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Author: | Cuban Commissar [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:17 am ] |
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Well Tas and for anyone else follwoing my dreadnought thread here is the Fleet. I present you the Battlecruisers of Jutland 1916. |
Author: | Cuban Commissar [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:21 am ] |
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and the Germans |
Author: | Cuban Commissar [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:28 am ] |
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And for ease of viewing the detailed shots.. The Ships Well let me tell you something these are some pretty detailed ships. I had the hardest time getting the cranes on the German ships on. My bane here was the turrents I have spents hours bending turrets into the proper positions so they don't look like limp noddles. Just not proper for a 12" gun. Overall these are wonderful minis with incrdible details. Very little flash and nice cast. I'm just worried about the turrets, but that is the look I wanted. Your notice one ship is missing it's center funnel I have written GHQ to get the bit that did not come in the blister. The ships are bases on 1" x 4" bass wood with a metal base glued on top. The metal base is there more for weight than anything else. So now it's time to primer. I have found no pictures on the web of these ships painted outside the few example on GHQ's website. IF anyone know of any please let me know. enjoy! ![]() |
Author: | Tas [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:59 am ] |
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They look Great CC! I highly recommend the adoption of either metallic bases strips to stop them rolling (and thus protect the integrity of the funnels and superstructures) - please learn from my errors! There are some good pics on the web if you are after some generic Fleet colours. I have about 8 shades of grey for naval ship painting, and the decks are predominantly wooden. Great stuff! Congratulations again, Commodore! ![]() |
Author: | Warmaster Nice [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:42 am ] |
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Lovely stuff. I really feel tempted to try out some of these models. They look really cool. Cheers! ![]() |
Author: | Mojarn Piett [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:53 am ] |
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There's something in WWI naval which appeals to me. Probably the fact that the ships look "ded shooty". Modern ships may be more deadly with the missiles, sensors & stuff but compared to the good old battlewagons they don't look shooty enough and carriers are butt ugly to boot (sorry Tas ![]() |
Author: | Tas [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:38 pm ] |
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You are right Mojarn - carriers are butt ugly compared to the grace and sleek lines of a Destroyer or Frigate. The 100 or so planes are a touch nasty though.. And old style ship ARE shooty and DO have lots of uns. Because they needed them! I have used a single modern 5inch gun (127mm) to plant 6 HE projectiles within 10metres of a target 12 miles away in a 3 second period. Now THATS some seriously accurate firepower... ![]() |
Author: | Cuban Commissar [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:41 pm ] |
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Thanks guys, I'll see how they paint up. Tas I'll take you advice. |
Author: | Justiniel [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:02 pm ] |
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Just as a matter of interest, and as it fits in well here, I recently discovered that HMS Caroline (built 1914) is lying in Belfast, I've yet to visit her but intend to as soon as I'm able. More info Here |
Author: | Dwarf Supreme [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:51 pm ] |
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Speaking of WWI era ships that can be visited, the last existing WWI dreadnought is the USS Texas, moored near Houston, Texas. |
Author: | Tas [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:38 am ] |
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There is a WW1 Japanese Heavy Cruiser next to the US base in Yokosuka too |
Author: | vanvlak [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:44 am ] |
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And if I'm not mistaken, the Soviet cruiser Aurora still exists as well. ![]() |
Author: | Dwarf Supreme [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 4:21 pm ] | ||
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The IJN sure did have nice looking ships. It's kind of too bad we sank so many of them. |
Author: | Cuban Commissar [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:17 pm ] |
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But they live on in miniature... ![]() |
Author: | dafrca [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:32 pm ] | ||
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We could say that about a lot of historical stuff. ![]() dafrca |
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