"Molniya new 1:2400 predreadnought ships" Topic

Hi all,
Molniya miniatures- molniyafigs.com is coming out with new batch of 15 ships in 1:2400 scale that are not made by other manufacturers. If there is an interest I will post here the names and prices.

Thanks for the link.
Those are very nice.

I saw them in person at Cold Wars and they are very nice!

Thanks for the kinds words! Should I post the list of new ships?

Yes.

Post the new ships

Yes again. I'm preparing an order.

Okly-Dokly!
1. Orlando class prot cruiser ( Aurora, Galatea, Australia, Immortalite, Narcissus, Undaunted)- $7.00 USD
2. US- Idaho/Missisippi class predreadnought-$8.00- also use as Greek Lemnos/Kilkis
3. GB- Formidable predreadnought (Implacable, Irresistible)- $8.00 USD
4. GB- Canopus predreadnought ( Goliath, Albion, Ocean, Glory, Vengeance)-$8.00
5. France- Brennus predreadnought- $8.00 USD
6. Japan- Kashima (Katori) Semidreadnought- $9.00 USD
7. Austro-Hungary- K&K Maria Teresia arm cruiser-$8.00
8. France- Jules Michelet arm cruiser- $9.00 USD
9. France- Iena predreadnought- $8.00 USD
10. Italy- predreadnought Regina Margherita (Benedetto Brin)- $9.00 USD
11. Russia- Rostislav predreadnought- $8.00 USD
12. France- Ernest Renan arm cruiser- $9.00 USD
13. Russia- Ekaterina predreadnought ( Chesma, Sinop, Georgiy Pobedonosetz)- $8.00 USD
14. Russia- 12 Apostolov predreadnought- $8.00 USD
15. Russia- 3 Svyatitelya predreadnought- $8.00 USD
French are just about done, so are Russians and Brits, there are a couple of Japanese I got to do soon, some Germans and then to some small nations!

Any chance you will consider extending the line to WW1/WW2?

Quite a few of the ships here and in Molniya catalog took part in WWI. I specifically do the ships now that nobody else does. Most prolific is Panzerschiffe, and although some may criticize quality, IMHO those are great ships and certainly I do not want to compete with the guy. What I really want to do are the ships that were never built- especially Russian dreadnoughts. There is a site for them with all the blueprints and data- very nice! That might be a nice project.
WWII-? I have not thought about it- yet. One step at a time!

Consider the US armored ram Katahdin. Completely useless and silly but they deployed her for the Span-Am war and she is unique.

Yes, Sir, but I might have trouble finding plans on her…

Hi Sergeis,

Looking forward to your Swedish/Greek/Turkish types.I plan to buy these in a fair quantity as we plan on having our
smaller powers fleets larger than they acctually were.
I hope you may consider the ships of the Dutch/Danish fleets
also.Count on my support on the smaller powers.

David

Hi David! Swedes are definitely in the works- I have Fylgia cruiser started, have some data on other ships. For Greeks now- only Lemnos/Kilkis – formerly US Idaho/Mississippi- sold in 1914 to Greece. But I think there is some data on other Greek vessels. Turks are very tough- I have only a couple of poor photos on Messudieh and Mejidieh. No plans whatsoever.
I think there will better luck with Danes/Dutch…

Sergeis,
For the Turks, try to find a copy of The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923 by Bernd Langensiepen and Ahmet Guleryuz. Lots of photos, also drawings/plans of many of the ships.

I wish the Greeks were so well provided for. The armored cruiser Georgios Averof has several Google listings. This one has photos and a plan/elevation: link

There is a plan/elevation for Spetsai on this Russian language website: commi.narod.ru/bmc/2mk/bs_1.htm

Best of luck--please keep us updated on how it goes!

Grelber

Georgios Averoff is an Italian built Piza class cruiser- available from Panzerschiffe. The ones are not available are Spetzai class ( Hydra, Psara) coast defence ships and cruiser Helle. Turks had 2 old German predreads- Woerth class- renamed of course. Their cruisers are not that readily available though..
Thanks for the info!