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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916  Posted: 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.
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:21 am |
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: 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!
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Tas
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: 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!
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: 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! 
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: 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  ).
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Tas
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: 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...
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: 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.
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: 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.
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: 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.
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Tas
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: 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
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: 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.
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 4:21 pm |
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| Quote (Tas @ 24 2005 June,02:38) | | There is a WW1 Japanese Heavy Cruiser next to the US base in Yokosuka too |
The IJN sure did have nice looking ships. It's kind of too bad we sank so many of them.
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:17 pm |
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But they live on in miniature...
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Post subject: BattlesCruisers - 1916 Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:32 pm |
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| Quote (Cuban Commissar @ 24 2005 June,09:17) | | But they live on in miniature... |
We could say that about a lot of historical stuff.
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