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Shipping News and information / Airplanes as deck cargo

« on: December 21, 2006, 05:09:50 PM »

Perhaps there are some older cargo experts that can help me. I just posted a picture from my father's collection of a WWII fighter carried as deck cargo. (It's in the 1950s merchant ship category...I didn't know where else to put it)I was wondering, what is the dark colored coating used to protect planes for sea transport? It appears to be some shrink-wrapped material, but I think it's to early to be plastic. Any ideas?

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Scale Models / model of Ideal X

« on: March 18, 2006, 09:48:04 PM »

This is my model of the S.S. Ideal X, considered to be the first containership. Sailed from Port Newark to Houston in April 1956.
It is modified from the Revell Esso Glasgow kit, 1/400 scale.