![]() ![]() ADM Halsey really wanted to sink the last of the Combined Fleet and really wanted to sink Nagato as that was ADM Yamamoto's flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor. There's several great write ups about the giant fleet raids that occurred during July 1945-Yokosuka and the fleet anchorage at Kure. At that point, TF-38 was sailing up and down the coast of Japan at will. Once sized correctly I could start laying out the base.Īs for the scene, I'm choosing to do a large strike flown by the USN on 18 July 1945. I blew it up to match the size of a 1/1800 Nagato that I ordered off Shapeways. Here's a screen capture from Google Maps: The dry docks date back to the 1800s and are still there and still in use! If you watch "Bridges at Toko Ri" you can see what had been the IJN Headquarters, which is now the US Commander, Naval Forces Japan Headquarters. ![]() Kind of fascinating to have been stationed there and know the long history of it. 2 different ships I served on were berthed on the very piers I'm depicting. I spent a large portion of my career there. The other piece of the puzzle is Yokosuka. From about age 4 on, I knew what I was going to do! I've always had a Hellidver model sitting on display to remind me of that-unfortunately the last one didn't survive the final move and needed replacing. He'd learned to fly for the Navy and flew Helldivers in the Pacific. ![]() Some of my earliest memories are sitting on a fencepost at our ranch listening to my father and the crop duster that sprayed the Alfalfa fields chatting. Wanted to do the new 1/32 Helldiver, but it seemed a bit big for what I had in mind.įirst a bit of background: I love the Beast. Well, have had this scene percolating in the ol' noggin for sometime. ![]()
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