Kriegsmarine and Royal Navy Teacher Scale 1:500 USN Training

[Ulrich Rudofsky]

H.A. Framburg of Chicago was one of the makers of teacher scale (1:500) and identification (1:1200) models for the USN. Other major manufacturers were Comet Metal Products and South Salem Studios; Bessarabis and van Ryper were also good model makers, but it is said that they could not meet the USN’s large demands in a timely fashion. This set of the Kriegsmarine and several models of Royal Navy ships are 1:500 in scale and are from my collection. (Other training and ID aids consisted of playing card decks with the ship's silhouette on one side and a photo and name of the ship on the other).
Kriegsmarine:
http://picasaweb.google.com/urudofsky/G ... ainingAids#
Royal Navy:
http://picasaweb.google.com/urudofsky/R ... ainingAids#
Ship Models Go to War:
http://picasaweb.google.com/urudofsky/ShipModelsGoToWar#

Framburg Catalogs – in the early post-WW2 years some models were sold in PX’s and elsewhere as mementos and toys.
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B9Q ... YTcx&hl=en http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B9Q ... MWRl&hl=en

[RF]

Nice pics.