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Sparker | 23 Jul 2014 3:05 p.m. PST |
Damn thats an ugly ship! The UK in its time honoured tradition of adhering to rules and treaties everyone else is ignoring! (Still going on today of course in the EU – the UK fishing fleet has all but disappeared, inspected and hassaled and harried by the Royal Navy, whilst the French and Spanish ones have actually gotten bigger, protected and defended by their respective navies.) Look like well sculpted and painted models though. Interesting concept 1/1800 scale, I wonder what the thinking was… |
Cosmic Reset | 23 Jul 2014 3:41 p.m. PST |
Her sister, Rodney, was much prettier. |
Sparker | 23 Jul 2014 4:07 p.m. PST |
Lol! I wonder if there are plans for WW1 miniatures in the same scale, with the WW1 naval battle cenntennials coming up? |
Dn Jackson | 23 Jul 2014 5:33 p.m. PST |
"Interesting concept 1/1800 scale, I wonder what the thinking was…" Same scale as Axis and Allies War at Sea miniatures. Those are now out of production so fleets can be built up by combining the two. |
MongooseMatt | 24 Jul 2014 2:16 a.m. PST |
>>>The UK in its time honoured tradition of adhering to rules and treaties everyone else is ignoring! Well, you say that… But everyone was trying to get round the spirit of the treaty while staying within the letter. The British (and the French) stacked more guns into their turrets, so they could have less turrets (and thus take up less tonnage). The Americans developed more efficient engines and adopted the all or nothing approach to armour. The Italians had perhaps the best approach – they just flat out lied about the tonnage of their ships :) >>>I wonder if there are plans for WW1 miniatures in the same scale Entirely possible, but not for a good while. We are going to fill out (complete) the WWII range first. >>>Interesting concept 1/1800 scale, I wonder what the thinking was… It makes for a good size to tell different ships of the same class apart, down to cruiser level. Also, the models have a great deal of 'presence'. You put the Nelson down on the table and your opponent will know a big battleship has arrived :) |
4th Cuirassier | 24 Jul 2014 7:34 a.m. PST |
The Italians had perhaps the best approach – they just flat out lied about the tonnage of their ships :) Although nothing beats the Germans claiming Graf Spee and her sisters were 10,000 tonnes when the heaviest of them was over 60% heavier…. |
Patrick Sexton | 24 Jul 2014 2:08 p.m. PST |
Or the Japanese "Treaty Cruisers". |
HobbyGuy | 22 Sep 2014 5:13 p.m. PST |
Those thick bases were always a turn off to me. |
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