Hi All,

Hi All,

Those of us who build dioramas strive for as much accuracy as possible. To do this on the diorama I built I had to do a lot of channel surfing and collecting a lot of photos along with digging out the few photos I had. In my surfing I was able to make some contacts of those who had some information on the subject I was building. Following is what I used to create my diorama.

This is a drawing from Chance Vought Aircraft that I used to build the missile.


Scratch building the launcher was the most challenging item and this is one of the photos that helped me do it. The location is Kuai, Hawaii where the Regulus program ended.


The next four photos are also from Hawaii and helped with the launcher and the fuel bowser.






As I have posted before this is the final product but the site is Virginia.


It is no wonder it took nine months to complete this project. Thanks to all of those that made this diorama possible

Richard :-)

Richard

First let me say what a cool diorama. A great job on the scratchbuilding. I do have a question about the Regulus program. How much of this program had its birth with Hitler's V1 and V2 programs ? Or was this something that was devloped separately ?

Harry

Thanks Harry,

You are correct. The Regulus program followed the Loon program. The captured German V-1 had guidance equipment installed and became the Loon. Two submarines, the USS Cusk and the USS Carbinaro were both converted to carry and guide the Loon. When the Navy accepted the Regulus both submarines had the Loon equipment removed and became Regulus guidance submarines. The USS Tunny and USS Barbaro carried the Regulus missile and worked with the two other boats to develope a long range control capability for the missile. Thus, the Loon is the first of what we now call a cruise missile. The Regulus was the first tactical missile with nuclear warhead capability and was the Cold War nuclear deterent in the Pacific during the 50s and 60s.

Richard