Ship models in TORA! TORA! TORA! (1 Viewer)

[dragon53]

For the 81st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.


LINK: http://www.modelshipsinthecinema.com/2013/04/tora-tora-tora-1970.html

 

[OzDigger]

Remains one of my favourite war movies, always love to see models in films, usually better than CGI IMO.

 

[wayne556517]

Great post thank you

 

[theBaron]

A few years ago, FineScale Modeling featured a story about the model of the Nevada from the movie. If I remember correctly, it was being restored after having been stored for many years.

"Tora! Tora! Tora!" is still the best movie about the attack.

Prost!
Brad

 

[lancer]

The accuracy and authenticity of Tora! Tora! Tora! is due in large part to Prof. Gordon Prange, who wrote the book that the screen play was partially based on. The book, Tora! Tora! Tora! was published in 1963 in Reader's Digest and it later served as the basis for Prange's books on Pearl Harbor, starting with At Dawn We Slept. Prange was technical advisor on the film and had been deeply involved in research regarding Pearl Harbor since WW2. Prange was head of MacArthur's historical department while in Japan, affording him the opportunity to interview many of the surviving Japanese involved in Pearl Harbor, both from the military and civilian viewpoints. He spent a lifetime investigating PH, and was so consumed by it that he didn't get his later tomes published until his estate published them after he had passed away in 1980. Prange was my history Prof at Univ. of Md. in the 70's and he was, to say the least, a fascinating man who knew how to lecture and bring his subject to life. He spent time in Germany during the 30's, watching the rise of Nazism while studying there, stories which he was always telling us about. Prange probably knew more about PH than anyone else alive, and his timely interviews of the participants had a lot to do with that. He even had Mitsuo Fuchida (lead pilot at PH) stay at his house in Md. for quite a while during the interview process. Prange's books include 3 on PH, a book on Midway, a book on the Sorge spy ring in Japan, and a biography of Fuchida. Best prof I ever had. -- Al

 

[OzDigger]

A few years ago, FineScale Modeling featured a story about the model of the Nevada from the movie. If I remember correctly, it was being restored after having been stored for many years.

"Tora! Tora! Tora!" is still the best movie about the attack.

Prost!
Brad

Just last month I was delighted to see a large model of another Pearl Harbour veteran at a local Hobby Show. It was a 1/48 scale model of the USS Tennesse, it was nearly 4 meters long, the largest model by far at the event. I spoke to the owner who said he sailed the radio controlled ship on a lake at our local University (University of the Sunshine Coast). They have regular sail meetings there and he gave me a flyer suggesting I attend the next one. It was evident the show was intended to attract new members to the various hobbies as numbers are dwindling.

Sadly the Hobby Show didn't have any Toy Solders on display, most displays were model train layouts built by older guys. Some were very large layouts from hobbiests from nearby Brisbane, our state capital. The next most popular hobby was plastic kits, and only Two diecast car displays. The show proved to me that toy soldier collecting is a very small part of the hobby scene {sm2}

 

[OzDigger]

Video from the web showing said model of USS Tenneesee in action:

Just last month I was delighted to see a large model of another Pearl Harbour veteran at a local Hobby Show. It was a 1/48 scale model of the USS Tennesse, it was nearly 4 meters long, the largest model by far at the event. I spoke to the owner who said he sailed the radio controlled ship on a lake at our local University (University of the Sunshine Coast). They have regular sail meetings there and he gave me a flyer suggesting I attend the next one. It was evident the show was intended to attract new members to the various hobbies as numbers are dwindling.

Sadly the Hobby Show didn't have any Toy Solders on display, most displays were model train layouts built by older guys. Some were very large layouts from hobbiests from nearby Brisbane, our state capital. The next most popular hobby was plastic kits, and only Two diecast car displays. The show proved to me that toy soldier collecting is a very small part of the hobby scene {sm2}