 20thmaine  | 24 Jun 2014 3:34 a.m. PST |
Has anyone tried making the Airfix Golden Hind link into a waterline model ? Is it difficult ? Is it worth it ? Is it really 1/72nd figure compatible or does it look better with 15mm figures ? Again – thanks for any suggestions (well, nice ones anyway).  |
| Dave Jackson | 24 Jun 2014 5:50 a.m. PST |
Have a number of them and Heller kits for my Spanish Armada and Napoleonic project but haven't yet started anything. Here's some good info: TMP link note other TMP link contained in responses there. |
| 20thmaine | 24 Jun 2014 8:34 a.m. PST |
Thanks – good links (both of them !) |
| Vintage Wargaming | 24 Jun 2014 11:55 a.m. PST |
Definitely 1/72 compatible. from the crew figures supplied with the kit |
| 20thmaine | 24 Jun 2014 12:31 p.m. PST |
Excellent – just what I needed to know, as I don't have any 15mm figures for the period! Thanks ! |
| bong67 | 25 Jun 2014 10:42 a.m. PST |
Hi,
Although 1/72 is a bit small for 28mm figures does anyone think it might be usable with them? I'm thinking of doing an Elizabethan sea dog project and I'm looking for a suitable ship. It would really be more to use as an objective or a piece of background scenery.
All the best,
George. |
| Henry Martini | 25 Jun 2014 7:57 p.m. PST |
1/72 is actually 25mm, so it's not that much out of scale. As long as you don't plan to crew it with 28mm figures it should work fine as an accessory piece. |
| bong67 | 25 Jun 2014 11:45 p.m. PST |
Hi,
Thanks for the advice Henry, you've confirmed what I thought.
All the best,
George. |
| 20thmaine | 26 Jun 2014 2:54 a.m. PST |
I'd be using 1/72nd / 20mm figures (ironically mostly Revell Spaniards, with maybe some Airfix Robin Hood as crewmen). So that should have been ok – but my worry was that the old Airfix forts/castles look "ok" with 1/72nd / 20mm figures but look much better with 15mm figures. I think I'll be doing this. |
| jack c | 26 Jun 2014 5:53 a.m. PST |
hope this helps,
the figurs are 15mm 20mm and a 28mm GW model |
| bong67 | 26 Jun 2014 11:08 a.m. PST |
Hi,
That picture is great. I think Wargames Foundry sized figures on thin bases might look OK with the ship and I could pretend it represents a smaller ship. It would certainly work as a scenery piece.
All the best,
George. |
| Henry Martini | 26 Jun 2014 5:03 p.m. PST |
The old Airfix forts were more play-sets for kids than scale models, which is why their ramparts are sized just right for 15mm but under-scale for the plastics they were intended to complement. I have the foreign legion fort and it works perfectly with my Minifigs legionnaires. |
