What Scale?

[hyndridge]

What scale are people using when buying ships?

Roland

 

[Soulmage]

You are in the UK, so you will probably want to go with the 1/3000 scale ships from NavWar.

Here in the States we have more room and use 1:2400s from Panzerschiffe! LOL!!

 

[E Nicely]

Or GHQ if you want GOOD models. heh

 

[Celisasu]

Yeah, I'm going to be ordering Victory at Sea myself soon and I was looking to see what scale to go with. Since I'm in the US and everyone with a US listing is picking 1/2400 I'll probably go with that scale.

So if a US player faces off against a UK player what happens then?

 

[csaguisag]

I ordered a bunch of 1:3000 ships from warweb.com. Haven't received them yet, though.

I live in the US.

 

[MongooseMatt]

So if a US player faces off against a UK player what happens then?

You can pretend the UK fleet is very far away. . .

 

[katadder]

-1 to hit UK ships due to thinking they lon range when really they far closer than they look

 

[Lord David the Denied]

I can't be the only British person wanting to play with 1/2400 GHQ stuff... the NavWar models looked so basic, same goes for Panzerschiffe.

 

[DM]

There are some 1/2400 players in the UK, but in my experience 1/3000 is far and away more popular (and I suppose it helps that the major companies working in that scale are British too)

 

[Poi]

I'm going with Navwar, but I'd get GHQ if
a) I had the money, and
b) they had the range.

 

[Soulmage]

So if a US player faces off against a UK player what happens then?

The US player has all his target numbers reduced by 1 due to the large size of his ships. . . but all his weapons gain +1DD due to the larger sized shells!

A 1:2400 scale Iowa is a nearly unstoppable horror against a 1:3000 fleet! LOL!!

 

[Lord David the Denied]

I'm going with Navwar, but I'd get GHQ if
a) I had the money, and
b) they had the range.

You're obviously not used to GW prices. £8-£10 for a capital ship model, at that level of quality, isn't bad. You guys must be really tight-fisted or something...

 

[Poi]

I just love the idea of that price for my entire fleet from Navwar. Their fleet packs are £9.

 

[DM]

And they look fine when they are on the tabletop anyway - GHQ? Gold plating!

 

[Lord David the Denied]

Bah. You lot just don't appreciate gaming with fine miniatures. Phillestines, the lot of you. :wink:

 

[DM]

Yup, and proud of it

 

[Lord David the Denied]

Well, you are a southerner... :wink:

 

[hyndridge]

Anyone know what the Davco 1/3000th ships from Skytrex are like?

Roland

 

[DM]

They are fine. My 1/3000 collection is probably 60% Skytrex, 40% Navwar

Pretty much my entire WW1 collection and most of my moderns are Skytrex.

 

[hyndridge]

Thats good to hear as I am thinking of stocking them in my shop!

Roland