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| Fast surface action with Motor Torpedo Boats! |
Something similar to the mechanics of a 'War At Sea' without the cards. Eventually, we'll find something and by then we'll have some boats to play with!
At any rate, the sculpts were cool enough that I offered to paint them since I've never painted 1:600 scale torpedo boats before. These muthas are heavy, solid and nicely detailed.
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| Right outta the bag. |
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| There was minimal flash on a couple of boats but overall they're clean and ready to go! |
The following photos are courtesy of Mike since I did a quick turnaround and didn't have time to photo them in my studio. I must say that it didn't take me long to complete them plus they were so fun to paint. As I always say, some minis are sculpted so nicely that they actually paint themselves.
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| The Brits: a Fairmile D flanked by two Vospers. |
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| Foreground: Fairmile D; background: Vosper |
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| Fairmile D |
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| Kriegsmarine Schnellbootes aka 'S' Boats aka 'E' Boats to the Allies (the 'E' denoting 'enemy'). |
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| Schnellbootes Forground: Early War; background: Late War |
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| Late War S Boats |
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| The whole lot. |
Now we need some Merchant Marine tramp steamers for targets.
Why is it that our interests are so aligned, but thay we then live so frustratingly far apart?
ReplyDeleteThere are some Coastal Patrol rules in the new Too Fat Lardies summer special - 5 pounds for pdf download:
http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15&products_id=82&zenid=3efb64861dbfc0b5277e4599db02fd9f
Oh yes and a great a book for this is "Battle of the Narrow Seas" by Lt Cdr Peter Scott - cracking true life action during WW2!
ReplyDeleteThey look great.
ReplyDeleteNice looking models.
ReplyDeletethanx all!
ReplyDelete@paul: yes indeed. wish we were in the same country at least but there halibut. oz/nz is on my list for visiting so one of these days...
Great looking models. I will follow your journey with the MTB's with great interest.
ReplyDeleteI use David Manley's Schnellboote rules, simple and straightforward and available as download if you google them. Or try FlaklighterII from PT Dockyard.
ReplyDeletei'll check out them rules, volleyfire, thanx for the recommendation.
ReplyDeletebeccas, stay tuned n thanx.