Devotion
We all went to see the movie this afternoon, and really enjoyed it. The movie was good, the aviation was...
Roosevelt’s Navy: The Education of a Warrior President, 1882-1920 – James Tertis de Kay
This was a magnificent little book. It focuses on Roosevelt's tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1913 to...
Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay – Craig L. Symonds
There hasn't been a comprehensive biography of Fleet Adm. Nimitz since Craig Symonds' mentor E.B. Potter wrote Nimitz in 1976...
2021 Modeling Review – Four Essexes, Nine Aircraft and a 88mm
I posted the full analysis of my 2021 builds on my iModeler page - https://imodeler.com/2022/01/2021-modeling-review-four-essexes-nine-aircraft-and-a-88mm/
1/700 USS Randolph (CV-15) – August 1945
https://imodeler.com/2022/01/1-700-uss-randolph-cv-15-august-1945/
Leppla/Liska “Sail 12” SBD Dauntless – Battle of the Coral Sea
https://imodeler.com/2022/01/leppla-liska-sail-12-sbd-dauntless-battle-of-the-coral-sea/
Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil – The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II – Rear Adm. Worrall Reed Carter
This is a digital reissue of a 1953 book issued by the Naval War College Press that tells the story...
SBD Upgrade
From when I started collecting kits almost 30 years ago my 1/72 SBD experience has been limited to the old...
Carrier Warfare in the Pacific: An Oral History Collection (SMITHSONIAN HISTORY OF AVIATION AND SPACEFLIGHT SERIES) – E. T. Wooldridge (Editor)
This 1993 volume is a collection of edited oral histories of participants in the carrier war in the Pacific. It's...
Grey Ghost: The Story of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet – Lee Merideth
I read this book before touring the Hornet last month. Lots of errors a good proofing should have caught, but...