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Comet "Authenticast"
1:432 Aircraft Models,
Blow-ups of the top:
Comet Metal Products History
1945 Comet Metal Products AUTHENTICAST Catalog
1945 Comet Metal Products AUTHENTICAST Price List
AUTHENTICAST Ship Models.
AUTHENTICAST Miscellany.
1950s Fitted Case of Tanks
Atomic Cannon
Honest John
USS Northampton - CLC-1
South Salem Studios
Comet, AUTHENTICAST, South Salem, and Related Links
Comet Then and Now and Map.
The Greater World of Comet AUTHENTICAST - A
History.
Red, White, and Blue Boxes.
WWII Tank ID Box.
1:500 Ships Price List
Old AUTHENTICAST Photos.
1950s Fitted Case of Tanks,
1 - 50,
1950s Fitted Case of Tanks,
51 - 100,
1950s Fitted Case of Tanks
South Salem Studio's U. S. Ships Navy Case
Comet Authenticast HELP!
(19 Oct 07)
MORE ORDNANCE APOCRYPHA
RAILROAD GUNS.
ATOMIC CANNON.
SMALL ARMS.
CALIBER (Calibre).
Anzio Annie.
SMALL ARMS (moved from Page 2 on 13 Apr 00)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Russian Armor.
HELP!
Comet Metal Products Co., Inc.
AUTHENTICAST
South Salem Studio's U. S. Navy Ships Case

(photo cropped and enhanced from owner's picture - all rights reserved)

(owner's photos - all rights reserved)

which reads:
SPECIAL DEVICES DIVISION USN BUREAU of AERONAUTICS DEVICE SERIAL NUMBER NUMBER 5-A 193 U. S. MINIATURE SHIP MODELS CONTRACT NO. NO(s)-1846 MFRD. BY SOUTH SALEM STUDIOS SOUTH SALEM, N. Y.
The rest of the pictures:

(owner's photos - all rights reserved)
[Thumbnailed images - click on pictures for larger images]

I have arbitrarily labelled the compartments as follows:
A1 B1 C1 || D1 E1 F1 A2 B2 C2 || D2 E2 F2 A3 B3 C3 || D3 E3 F3 A4 B4 C4 || D4 E4 F4 A5 B5 C5 || D5 E5 F5 B6 || E6
A1 (S) - EVARTS (DG5) CLASS (US-DE)
(C) - ATLANTA USCLASS (CL)
A2 (C) - OMAHA CLASS - US-CL
(S) - SOMERS CLASS -(US-DD)
A3 (S) - NEW ORLEANS CLASS - (US-CA)
(C) - RAVEN CLASS - (US-AM)
A4 (S) - COLORADO - COLORADO CLASS (US-BB)
A5 (C) - DIXIE CLASS - (US-AD)
(S) - PENSACOLA CLASS (US-CA)
B1 (C) - YORKTOWN CLASS (US-CV)
B2 (C) - IOWA CLASS (US-BB)
B3 (S) - ESSEX CLASS (US-CV)
(C) - SARASOTA CLASS (US-CV)
B4 (C) - RANGER CLASS (US-CV)
B5 (S) - NEW MEXICO CLASS - (US-BB)
B6 (?) - ??? {to follow}
C1 (C) - CLEVELAND CLASS - (US-CL)
(C) - MAHAN CLASS - (US-DD)
C2 (S) - SANGAMON CLASS (US-CVE)
C3 (C) - CHICAGO CLASS - CA - NORTHAMPTON CLASS (CA)
(C) - PHOENIX CLASS -(US-CL)
C4 (S) - PORTER CLASS (US-DD)
(C) - INDEPENDENCE CLASS (US-CV)
C5 (C) - BOGUE CLASS (US-CV)
D1 (C) - Barnegat Class (US-AVP)
(S) - DD186 Class (US-DD)
D2 (C) - Curtiss Class (US-AA)
(C) - Farragut Class (US-DD)
D3 (C) - Sims Class (US-DD)
(C) - Benson Class (US-DD)
D4 (C) - Livermore Class (US-DD)
(C) - St Louis Class (US-CL)
D5 (C) - Fletcher Class (US-DD)
(S) - Portland Class (US-CA)
E1 (S) - Wichita Class (US-CA)
E2 (S) - NEW YORK Class (US-BB)
E3 (S) - Tennessee Class (US-BB)
E4 (C) - Buckley Class (US-DD)
(C) - Terror Class (US-CM)
E5 (C) - Gridley Class (US-DD)
(c) - Fulton Class (US-AS)
E6 (C) - Cimarron Class (US-AO)
F1 (S) - NEVADA CLASS - (US-BB)
F2 (C) - Baltimore Class -(US-CA)
F3 (C) - South Dakota Class (US-BB)
F4 (C) - North Carolina Class (US-BB)
F5 (S) - Pennsylvania (US-BB)
(19 Oct 07)
A gentleman bought a 1:1200 USS Alaska to be part of a memorial
to honor his grandfather, who served aboard her aboard her in WWII,
after going through boot camp in
Sampson, NY:
(19 Oct 07)

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