Saipan 1944
AN EXAMPLE OF AN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING OPERATION IN SCALE 1:1250
A further LCI ( left ) and a LCS -
(Landing Craft Support),
for direct fire support ( middle ) are approaching
the shallow water of the reef ...
The impacts are from Japanese mortar positions beyond the beach.
The Landing Craft Personal-LCP´s und LCM´s
of the first wave are approaching to the beach now ...
..those minutes and seconds of uncertainty
about the real strength of the enemy -
and all what ever will follow ....
But there was also air support from the aircraft carriers far out on the sea ..
In this case, here are Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of squadron VB - 16 from the carrier USS Lexington.
This old and long-served type of dive bombers are here on their last operational missions from carrier decks with the
attack of Japanese positions on Saipan.
~ By the way ~ This model is in scale 1 : 350 !
The beach is made by a fine kind of plaster,
the vegetation is self-made of different materials.
The bottom of the lagoon is from the same plaster,
while the water is made by coloured synthetic resin.
The side length of the beach diorama is 34 cm !
The displayed models are mainly from the Producer Neptun ,
the LVT´s are self-made(odd pieces).