped the starboard wheel into that ditch, scrubbing off the gear leg.

 

[Airframes]

Catapult Armed Merchantman ('CAM' Ship) 'Empire Lawrence'.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Airframes]

Ah, one of my favourite Charles Brown photos.

 

[Lucky13]

One of my favourites as well old chap and a photo, that wouldn't strike home as much, had it been in colour....

 

[nuuumannn]

Fantastic picture of the Empire Lawrence, Terry. You can see dazzle camouflage on the forward deck either side of the catapult with faint evidence on its hull. A cracker.

A caption for Lucky's Brown image of a Halifax: A 35 Sqn, RAF Handley Page Halifax B.II Series 1 cruising serenely among a dramatic cloudscape. This image was taken during a squadron daylight formation flying sortie in 1942. One of a series of photographs originally printed in colour taken by renowned photographer Charles Brown on the same sortie.

 

[GrauGeist]

Catapult Armed Merchantman ('CAM' Ship) 'Empire Lawrence'.

That would make a great diorama, actually.

The foredeck catapault just as seen in the photo.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That would be pretty cool!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

But imagine the ship in 1/48 scale. What a monster.

 

[GrauGeist]

But imagine the ship in 1/48 scale. What a monster.

not the whole ship, just the foredeck and catapault.

There's a member in the modelling section at the moment doing a diorama of the Akagi deck and superstructure complete with two IJN aircraft...so it's completely doable :thumbleft"

 

[Wildcat]

Mustangs of 84 sqn RAAF, July/August 1945.

 

[Wayne Little]

Cool shot Andy!

 

[fastmongrel]

Who nose what wheeley happened

 

[Lucky13]

 

[GrauGeist]

Who nose what wheeley happened

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

not the whole ship, just the foredeck and catapault.

There's a member in the modelling section at the moment doing a diorama of the Akagi deck and superstructure complete with two IJN aircraft...so it's completely doable :thumbleft"

I'm just saying, it would be huge, and fun, and huge, and detailed, and huge, and intricate, and did I say it would be huge.

 

[GrauGeist]

I'm just saying, it would be huge, and fun, and huge, and detailed, and huge, and intricate, and did I say it would be huge.

Probably not as big as you might imagine.

Have a look at this awesome job being done in this thread (mentioned earlier) and it's in 1/48 scale.
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/start-finish-builds/akagi-rei-sen-carrier-37233.html

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

 

[GrauGeist]

Exactly!