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1/700 IJN carrier deck decals	2	18 Aug 2023 2:15 p.m. PST
WW1 ship "values" by classes	21	22 Apr 2023 10:35 a.m. PST
British naval order of battle August 1914?	11	04 Apr 2023 7:21 a.m. PST
USN Navy Blue and Deck Blue in acrylic paints?	7	12 Mar 2023 12:24 p.m. PST
IJN Deck Paint Recommendations?	6	08 Feb 2023 1:46 p.m. PST
Protecting Plastic and Metal Ship Models	8	09 Nov 2022 12:22 p.m. PST
Balkan Wars ship colours	7	21 May 2022 8:34 a.m. PST
Which wash do i use on WW2 model ships?	10	22 Jan 2022 6:40 a.m. PST
Coat d'arms Colors for Kriegsmarine?	3	16 Oct 2021 1:06 p.m. PST
WW2 East coast trawlers	6	27 Jun 2021 11:18 a.m. PST
East Coast Merchant/Coalier Colors Question	4	25 Jun 2021 7:02 p.m. PST
Any books on IJN ship camouflage?	6	22 Jun 2021 9:30 a.m. PST
Vallejo WWII naval and aircraft color equivalency tables	8	11 Jun 2021 6:28 p.m. PST
Painting Vessels for Tanganyika	3	14 Nov 2020 4:55 a.m. PST
Spanish American War - building the navy	2	26 Sep 2020 10:29 a.m. PST
Spanish American War 1/2400 ships - basing?	14	07 Aug 2020 12:23 p.m. PST
Looking for a 1/350 Battleship model	7	26 May 2020 10:24 a.m. PST
WW2 IJN paint	2	10 May 2020 9:48 a.m. PST
Resources for USN Camo Measures by Year	4	29 Jan 2020 10:47 p.m. PST
Seeking advice for 1/700 gaming models	7	14 Jan 2020 6:50 a.m. PST
British/ Italian colours,	6	18 Dec 2019 7:44 p.m. PST
Vallejo Colors for IJN	6	06 Dec 2019 6:50 p.m. PST
Deck colours in 1/6000 scale	5	12 Nov 2019 3:21 a.m. PST
flight deck decals	2	05 Nov 2019 7:29 p.m. PST
New Blog + WW1 German Fleet and 1/1200 Napoleonic ships	7	31 Aug 2019 11:53 p.m. PST
1914 Mediterranean Colors	6	27 Aug 2019 10:30 a.m. PST
Cruel Seas . M-35 Minesweeper camo .	6	18 Jun 2019 8:36 p.m. PST
RN in the Med?	8	05 Jun 2019 9:16 a.m. PST
splinter camo on Romanian ships	4	09 May 2019 6:20 p.m. PST
Most Helpful TMP Member on the WWII Boards?	44	07 Apr 2019 8:19 a.m. PST
WW2 British Painting Help Needed	4	18 Feb 2019 3:13 a.m. PST
Excellent source for Soviet shallow water boats and ships	3	14 Feb 2019 9:46 a.m. PST
507C and G45 - Are they the same	6	31 Jan 2019 6:13 p.m. PST
Vosper MTB Colour Advice Please	6	16 Jan 2019 7:19 a.m. PST
Carrier Battles 4 Desktop - WW2 Naval Wargame - 2 days left	3	05 Dec 2018 5:45 p.m. PST
WW2 USN Carrier deck color?	9	05 Dec 2018 3:39 p.m. PST
Cruel seas ship painting tutorial on y-tube	5	29 Nov 2018 6:32 a.m. PST
Best source for RN coastal boat paint schemes	9	26 Nov 2018 10:29 a.m. PST
German Cargo ships	3	16 Nov 2018 1:55 p.m. PST
50 cal machine gun ammo boxes colour?	17	09 Nov 2018 10:59 a.m. PST
Japanese transport colours.	4	18 Oct 2018 7:56 a.m. PST
Stripping gloss enamel	10	14 Aug 2018 2:20 p.m. PST
Trying to contact Blackhorse MP	2	09 Aug 2018 12:02 p.m. PST
what was measure 27 camouflage	2	19 Jul 2018 4:39 p.m. PST
german armed trawler (kriegfischkutter) colors	3	13 Jul 2018 5:01 p.m. PST
Most Helpful Member for WWII? Tango01!	39	11 Jul 2018 9:15 a.m. PST
1/3000 Carrier deck decals. Who makes 'em?	6	05 Apr 2018 11:06 a.m. PST
50 shades of (battleship) grey?	8	11 Feb 2018 9:16 a.m. PST
A rather Dazzling article.	5	01 Feb 2018 3:06 a.m. PST
Federal Standard colors for WWII Royal Navy?	3	01 Jan 2018 12:32 p.m. PST
