You can get the latest on the first of the new Victory at Sea releases on Planet Mongoose, with 3D pics of the ships involved in the Battle of the River Plate.
http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/
http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/
Battle of the River PLate Box Set Previewed
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AdmiralGrafSpee
Mongoose
Its going to be hard for me not to buy that!
-Tim
-Tim
I love this scenario.
Hoping to crank a game of this one this week...
As a New Zealander, the Leander class light cruisers are very cool and something I would like to have.
Scale seems so big tho!
I was hoping for a collection more at 1/3000 ( Family man...)
I hope mongoose do a Hood, Prince of Wales v Prince Eugen and Bismarck... that would be a nice box to have. ( Haven't seen a historical result yet!)
Hoping to crank a game of this one this week...
As a New Zealander, the Leander class light cruisers are very cool and something I would like to have.
Scale seems so big tho!
I was hoping for a collection more at 1/3000 ( Family man...)
I hope mongoose do a Hood, Prince of Wales v Prince Eugen and Bismarck... that would be a nice box to have. ( Haven't seen a historical result yet!)
Lord David the Denied
Mongoose
Am I the only one that can't see this preview? :? All I get is an article about Judge Dredd miniatures. The latest VaS article on there is about HMS Exeter.
Same here - individual models can be seen under Miniatures -> Victory at Sea on the main Mongoose site, but Planet Mongoose does not mention the box set. The Release Schedule lists the Battle of the River Plate Box Set for production in November, the Battle of the Denmark Strait Box Set for production in December, and two box sets for the Battle of Matapan in January.
We are just waiting for a painted Ajax to arrive, and then the River Plate set will be available (along with all the sister ships of the vessels involved). The Denmark Strait models are being prototyped right now, and we are expecting them back this week, along with all _their_ sister ships!
We are about two weeks behind where we wanted to be with this line, but we will catch up soon and, come the New Year, there should be a fairly decent range available!
We are about two weeks behind where we wanted to be with this line, but we will catch up soon and, come the New Year, there should be a fairly decent range available!
Misternizz
Mongoose
It's a niggling point, but it has already caused a wag to make snarky remark. The label under the GRAF SPEE is spelled Graf Spree in my box set. Just sayin'...
Visual proof: 01 June 2013 Novag Game Day Game
Visual proof: 01 June 2013 Novag Game Day Game
Misternizz
Mongoose
Okay, I got my River Platte box set assembled and primed last night. In general, I have a very high opinion of the miniatures. Bravo Zulu to Mongoose Publishing for a good effort on this. My only quibble is there are no instructions on how to assemble.. anywhere. Now you might think, so what, guns go in gun ports, what's the fuss? But I would have appreciated a blown up drawing to show me where the little masts and such are to be glued on on the model.
Misternizz said:
Already on the case - those labels were done by someone not so knowledgable about WWII naval. We received the Duke of York labelled simply 'York.' Had to explain York was a completely different ship
We have someone else manufacturing these ships now, so those little slips should disappear now.
Nice write-up, by the way!
Ecclesiastes
Mongoose
The new batch of ships I received had the correct spelling for the Graf Spee.
It's just a shame that the Leanders show the later tripod masts which they received as part of refits after the battle. If you want a Leander class cruiser accurate for the Battle of the River Plate, you'll need to buy two of HMS Leander itself. Since each of Graf Spee, HMS Exeter and HMS Leander are £7.99 while the battle set is £29.99, you would effectively pay £1.97 extra to get accurate ships.
