Gents,
Not sure how many of you have read the somewhat underwhelming 2020 published Osprey booklet Java Sea 1942, but in it are several paintings of ships (Haguro, De Ruyter and Exeter to be exact) during the Battle of Java Sea, which are displayed double page in the booklet. Now while the artist (Jim Laurier) is a very good artist, whomever commissioned the paintings obviously didnt do their due diligent historical homework shall we say. So, I have been 'working' with the artist of late to correct said errors, which does no good for the book, but does so for anyone wanting to buy prints of his artwork, i.e. in this case me.
Easy to fix was a beautiful one of Haguro (and a partly hidden Nachi), as all that was needed for that one was to flip the image horizontally so Haguro was heading to the west when firing torps (to port) at the Allied battle line, not east as it shows in the book (and firing them to starboard!). De Ruyter takes a bit more work, so corrections are still 'in progress', while the Exeter painting's error is minor enough that most people would not even know what it is, so it is not really in need of 'fixing' so to speak.
Anyway, below are the ones of Haguro firing at the Allied battle and Exeter on the receiving end circa same time frame as it were. I will post the De Ruyter one as soon a Jim is done with the corrections on it. (Should anyone want to buy a print, please just contact the artist directly; I have no part in, nor profit from, any sale.)
Enjoy.
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