HMS Eskimo Destroyer 1941 1:350

Nicely done.

Very nice.

Good job except that I am puzzled by the huge ensign flying at the jack staff. Where did the did that idea come from?

Thanks for all kind comments! I really appreciate them!

subfixer, I think you mean the flag at the head of the ship. I look up the instruction sheets, in the color painting guide, the flag is there.

So? The instructions were written by someone who obviously doesn't have a clue about where, when or what flags are supposed to be flown. Ship's flags aren't decorations like you see on a yacht, they have purposes.

subfixer

Good job except that I am puzzled by the huge ensign flying at the jack staff. Where did the did that idea come from?

subfixer

Good job except that I am puzzled by the huge ensign flying at the jack staff. Where did the did that idea come from?

Funny but there's pictures of that set up on RN ships, and in particular on tribal class DDs. I've researched it high and low and don't have a real answer. There's some amount of an old tradition that a rigged warship shipped her stern ensign to clear the mizzen boom, and raised it on a staff in the bowsprit trees as a sort of "cleared for action" look.

On the other hand ships normally stored the jack staff when cleared for action to prevent the front turret from destroying it.

I think it's a parade set up, and leave it to the Brits.