What minis are you going to use?
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Chernobyl said:
OK then, Illinois. Thanks. Get this though- I use to be able to rattle off the entire USN battleship inventory for all time, starting with hull BB-1 through BB-71, even so far as what the lead ship in each class was and the sisters with all of their armament. What a way to waste time, eh? But that was over 25 years ago heh, and I would have nailed the positions filled by BB-66 and BB-71 :wink: .
knuckles said:Very good Bus, most of it as per the link although can I pick you up on LOA is listed as 887 feet not 888 feet, better luck next time.
OK, I'm going to peek now at the link. FYI there are many references that attribute them with 888' as much as some saying 887'. It must be the difference when in warm tropical waters or cold arctic waters, lol.
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BuShips said:knuckles said:Very good Bus, most of it as per the link although can I pick you up on LOA is listed as 887 feet not 888 feet, better luck next time.
OK, I'm going to peek now at the link. FYI there are many references that attribute them with 888' as much as some saying 887'. It must be the difference when in warm tropical waters or cold arctic waters, lol.
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Wulf Corbett
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While I've never seen these particular ones, I have collected a lot of these Japanese collectable box sets, and generally they are excellent little models very well painted (much better than WizKids will ever achieve!). However, they are to a constant scale (there's another collection on Hobby Link Japan with all the ships together on a table), I'd bet against waterline (they're too simple, usually), and of limited availability (the other set are discontinued already). They're also usually a fairly soft plastic, but that's not a problem, and require minimal assembly (not a problem except touching up the paint where you have to seperate parts from the sprue).VonTed said:
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VonTed said:Has anyone seen these in real life before? The Furuta Warship Collection. They look good, but I am wondering if they relly are, and if they are only for static display... or if you can make them waterline models.
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If the photo was taken of them the size they all appear to be, they are not to a consistant scale, and would probably not make good use for miniature gaming. On the small end of the scale is the sub, with the modern US "nuke" carrier on the large end. Both of these appear to have had their scale changed to be about the same overall size as the rest. On the plus side, the Bismarck, KGV and Rodney look about right.
-edited to clean up my too-quick typing errors
DM said:Hopefully the two "York" Class cruisers are actually different models (there were some noticeable differences between Yoirk and Exeter)
(I actually own two Exeters, one in "River Plate" scheme, the other in a "Java Sea" scheme, and two Bismarcks for similar reasons)
Unfortunately no, the model is sold as either one or the other. You get a slip of paper, telling you about both ships. I've ordered the George V class, which can be either the George or the PoW
Here some more GHQ mini's I got delivered this morning
Painted mini-'York Class' HMS Exeter
Top Unpainted trio-'J' Class Destroyers
Middle right- 'U' Class Submarines
Bottom trio-'Tribal' Class Destroyers
To give you some idea of scale, the subs, are on 3cm x 1cm bases. Any finer scales, and you might as well use flash
Painted mini-'York Class' HMS Exeter
Top Unpainted trio-'J' Class Destroyers
Middle right- 'U' Class Submarines
Bottom trio-'Tribal' Class Destroyers
To give you some idea of scale, the subs, are on 3cm x 1cm bases. Any finer scales, and you might as well use flash
Reaverman said:Here some more GHQ mini's I got delivered this morning
Painted mini-'York Class' HMS Exeter
Top Unpainted trio-'J' Class Destroyers
Middle right- 'U' Class Submarines
Bottom trio-'Tribal' Class Destroyers
To give you some idea of scale, the subs, are on 3cm x 1cm bases. Any finer scales, and you might as well use flash
What exactly are you using as your bases?
Locutus9956
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I dont actually base mine at all, after all theyre nice and flat bottomed already and you measure from a point so I figured, why bother?
(I intend to make a nice sea table sometime anyway)
(I intend to make a nice sea table sometime anyway
)Locutus9956 said:I dont actually base mine at all, after all theyre nice and flat bottomed already and you measure from a point so I figured, why bother?
(I intend to make a nice sea table sometime anyway
True and it is not all that necesary for larger ships like battleships or carriers. But for smaller ones a strong breeze in the form of a rulebook droping down on the surface or so and over they go. And its easier to move them about. Also it gives you space to write names etc.. and it can look really good as above.
