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Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Note to self: Bigger (1/1200) ships

Just found a useful link for 1/1200(ish) scale ships
[Still too big to wargame with]
http://www.alnavco.com/

Painting Guide for "Bismarck/Tirpitz" ships
http://www.bismarck-class.dk

On the same site some fantastic examples of Model Ships (1:700 HMS Royal Oak)
http://www.bismarck-class.dk/shipmodels/british_models/royaloakbaumann.html

List of all models
http://www.bismarck-class.dk/shipmodels/shipmodels_menu.html
Added to "Links of Interest" section too

3 comments:

  1. Geordie,

    We have very successful naval battles with 1:1200 WW2 ships, some over 30 years old! See
    a report at www.angelfire.com/games3/jacksongamer/Sea2.htm

    Jim

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  2. Hello Jim,

    Thanks for you comment and link
    The link is very good and looked an entertaining evening :)

    I am also very envious of your collection
    You have a few pieces (HMS QE in particular) I would like to have myself

    I guess it really is a visual scale thing with me

    1/1200 scale is a beautiful scale to model in
    The character of the playing pieces is excellent, however it is a matter of fitting them onto the playing space

    To be fair 1/3000 and 1/6000 are also large relative to most gamers tables
    :(

    To be fair I have the same issues with 20mm WW2 land versus 1/200 or 1/300

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  3. One of the challenges of the Naval game is to restrict the information to the players (see my post regarding PBEM)

    I guess I may be seeking here more of a simulation than game

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