It is just a matter of finishing the started paint jobs. The Prince Eugen is almost completed, HMS Norfolk and HMS Suffolk next then those strange destroyers that look "close enough" to be A-H" class RN destroyers of the period. Note: They are are actually supposed to be Brazilian RN pattern destroyers sold by British shipyards on the export market. I cannot remember the manufacturer!
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Hi Geordie,
This should be fun and certainly you have the right scale for FP! The Airfix 'Sink the Bismarck' set is certainly great value and has spawned a whole heap of naval ideas.
I shall follow this one with interest!
All the best,
DC
Sounds good. What scale are the ships please?
If you want to really get extreme, you could have the Bismarck run into the US BB New York which was on patrol in the North Atlantic. Bismarck should win that battle easily unless damaged by a previous encounter.
Can't wait, Skipper!
The Airfix models are 1/600 scale. I have the same ships in 1/2400, but I really prefer 1/720 or 1/600, so I will probably turn what I have in and follow my heart (he said dramatically...)
Best regards,
Chris Johnson
Cheers gents this certainly stirred some interest.
Maybe it's that classic black and white film ;)
The models are in fact 1/1200 and far beyond what I would have thought my boyhood Airfix chums were capable of. In fact they stand the test of time exceedingly well as Mr Kipling said.
1/600 and 1/700 or 1/720 are even bigger projects to undertake! Not that I am saying they are impossible but just needs determination and an assembly hall to play Fletcher Pratt with!
CC the US scenario is an interesting twist
As it stood a poor lowly US Coastguard cutter nearly "copped it" from the RN Navy (HMS Norfolk, HMS Suffolk and The HMS Prince of Wales almost engaged her!)
As Churchill stated to FDR, "You find her and we will finish the job!"
The Airfix models are 1/1200?! I wasn't aware they ever came out with ships in that scale (I'm on the far side of the pond and all). I guess I will have to give eBay another look!
Thanks for the info.
Yes, Airfix made the set in Plastic and it provided nicely done models which were relatively easy to assemble. The figures actually began my "fleet" in 1/1200 ships which has been supplemented over the years by metal ships mainly from Alnavco. I actually played out an imaginary encounter which had been proposed by Admiral Lutjens of Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau breaking out and encountering elements of the Home Fleet. Quite a shoot out!
Hello Chris,
It is an "odd" scale for Airfix to do
It goes back a long way
Check out:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sink+the+bismarck+airfix&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwioq-6rqI7XAhWEnRoKHaaUA54QsAQIJw&biw=1584&bih=767
CC
I like the sound of that EPIC battle ;)
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