Archive for 15 March 2018

USS TEXAS BATTLESHIP MODEL1933 by SHIPWRIGHT CHARLES HINCKLEY btwn WWI & WWII

USS TEXAS BATTLESHIP MODEL1933 by SHIPWRIGHT CHARLES HINCKLEY btwn WWI & WWII

USS TEXAS a 1/16th scale model by C. Hinckley in Nov/Dec of 1933 and restored by Otto J. Kirchner did a marvelous job but misread Hinckley’s name as Hinchley. The USS Texas is the most decorated battleship in modern U. Its keel was laid down in 1911, launched in 1912 and commissioned in 1914 seeing… (read more)