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The Showcase / Battle of the Coral Sea 1/2400
« on: June 25, 2013, 03:37:05 am »
Finished off the allied fleet for my Coral Sea project on another forum and made a start on the Japanese.
Geoff
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The Showcase / Battle of the River Plate 1/2400
« on: June 25, 2013, 03:33:59 am »
Finished a few things off over the last couple of weeks. First up the ships at the battle of the River Plate plus Graf Spee's tender, Altmark.
Geoff
Geoff
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The Showcase / Airshsips
« on: February 03, 2013, 04:48:31 pm »
Not ships or gaming pieces but thought I'd show the rest of my airships fleet.
First up my 1/200 Graf Zepplin. The figure is 1/72 to so scale.
1/200 Zeppelin NT. This one was is the Herpa pre-made
1/500 R-100
Graf Zeppelin II 1/720 Revell kit with a 1/700 NT and B-52
And Revell 1/720 Hindenburg at our local model show last year where it took highly commendable (4th) in small scale aircraft.
Geoff
First up my 1/200 Graf Zepplin. The figure is 1/72 to so scale.
1/200 Zeppelin NT. This one was is the Herpa pre-made
1/500 R-100
Graf Zeppelin II 1/720 Revell kit with a 1/700 NT and B-52
And Revell 1/720 Hindenburg at our local model show last year where it took highly commendable (4th) in small scale aircraft.
Geoff
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The Showcase / 1/2400 HMAS Canberra
« on: February 01, 2013, 01:35:43 am »
Recently took the opportunity to repaint my HMAS Canberra into the camouflage scheme she wore at Savo Island.
before
after
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before
after
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The Showcase / 1/76 Insect class gunboat
« on: December 25, 2012, 07:55:33 pm »
Britannia's Insect class finally finished. For our 20mm coastal naval games. I have managed to lose the shields for the 20mm's and the original lewis guns, but it'll do. Can't wait to try it out against my mates S-boats. Though I am known between my friends to have a bad case of new toy syndrome, ie anything new I have gets taken out in the first round, so most likely the first hit on this will be straight into the magazine. 
Geoff
Geoff
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The Showcase / New WW2 ships. Queen Mary Added
« on: December 13, 2012, 05:41:55 am »
Seems like forever since I got anything done, anyway finally cleared these semi completed ships off the work bench, actually the carriers still need their aircraft added. Forgot a coin so used a bottle cap for size comparison.
HM Ships Chiddingfold and Burdock. Burdock is in what I am told is south Atlantic camo
USS Belleau Wood
HMS Vanguard
IJN Ryujo
HMS Furious
And Furious with her earlier WW1 self which I finished a while ago.
Geoff
HM Ships Chiddingfold and Burdock. Burdock is in what I am told is south Atlantic camo
USS Belleau Wood
HMS Vanguard
IJN Ryujo
HMS Furious
And Furious with her earlier WW1 self which I finished a while ago.
Geoff
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Modeling Q&A / Pair of Islands
« on: August 09, 2012, 05:44:33 am »Very neat! I love the use of CDs as a base for the terrain; very good use of found materials. If you ever get the time, it would be great to see a DIY thread in the Q&A forum.
Started my next two islands of the 'CD archipelago'. There's not much to them. I usually plug the hole with scrap plastic or card. Then I form the island from DAS. though I have used plaster before as well. THis time I'm trying something different in that I'm not covering all the way to the edge and using the cd itself as the water's edge.
Here they are waiting for the DAS to dry.
Geoff
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The Showcase / Operation Archery. British WW2 ships
« on: June 27, 2012, 08:03:55 pm »
My newest WW2 ships completed all Panzerschiffe. Quite a few finished lately, but has been raining here for a week so not much else to do.
The 'Pink Lady" HMS Kenya and HM ships Offa, Onslow and Oribi for Operation Archery. HMS Chiddingfold is on the way and I have yet to order HMS Tuna, the two transports I'm thinking will need scratchbuilding.
Geoff
The 'Pink Lady" HMS Kenya and HM ships Offa, Onslow and Oribi for Operation Archery. HMS Chiddingfold is on the way and I have yet to order HMS Tuna, the two transports I'm thinking will need scratchbuilding.
Geoff
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The Showcase / Modern Merchantmen and destroyers
« on: June 27, 2012, 07:38:10 pm »
Some modern merchant vessels. Norway is GHQ, the others are Sea Wulf.
Modified a British Tamar model to a bulk carrier and fitted a sky sail.
Group shot with the Tamar from my Falklands project.
Will add the new destroyers here too.
2 type 45's from Sea Wulf
and a Udaloy class to finish off my soviet battle group.
