"Okay, I'm sold on 1/1800 miniatures" Topic
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| Bozkashi Jones | 04 Jul 2021 11:38 a.m. PST |
I posted a few days ago about some new 1/1800 miniatures I bought from Blitzkrieg Miniatures. I primed them yesterday and got the base camouflage on, so after work today I decided to finish them off. I will say they were an absolute joy to paint. My first two completed models are J/K/N class Royal Navy destroyers for various actions in the North Sea and the Channel. At around 2.5 inches long these seem perfect for small DD/CL actions. I'm trying out some different sea base techniques with the clear acrylic ones which come with the models:
From the starboard bow:
And the port quarter:
Finally a comparison with one of my old 1/3000 Navwar sculpts of the same class:
I'm not sure if I'll use this scale for battleship/battlecruiser actions (though I will give it a go), but for smaller ships these have the visual appeal I've been looking for. Nick |
| paul liddle | 04 Jul 2021 2:02 p.m. PST |
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| gamershs | 04 Jul 2021 3:59 p.m. PST |
Great look but I started with 1/1200 and later went to 1/2400 scale ships. Will not start a new scale and buy the same ships for a third time. Did go into 1/300 scale for my tactical ships though and the PTs and S boats look great. They also fit in well with my 1/300 scale landing craft that I already have. |
| Thresher01 | 04 Jul 2021 9:58 p.m. PST |
Those do look very nice. Thanks for sharing your pics. |
| Bozkashi Jones | 07 Jul 2021 12:55 p.m. PST |
Cheers for the comments guys, I've painted up a trio of Kriegsmarine Type 1936A destroyers now too, so hopefully they'll be in action soon. Nick |
hindsTMP  | 07 Jul 2021 3:04 p.m. PST |
Very nice looking models. :-) (However I hate 1/1800 scale, which deviates from perfectly good pre-existing scales, merely as a marketing ploy). |
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