Painting tips for WW2 LCVP	9	18 Oct 2017 10:19 p.m. PST
IJN superstructure protection, padding, "Mantelets"??	8	18 Apr 2017 5:13 p.m. PST
IJN superstructure protection, padding, "Mantelets"	1	17 Apr 2017 8:39 a.m. PST
Suggestions for basic painting of WWI ships	12	06 Jan 2017 6:18 a.m. PST
1/2400 GHQ Deck Decals Available Once Again	5	30 Dec 2016 9:12 a.m. PST
1/3000 base sizes	13	27 Dec 2016 9:12 a.m. PST
15mm World War II	24	21 Dec 2016 12:23 p.m. PST
IDing ships	5	07 Nov 2016 3:49 p.m. PST
1943/44 Dog boat colors	5	09 Oct 2016 6:06 p.m. PST
IJN Hiryu 1/1800 Shapeways	8	20 Sep 2016 5:06 p.m. PST
Need help- Stripping bad primer off resin?	11	04 Sep 2016 6:13 a.m. PST
question vosper mtb colors	6	31 Aug 2016 10:30 p.m. PST
Merchant vessels around the world	5	31 Aug 2016 2:25 p.m. PST
Marking Flight Decks?	7	26 Jul 2016 6:40 a.m. PST
My scratchbuilt 1/2400 M-class monitors	9	18 Jul 2016 1:33 p.m. PST
Painting the sea: 1/2000 HMS Formidable as example	9	17 Jul 2016 5:07 a.m. PST
1/6000 Pacific War	4	05 Jun 2016 12:54 p.m. PST
Dobroflot	3	26 May 2016 10:02 a.m. PST
Project Jutland - Rule Britannia !	4	12 May 2016 1:44 p.m. PST
Project Jutland - WTJ and The Grand Fleet Review	3	03 May 2016 1:50 p.m. PST
Project Jutland - Dreadnought Wonderland	18	21 Apr 2016 7:28 a.m. PST
RN working dress WWII	6	11 Apr 2016 6:48 a.m. PST
1/3000 WW2 1941 German Baltenflotte	4	02 Apr 2016 12:17 p.m. PST
WW1 French Foreign Legion Uniform Color	4	05 Feb 2016 5:40 p.m. PST
WW2 Russian Sailors Uniforms	8	23 Jan 2016 5:17 p.m. PST
WW1 1/2400 Naval - WTJ Light Cruisers	22	22 Jan 2016 11:06 a.m. PST
German tank camo	13	21 Nov 2015 10:49 a.m. PST
WWII allied green armour tutorial	3	05 Nov 2015 9:44 a.m. PST
Best 1/1250 Painting Service	8	19 Oct 2015 3:12 p.m. PST
What to focus on? WWI or the American Revolution	35	22 Sep 2015 9:17 a.m. PST
Proposed Naval Reforms for The Miniatures Page	37	27 Aug 2015 2:39 p.m. PST
Japanese WWII landing craft, colour please?	8	03 Aug 2015 9:07 a.m. PST
UK WWII Warship Turret Markings	7	16 Jul 2015 10:07 a.m. PST
Cutting Acrylic	6	12 Jul 2015 3:48 p.m. PST
Strange dazzle camoflage	13	23 Jun 2015 7:15 p.m. PST
New Name for mini Painting Blog???	20	23 May 2015 4:50 a.m. PST
Vallejo equivalent to IJN Sasebo Arsenal Gray?	7	04 May 2015 8:11 a.m. PST
Shapeways Model Painting Question	11	28 Apr 2015 6:51 p.m. PST
Board Renamed & Expanded	3	21 Apr 2015 5:12 p.m. PST
What do y'all use to cut/thin Future floor polish?	40	07 Apr 2015 10:53 a.m. PST
Colour schemes for Coral Sea and Guadalcanal	7	03 Apr 2015 3:24 p.m. PST
Floquil / Polly-S WWII Naval Colors?	21	21 Mar 2015 11:43 a.m. PST
Soviet BK-1125 Bronekater - how to paint it?	3	25 Feb 2015 6:55 p.m. PST
Man Battlestations announced their 3rd annual painting	1	16 Feb 2015 3:59 p.m. PST
Colors for Kriegsmarine and Royal Navy	1	03 Feb 2015 11:19 a.m. PST
Tribal variations	7	27 Jan 2015 12:09 p.m. PST
royal navy isle class armed trawler paint scheme	3	30 Dec 2014 7:43 a.m. PST
1/2400 WW1 and WW2 ships painting service	5	20 Nov 2014 8:30 p.m. PST
ship painting other than cammo...	12	20 Nov 2014 5:01 p.m. PST
Camo reference for British and Commonwealth ships	6	28 Oct 2014 11:17 a.m. PST