Geoff
Modified a British Tamar model to a bulk carrier and fitted a sky sail.
Group shot with the Tamar from my Falklands project.
Will add the new destroyers here too.
2 type 45's from Sea Wulf
and a Udaloy class to finish off my soviet battle group.
Geoff
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The Showcase / Pacific war 1879 1/2400
« on: June 18, 2012, 06:12:21 am »
Painted these up a couple of months ago, though I have had the ships for some time. I was reading the scenario section of my copy of Iron and Fire and realised I had the ships for the two scenarios listed for this war, they just needed painting.
First up the Peruvian ships Huascar and Independencia (Tumbling Dice miniatures)
Next the Chilean ironclads Almirante Cochrane and Blanco Encalada (Tumbling Dice)
the Chilean corvette Esmeralda and the schooner Covadonga (Hallmark ships left over from my battle of Lissa project.)
Geoff
First up the Peruvian ships Huascar and Independencia (Tumbling Dice miniatures)
Next the Chilean ironclads Almirante Cochrane and Blanco Encalada (Tumbling Dice)
the Chilean corvette Esmeralda and the schooner Covadonga (Hallmark ships left over from my battle of Lissa project.)
Geoff
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The Showcase / Naval terrain
« on: June 15, 2012, 11:42:25 am »
the few islands I've made so far. I wanted something that actually blocked line of sight and that the ships would have to sail around.
Small sand island, base is a CD.
Small mountain island, again on a CD
And A large island with wireless station and light house.
Geoff
Small sand island, base is a CD.
Small mountain island, again on a CD
And A large island with wireless station and light house.
Geoff
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The Showcase / Battle of Lissa 1/2400
« on: June 15, 2012, 10:49:55 am »
Finished these last year as my year long project group build on another forum. All figurehead/Hallmark models. Still toying with the idea to one day add some form of rigging.
Both fleets
Italian fleet
Austrian
Geoff
Both fleets
Italian fleet
Austrian
Geoff
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The Showcase / Mixed space miniatures
« on: June 09, 2012, 02:54:52 am »
The few space gaming miniatures I have left, soon to be joined by some others I hope.
First some 'terrain' a couple of asteroids, a satellite and Earth. The large asteroid is a stone found at the beach and painted, Earth comes from a collectable magazine series, the satellite is the end of a 1/72 air to air missile and the small asteroid is a bit of clinker from an old steam loco depot found on my last track familiarisation trip. Still need a base for the large asteroid. Earth is a bit small, but I figured I'd never be able to paint it correctly. All I have done is add the clouds, is about 50mm in diameter.
My remaining two ships, need new bases for these as well. the Dwarf is the corgi model and the star destroyer comes from another collectable magazine. Dwarf is as she comes and the SD has been given a black wash.
Geoff
First some 'terrain' a couple of asteroids, a satellite and Earth. The large asteroid is a stone found at the beach and painted, Earth comes from a collectable magazine series, the satellite is the end of a 1/72 air to air missile and the small asteroid is a bit of clinker from an old steam loco depot found on my last track familiarisation trip. Still need a base for the large asteroid. Earth is a bit small, but I figured I'd never be able to paint it correctly. All I have done is add the clouds, is about 50mm in diameter.
My remaining two ships, need new bases for these as well. the Dwarf is the corgi model and the star destroyer comes from another collectable magazine. Dwarf is as she comes and the SD has been given a black wash.
Geoff
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The Shipyard / Falklands 1982 1/2400
« on: May 05, 2012, 03:15:03 am »
This will be a slow long term project often paused to allow other projects to proceed. It was not a planned project, I originally bought Hermes to make as the Indian carrier Viraat and General Belgrano was going to be the Chilean cruiser O'Higgins. All are Sea Wulf except Belgrano which is GHQ.
Thus far we have Hermes, Atlantic Conveyor, Bristol, Conqueror, Valiant and Courageous.
HMS Fearless.
And the Argentinean Drummond and General Belgrano.
Thus far we have Hermes, Atlantic Conveyor, Bristol, Conqueror, Valiant and Courageous.
HMS Fearless.
And the Argentinean Drummond and General Belgrano.
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The Shipyard / Battle of the Java Sea: Japanese cruisers addded
« on: May 05, 2012, 02:39:16 am »
Got the remaining allied ships needed for this battle undercoated today.
Have previously completed the Houston, Exeter, Perth, Electra, Encounter, Pope, John D Ford and Paul Jones. All GHQ except Exeter
Geoff
Have previously completed the Houston, Exeter, Perth, Electra, Encounter, Pope, John D Ford and Paul Jones. All GHQ except Exeter
Geoff
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