A Panzer IV and panzergrenadiers move through a village in Ukraine during the retreat from the Eastern Front in 1944.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Spanish Caravel
Christopher Columbus' La Nina, or, in other words, a general representation of a 15th Century caravel.
Panzer IV in Yugoslavia
A German Panzer IV and a motorcycle with a sidecar during the invasion of Yugoslavia, 1941.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Schooner Sultana
So I just finished my first wooden ship model, the Sultana. It kept me busy for about two months and was a lot of fun.
The Sultana, a top-sail schooner, was built in Boston in 1767. She was bought by Britain's Royal Navy, which used her to enforce the unpopular taxes levied in the years before the American Revolution.
The Sultana patrolled the eastern seaboard chasing smugglers until 1772. Even though the battles of Lexington and Concord wouldn't happen for another three years, tensions with the American colonies meant that lightly armed schooners like the Sultana weren't enough to impress unruly colonists. She was sold in Britain in October 1772.
In its case in the dining room!
As a bonus, there is a modern replica of the Sultana just north of us in Chestertown, MD, on the Chester River, which feeds the Chesapeake Bay. Pretty fun to see.
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