My first British 1:6000 ships

[gazman]

Pretty poor photos (bleached out by bright sunshine), but here's the start of my British fleet.

I've got a load of N class destroyers and Malaya class that are not in the pics and a lot more on order, especially the MM 1:1200 planes!

I love the idea of the tiny ships meaning I can run quite complex and varied fleets including subs and aircraft.

regards

 

[vitalis6969]

Nicely done, and nice paintwork too for that scale. Its a pain to paint such small ships... :roll:

 

[captainsmirk]

Very nice, although I have to ask, is there a reason that the Destroyer is marked with a Union Jack and all the others with White Ensigns?


Nick

 

[gazman]

It's really fast and easy to paint these ships. you need to be quite severe with highlights and I think camo schemes will be lost on such tiny surfaces.

The destroyers were done first, before I thought about what SHOULD be on the marking!
I put a union jack on and then thought that doesn't look right...
I will repaint them soon, but I've got more planes to do first.

 

[gazman]

can anyone recommend a nice surface for playing with the small ships on??
I like the idea of the terrain mats, but I think they be too rough for the small scale. Can't wait for the rules to come out on land batteries - I'll be building a section of coast line.

 

[juggler69uk]

Have a look at this page and see if its what your after

http://www.hotzmats.com/

they do with and without hexes and also do custom sprayed mats

You could also try linoleum

Or the good old painted board

 

[gazman]

Cor, hotmatz are rather nice and pretty cheap with the Dollar rate at the moment....
I'm quite tempted....

Thanks

 

[captainsmirk]

The destroyers were done first, before I thought about what SHOULD be on the marking!
I put a union jack on and then thought that doesn't look right...
I will repaint them soon, but I've got more planes to do first.

No problem, I just wondered why you had used both, had they all been Union Jacks I wouldn't probably have brought it up (even though the ensign is more appropriate).


Nick

 

[DM]

Very nice, although I have to ask, is there a reason that the Destroyer is marked with a Union Jack and all the others with White Ensigns?

Maybe its at anchor or alongside

 

[captainsmirk]

Maybe its at anchor or alongside

True but I think that its wake says otherwise...


Nick

 

[parthianshot]

Can I just ask - are you actually just 2 foot tall? How did you manage to paint such tiny ships?!!?? I think I would have gone blind/insane (delete as appropriate) painting anything that small. My 1/3000th scale haven't got a fraction of that detail on ...

 

[DM]

True but I think that its wake says otherwise...

Unless she's at anchor in a strong tide whilst performing a power trial