Dazzle ship fleet finally finished

[Dave T]

In 2018 there were a lot of articles about the 100-year anniversary of the end of WWI. One of the stories was about a war department that designed dazzle schemes for ships. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dazzle-paint-wwi-us-navy I believe the idea started in England to not so much camouflage ships, but distort their appearance as a defense against u-boats. The photos inspired me to try painting some myself. I used a children's wooden model kit of the Titanic and modified the simplistic design quite a bit. I bought them wholesale for $2.15 each from an online distributor. All of my schemes are based on real designs that I modified to fit the cartoon-like "Titanic".  The kit is by the company Darice, and it appears the source for them disappeared during the pandemic.

I don't know why so many and it took three years, but anyway...

[lastvautour]

You were surely busy. I love the modified transport fleet with all those different camouflage schemes.

Lou

[lastvautour]

A closer look reveals awesome replicas of historical "Dazzle" camouflage. I particularly like the port holes and support structure. These features really make the models stand out. Thank you for posting Dave.

Lou

[Gearup]

Well I must say, they are dazzling....
That was a very unique way of showing the various dazzle schemes using the same hull form. I really enjoyed seeing how the ship is broken up using this camouflage.
Great modelling subject!

thanks,
Fraser

[Dave T]

Thanks Fraser and Lou.

[Boomerang]

An excellent project Dave.

Superb finish on all of them.

I have often looked at the camouflage experiments on aircraft in WW2.

Cheers

Gordon

[Dave T]

Thanks Gordon.

[lastvautour]

Dazzle Camouflage Part One.

Various Royal Navy/Us Navy camouflage schemes are usually called measures. To this end I have grouped Dave's excellent Olympic Class Troop Transports. Measures are listed on the photos. Measure 01 is top image, 02 second, 03 third and 04 forth 05 Top etc...

Lou

[lastvautour]

Dazzle Camouflage Part Two.
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Various Royal Navy/Us Nay camouflage schemes are usually called measures. To this end I have grouped Dave's excellent Olympic Class Troop Transports. Measures are listed on the photos. Measure 01 is top image, 02 second, 03 third and 04 forth 05 Top etc...

Lou

[Dave T]

Thanks Lou for adding the additional information. I think a few modern day cruise ships should be painted like these.

[lastvautour]

I particularly love the contrast with the un-camouflaged version and how different it looks. All will be included in the yearbook in groups of two as per your email to me. Thank you for sending them.

Lou