DOOLITTLE RAID

[GeneralModel]

Hi All,
In this diorama, a well-known operation will be viewed from a different side.

Doolittle Raid

The USS Hornet is often seen in dioramas based on this operation.
In this work I will do, there will be only 6 B-25B Mitchells on the US side. All remaining units will be depicted in a port on the Japanese Empire mainland.

Scale 1:700
B-25B Mitchell - Trumpeter
Others Hasegawa
Maybe a few units of Niko Model ( cranes etc.)

Let’s start with B-25B.

https://flic.kr/p/2jidsxr

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https://flic.kr/p/2jieJx6

https://flic.kr/p/2kH8Zog

 

[Steve Brodie]

looks interesting

 

[GeneralModel]

https://flic.kr/p/2kPcC1q

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[GeneralModel]

https://flic.kr/p/2kPKoJQ

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https://flic.kr/p/2kSzb2W

I have some ideas on how to do it, the planes will be in the air. But how? )) Some of the planes will have engine, propeller, etc. failures. Smoke, flame etc. I'm planning effects for working engine propellers.

 

[GeneralModel]

I thought of using the Hyuga I had already finished and the Heian Maru next to it at the port.

https://flic.kr/p/2kMC4FY

I had planned the IJN-I400 submarine next to Heian Maru. A friend of mine who knew that period well warned me. Heian Maru was in the open sea at the time of the raid. At that time, Hyuga was not a hybrid aircraft carrier. The IJN-I400 submarine was produced in the following years.

So the plans changed.

The support ship would be Heian Maru's sister, HIE MARU, and the submarine would be I-16.

Since I was thinking of a crowded port, there should have been support ships.

 

[GeneralModel]

Hie Maru
https://flickr.com/photos/187964121@N02/sets/A69h4hcvU3