Here Come the Marines!

[kerick]

A sloop? In WW2? An actual sailing ship?    They probably wore any uniforms they could get a hold of.

[Old Wombat]

A sloop? In WW2? An actual sailing ship?    They probably wore any uniforms they could get a hold of.

No, sloops were a small ship designed to fit somewhere between corvettes (also a sailing ship in earlier times) & destroyers.

A typical example is the Black Swan class (which Airfix really need to get off their arse & produce in 1/350!);

HMS Black Swan ca. 1945


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Swan-class_sloop

You should also watch this series of videos by Drachinifel;

Play List: Corvettes, Sloops and Frigates

[Old Wombat]

Although I should probably point out that there were, in fact, civilian sailing sloops still active at the beginning of WW2 & several of them were requisitioned for military use.

[NARSES2]

Uniforms or "pirate rig"?   

A half way house 

The thing that gets me about the photo is how young they all look, my dad included and he would of been 21 in 1943. A couple of them still look like "boy sailors" which I'm not sure if the RN were still recruiting during the War ? In one of the other photos the oldest member looks like the ship's cat !

[Charlie_c67]

Where's the innocent whistling emoji when you need it?

[kerick]

That could give a guy a heart attack!

[Old Wombat]

That could give a guy a heart attack!

Wistful reminiscing on my part.   

[Old Wombat]

In the meantime, & back onto the build, this gives an idea of where I'll be going with the pilot house & guns;






Full steam ahead & damn the torpedoes!   

[DeeBob]

Looking good! Something about that pilot house is screaming out to me for a lick of blue paint and a light on top...

[NARSES2]

Looking good! Something about that pilot house is screaming out to me for a lick of blue paint and a light on top...

I can see where your coming from 

[buzzbomb]

 
Progress is a good thing

[Old Wombat]

Thank you, gentlemen!    

And, yes, I too can see the resemblance to a certain chronologically challenged blue box.   

[kitbasher]

Looking good! Something about that pilot house is screaming out to me for a lick of blue paint and a light on top...

Especially since the etched brass thingies look like Daleks!

[NARSES2]

Looking good! Something about that pilot house is screaming out to me for a lick of blue paint and a light on top...

Especially since the etched brass thingies look like Daleks!

Did Daleks have skeletons ? Or were they just that "rubbery" mass that the Dr pulled out of one in a very early episode ? 

[Old Wombat]

Movement is happening!

Puttying. Sanding. Repeat. Primer. Some of the first top-coat painting.

Nothing worthy of photo's.