USN Midway CV Task Forces 16 and 17, plus Cruiser Task Force 8

As seen from a Japanese reconnaissance plane, Task Force 17 - the surviving CV from the Battle of the Coral Sea, the USS Yorktown [CV5] (see below, joined by two cruisers [USS Astoria and USS Portland] and five .. no make that six destroyers [courtesy of the eagle eyed Bankinista]):

The "fighting crunch" of the fleet, Task Force 16 - the USS Enterprise [CV6] and USS Hornet [CV8] in a rather compressed formation to get them all into picture shot (see below, the CVs with six escorting cruisers [USS New Orleans, USS Minneapolis, USS Vincennes, USS Northampton, USS Pensacola and USS Atlanta(AA)] and nine destroyers): 

The final fighting batch is Task Force 8, another force of cruisers (see below, five cruisers [USS Nashville, USS Indianapolis, USS Louisville, USS St Louis and USS Honolulu] and a collection of five destroyers - arguably it could/should have been more, but 1-2-1 with a cruiser seemed a good compromise):

This should a bit of 1/3000 colour to the Pacific War that otherwise would be a counter game.

Corona Virus Project 2d Completed: The Missing USN Midway Cruisers (CA, LC, LC-AA)

Ahead of the planned painting order the CA, CL and CL-AAs of the USN were dispatched across the painting tray. A whim of the painter, no more, no less, In the "murky" late night hours, well past midnight, they [the outstanding USN cruisers of TF 8, TF 16 and TF 17] were finished - huzzah (see below, admittedly not all sailing in the same direction which s rather worrying given the tight formation they are in):

In the better light of day they can be seen sailing (all in the same direction this time) on the Pacific Ocean (see below, I do like the slightly shiny look and feel to the Satin Gloss that "suits" the water and has a slight retro feel to it):

I know they are begging for some close-ups .. watch this space! Next: Back to the schedule and Corona Virus Project 2c and the Midway/Coral Sea USN Destroyers is up on eh painting blocks.