"Tumbling Dice 1/600 Lake Steamers" Topic

I've just updated my blog with pictures of my recently completed 1/600 WW1 lake steamer models from Tumbling Dice….

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David,

Very nicely done.

Jim

Are those steamer rules any good ?

Nice boats – I wasn't aware Tumbling Dice did 'em.

Not exactly on the lakes, being from the Cameroons campaign, but related:

Needless to say, the Germans, in spite of their unpreparedness, exhausted all their ingenuity to stop the work. The Dwarf engaged their special attention. For her benefit the constructed a kind of infernal machine made of steel gas cylinders with percussion fuses and attached them under the bows of a launch. One of these engines was sent against her on the night of the 15th, when she was barrage guardship. The attack was duly made and a loud explosion heard. In Duala they counted it a sure success, but in the morning, there was Dwarf, as usual.

from Naval Operations, Sir Julian Corbett, Volume I, page 283.

I think we can assume that C. S. Forester read this and remembered in when writing The African Queen.

I recently picked up the Tumbling Dice Steamer range. Very nice ships, the size difference between the TD Hedwig von Wissmann and North Head Wissman is interesting. Also, I only got two Mimis, so maybe they threw in an extra one just for you!