interwar period

  1. Tzoli

    French Radar Sets

    Not sure where to ask but here it is: Is there a comprehensive list of French Radars (Both land and naval based) which was developed? Did France able to start developing radar technology before the capitulation or it was kick-started by British and American equipment after the war? To my...
  2. M

    Tarrant Tabor, 1/72, scratch build

    You can read about the prototype here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrant_Tabor It was very interesting to build the model.
  3. Grey Havoc

    Geddes Liner, aka the Whale Ocean Liner

    Yes, that Norman Bel Geddes. The yacht mentioned in the reddit post is the Wenner-Gren Yacht design of 1934, with a both a naval yacht and a naval patrol vessel derived from it proposed for the United States Navy in 1939 at the outset of WWII (see JaySea article). View...
  4. Tzoli

    Royal Navy Big Cruiser Designs

    For these cruisers I got most of my data from Norman Friedman's British Cruisers Two World War and After as well as from the forum member Smurf and parts from his book: A Directory of British Cruiser Designs. In case of Friedman's book it wasn't always clear what data was connected to what...
  5. Oberon_706

    Could HMAS Australia have been saved from scrapping ?

    Re: Australia and the WNT - please see link below; https://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/loss-more-symbolic-material According to the Author, the government of Australia (if it chose) could likely have won excemption and retained HMAS Australia as an “Armoured Cruiser”. As others...
  6. Sanglune

    Nevesbu's projects

    Hello, I'm looking for warships designed by Nevesbu (B.V. Nederlandse Verenigde Scheepsbouw Bureaus). Specifically for surface vessels, though I don't want to discourage discussion around their submersibles. So far I'm aware of a couple of designs: Project 1047 (files attached, source: Klaas...
  7. sienar

    Carrier/Liner hybrid

    Does anyone know anything more about this? https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/568598.html Description Scale 1:192. A plan showing the outboard profile and arrangement of rig of a proposed aircraft carrier/liner hybrid by Eustace H. T. D'Eyncourt [Director of Naval...
  8. F

    Am I imagining things, or does Sweden's FFVS J 22 look like the radial powered Bf 109 V21 of 1938-39?

    If the drawings below are accurate, the resemblance is a bit odd, and profuse apologies if the topic was discussed before. https://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/ww2planes/messerschmitt/78737/view/messerschmitt_bf_109x_v21/...
  9. archipeppe

    Launched directly from hangar

    In the very first years of aircraft carriers development both English and Japanese envisioned launch of their aircrafts directly from the hangar. This result was usually achieved through an opening in the bow, at the hangar level, and a catapult that launched aircraft in the ship's direction...
  10. J

    Breda CC-20/CC-2000/CC-3000

    who can help me with sources who give more information/details of the CC-2000 and CC-3000. concerning these two I found only the information that is has to do with the total power of the engines. please real sources and not he told that he told!!!!! Thanks
  11. EugeneBazaroff

    Did Austria have own fighter projects or prototypes after WWI?

    So, Austrians had Italian fighters Fiat CR.32 but why they didn't decide to develop their own fighters? Here's the pic of an Austrian CR. 32
  12. X

    JUNKERS G.38 pre-WW2 mini-mystery.....

    Anyone solve the mystery?? Why, oh why did the JUNKERS G.38 4-engined prototype test-fly with a four-bladed propeller, inboard and a two-bladed propeller, outboard on each wing? All four driving engines were identical. Might this have caused any power imbalance/handling or thrust deficit issues...
  13. hesham

    Fieseler Projects

    Hi, here is a Fieseler P.29,P.30 and Fi.333,also P.35; P.29 was a military transport Project,intended to compete Arado Ar.232,led to develop Fi.333 P.30 was an unconventional military transport Project,later became Fi.333 P.35 was initial design for Fi.103...
  14. hesham

    Bellanca C-24-100-M & C-24-100-P Projects of 1938

    A big Surprise, here is a drawing and all Info about Bellanca C-24-100-P and C-24-100-M,generally it was a single or two-seat fighter,observation,light bomber and attack airplane Project,developed from Model 28-90. I don't know for which competition it was purposed,and if it was estimated to...
  15. blockhaj

    SAAB, Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, Svenska Aeroplan AB, Saab AB: internal projects.

    This is a continiuation of this thread: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/saab-svenska-aeroplanaktiebolaget-svenska-aeroplan-ab-saab-ab-aircraft-list.33718/ Here i will list SAAB's internal projects and their designations. (WIP). Sorry for premature posting but im doing it to motivate...
  16. ptdockyard

    Modernization of US Flush Deck destroyers

    I believe this drawing is from one of HT Lenton's books on US Destroyers published in the early 1970's. I made a 1/1200 model of this but heve never been able to find any corroborating data on the proposed design. Can anyone shed any light on this one? Dave G The PT Dockyard
  17. Tzoli

    Peruvian Navy Never-Were Designs

    For request here are my knowledge on the Peruvian Navy Never-Were warship designs or export designs offered for them. Coastal Battleship: Armstrong Design 783P of 1914: 7.350tons, 2x2 203mm, 6x1 152mm, 2x1 457mm Torpedoes, 178mm Belt Battleships: Vickers Design 512 of 1911: 11.500tons, 2x2...
  18. blackkite

    The IJA Kai-shiki, Mo-shiki, Sei-shiki and Ko-shiki aircraft

    Hi! I will post these aircraft.
  19. uk 75

    Equipping the French and British armies in the 30s

    There is already a thread on what might have been in the 1930s. I want to focus on the land forces. Britain and France in 1940 had some tanks (Somua and Matilda 2) which could match the Germans. If the French and British General Staffs had understood the importance of armoured units in a...
  20. Z

    The U.K. develops the gas turbine significantly quicker

    Inspired by the “What if the gas turbine hadn’t happened“ I always thought of a different angle. This considers what would have happened if just two men had a different mindset at just one meeting? Ref “Genesis of the Jet” John Golley. This book documents Frank Whittle struggle to develop the...
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