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Larry C. Brown
Trenton, Ohio
Larry’s diorama depicts Ruptured Duck, one of the B-25s that took part in the Doolittle raid over Tokyo in 1942, just after it had been spotted on the deck of the USS Hornet. “One of the plane handlers is starting to tie her down and the crew chief/gunner is trying to help, but mostly just getting in the way,” Larry says. “Ted Lawson (the pilot) can be seen to the left side of the plane, shaking his head at how strange his bird looks on the deck of a U.S. Navy carrier.” Larry built the Accurate Miniatures B-25B out of the box and painted it with Tamiya acrylics. Except for the pilot, the figures come from two Verlinden sets and were painted with Vallejo paints. “Not sure where I pulled the pilot from, but I did have to extend his pants over bloused boots so he’d look like a USAAF officer,” Larry says. “Notice that the deck crewman wears black shoes while the air crew wears brown. I believe there was light-hearted banter about the brown shoe Navy types on board the Hornet during the voyage.” He acquired the laser-cut carrier deck from Ukraine via eBay and painted it with Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics and artist oils.