Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The Queen's Navy - 1/1200 Scratchbuilds


Here's some old ships that I built a while back. 1988, to be precise !  The construction is pure balsa, with wire for the guns & masts. Let me amend that, some of the ship's boats are metal castings, but I haven't the foggiest memory of where I got them.

Here's HMS Majestic and Caesar in their spiffy Victorian livery:



And a couple armored cruisers, HMS Diadem and Argonaut.




You'd think that with as much time I sunk into detailing these, I'd have gone to a little extra trouble to sand the wood smoother in spots. But such were my construction techniques at the time. 

What do these have to do with the new project ?  Being the wrong scale, they relate only indirectly.  But the naval element ca. 1900 certainly plays into it. More anon.
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10 comments:

  1. AlFrontOctober 15, 2013 at 9:57 AM

    Oh, very fine indeed. Lovely, in fact!

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  2. cturnitsaOctober 15, 2013 at 1:08 PM

    Those are really very nice models. Excellent job!

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  3. Peter DouglasOctober 15, 2013 at 1:21 PM

    Cpl Trim

    Nice looking ships and they've lasted well. As for your boats I got mine from extras thrown in with 1:1200 Napoleonic ships and yours look similar.

    Good to see you back on the grid - what's the new project you're talking about? The flats?

    Cheers
    PD

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  4. Corporal_TrimOctober 15, 2013 at 4:03 PM

    Thanks very much, gentlemen ! Project details to be posted shortly. ;-)

    Regards,
    Steve

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  5. BigRedBatOctober 15, 2013 at 4:09 PM

    Those are great. Did you game with them?

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  6. Corporal_TrimOctober 16, 2013 at 5:13 AM

    Thanks, Simon. Glad you like them. Sorry to say, they never saw action.

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  7. BigRedBatOctober 17, 2013 at 3:16 PM

    They would be just perfect with "Sea Battle Games", Steve, per your other post.

    Cheers, Simon

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  8. Bluebear JeffOctober 17, 2013 at 4:08 PM

    Somehow I missed this post . . . but now that I've seen it, "WOW", what lovely models. Very nice, sir.


    -- Jeff

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  9. David ManleyOctober 18, 2013 at 11:13 AM

    They are lovely. well done :)

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  10. Corporal_TrimOctober 18, 2013 at 4:31 PM

    Thanks very much, David. Glad you like them. I have a pair of 1/1800 Dantons nearing completion. What a stroke of genius, picking a pre-dread with 5 funnels and 10 turrets to assemble. ;-)

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