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Sparker23 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 Reset23 Jul 2014 3:41 p.m. PST

Her sister, Rodney, was much prettier.

Sparker23 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 Supporting Member of TMP23 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.

MongooseMatt24 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 Cuirassier24 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 Supporting Member of TMP24 Jul 2014 2:08 p.m. PST

Or the Japanese "Treaty Cruisers".

HobbyGuy22 Sep 2014 5:13 p.m. PST

Those thick bases were always a turn off to me.

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