"Trafalgar 1:1" Topic
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| noigrim | 12 Jan 2017 5:40 p.m. PST |
The famous battle gamed with 1/900 ships of the line link |
| Rudysnelson | 12 Jan 2017 6:27 p.m. PST |
I thought all naval gaming whether age of sail or later was on a 1:1 scale? |
| Temporary like Achilles | 12 Jan 2017 6:30 p.m. PST |
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| John Armatys | 12 Jan 2017 6:37 p.m. PST |
You can scale things down, so for example in a WW1 game a battleship can represent several ships and a destroyer model can represent a squadron… I've done a mini Jutland game where the British Grand Fleet has:
Jellicoe – 3 dreadnoughts, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer.
Beatty – 1 battle cruiser, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers. And the German High Seas Fleet has:
Scheer – 2 dreadnoughts, 1 pre-dreadnought, 1 destroyer. Hipper – 1 battle cruiser, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer. The whole battle takes less than an hour using a variant of Neil Thomas' One Hour Wargames. |
| whitejamest | 12 Jan 2017 8:47 p.m. PST |
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| noigrim | 13 Jan 2017 12:02 a.m. PST |
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| MacrossMartin | 13 Jan 2017 6:06 a.m. PST |
Well done! There's few people who have a collection of sail large enough to game this classic encounter. It certainly makes for a grand sight, although a larger table for the sake of more room to swing the tiller would be a bonus. Still, that doesn't detract from your achievement at all. Fleets you can be justly proud of. :) I've also been dabbling with making some card 1/900th's… but rather than shanghai your thread, I'll start my own… once the collection begins to approach your applaudable efforts! |
| olicana | 13 Jan 2017 6:35 a.m. PST |
It's a lot easier with 1:2400 ships
But I admire the spirit |
| SBminisguy | 13 Jan 2017 8:03 a.m. PST |
Looks like a fantastic game and I love the details on the models -- wouldn't have thought paper kits would looks so nice! But for a second there I thought you meant, you know, 1:1!…
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| inverugie | 13 Jan 2017 9:32 a.m. PST |
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| noigrim | 13 Jan 2017 1:25 p.m. PST |
Best luck Macrossmartin! Yep, my father complained about lack of space and I had some trouble turning the combined vanguard |
| MacrossMartin | 14 Jan 2017 4:36 a.m. PST |
"and I had some trouble turning the combined vanguard" - so did Villeneuve. :D |
| noigrim | 14 Jan 2017 8:08 a.m. PST |
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