Tim A.
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Trumpeter's 1/350 USS Texas caught my eye for a couple of reasons. It will serve as a good project to get away from my on going USS Constitution build, and it's smaller, and more manageable on my limited sized workbench than the large scale sailing ship models.
The Texas, which is still around is the last of the Dreadnoughts, or sometimes called the "Super Dreadnoughts. The Battleship served in both world wars, and is probably best known for its action at Omaha Beach during the D-Day landing. When the Germans moved farther inland the main guns of the Texas did'nt have the elevation to reach their positions. The captain ordered one of the torpedo blisters flooded, which listed the ship enough to increase the 14 inch guns angle, allowing the Texas to effectively continue to
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The Texas, which is still around is the last of the Dreadnoughts, or sometimes called the "Super Dreadnoughts. The Battleship served in both world wars, and is probably best known for its action at Omaha Beach during the D-Day landing. When the Germans moved farther inland the main guns of the Texas did'nt have the elevation to reach their positions. The captain ordered one of the torpedo blisters flooded, which listed the ship enough to increase the 14 inch guns angle, allowing the Texas to effectively continue to