"1/2400 Viking Forge ASW" Topic

I finally got around to reviewing large parts of the range of ASW escorts Viking Forge makes available from the Seabattles line in a post called Hunting the Hunters.

Here's a sample of the art . . .

USCGC Campbell and Taney

Tallapoosa, Haida, and Algonquin

Gladiolus, Nasturtium, and Aubretia

Dianthus, and Aubretia

La Nantaise

HMS Aubretia

Lovely little Viking Forge offerings, all, witht he exception of Dianthus, which is included for comparison.

good info thanks.

Very nice work.

Lovely little Viking Forge offerings, all, with the exception of Dianthus, which is included for comparison.

Who makes Dianthus?

Are some of these Coast Guard assorted cutters packs?

Viking Forge has some very nice offerings in their newer releases.

Nice work!!!

^Jcfrong, Shagnasty, gorgrad,

Thank you. Indeed, VF does have some very nice miniatures these days.

^dragon6

Diantuhs is GHQ. I detailed this a little better in the blog post, but apparently failed to include that detail in the local TMP cliff's notes of same. The particular VF offering, their Gladiolus class seems to depict a rather early Flower (sensible, as she seems to have been the first blossom in the entire RN bouquet) while the GHQ casting looks more middling, say. I'm not sufficiently expert to be certain, but it's entirely conceivable that the two models, different as they are, are quite faithful depictions of one Flower or another. The variation in the class would no doubt fill a fairly nice volume. (Hey, Mal, are you listening? Care to write about Flowers? I'll buy a copy.)

I understand Mao's camouflage book will include all the escorts, sloops, corvettes, frigates,destroyers. Later books will do the capital ships.

I would swear the book came out a few months ago and immediately became out of print. There is a copy, used, with a June pub date. But the escort book should be back in print next month.

Thank you for the note on the Diantuh.

It is often hard to know what is in a Sea battles/Viking Forge pack as not all are pictured.

Would you mind listing the pack numbers to the various pictures?

I see the ship names at your blog. I think I can locate which packs are which from that.

CinC does a very nice Flower along with most of the various war emergency classes

This
link
Has many photos of the CinC models

I consult Odinart often when contemplating C in C . . . and the one or two times I've bought I went direct. I really ought to buy through his page, since he's kind enough to provide art. Next time I make a C in C purchase I'll plan that.

As to part numbers . . .

The Flowers are SB117A. The Treasuries are SB88. The USCGC "Party Pack" from which Algonquin, Haida, and Tallapoosa came (along with a 1970s Wind, an Owasco, and Northstar) is SB82. (Please be aware, the selection is apparently random. There are only so many cutters in the Seabattles range, so I'd guess you'll see some overlap with what I ordered, but I have no way to know for sure.) The French sloops were SB121B La Toulonnaise. I hope that helps.

Also: I cannot overemphasize just how dad blamed small these things are. Here's the portion of the USCG Party Pack I've painted along with a C in C Benham depicting USS Ellet and the Viking Forge 3406 "Trawler" from their generic WWI line.

And now with a ruler and a pen for scale . . .

I'm going to offer a confession here. There has been a lot of discussion and confusion over my Coast Guard Party Pack. To be perfectly honest, that was what I intended all along. The purpose of varying the content of the party pack was to challenge the community of ship collectors and enthusiasts.

Naval miniatures collectors are a very intelligent and detail-oriented lot. They attempt to recreate detail to the greatest extent possible and I salute them. I am a ship model collector myself and my love of ships started in the 3rd grade when I drew pictures of the Bismarck and Prince of Wales in class and was scolded by the teacher for doing so.

But I wanted to produce one pack of models where you did not know exactly what you might get and what the ships in the pack were so you would have to look up each model for yourself. That is why I called it "the party pack." Each pack has six different models chosen at random from nine or ten different possibilities, but that is the fun of that particular pack.

By the way, thank you for posting some great photos of some very nicely painted models.

Cheers, Loren

Thank you Loren.

Be assured, I enjoyed my hunt for the prototypes of these little ships. I learned quite a lot in the process. I was briefly frustrated when I thought I would be unable to solve the problem, as I am not the smartest card in the pack, but I found a cheat-sheet of sorts and got there.

They are, first and foremost, lovely models. I do try to emphasize that. (And if you find any of those photos even remotely usable you are welcome to use them. Credit is, of course, appreciated, but not absolutely required.) Best wishes and thank you.

Sincerely,
David