1/3,000 cargo ships

[paulr]

Good thing I don't dry brush my ships then

The wash has worked its magic overnight

Bases labelled

[pierre the shy]

So now we have more than enough 1:3000 transports to run the GQ NEI Campaign sometime in 2020.......

[paulr]

Ships sorted onto bases

Four masts needed re-gluing, less than a 4% failure rate

With these additions I've only got 14 Tankers and 29 Cargo ships, is that enough

Definitely looking to do the GQ NEI Campaign sometime in 2020

[paulr]

Half the wakes done

[paulr]

Other half of the wakes done

First half of ships based

[paulr]

Second half of ships based

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

They should be painted "crab fat" ie grey, but I did my 1/3000 merchies as every shipping line working out of Liverpool in the 60's. You can name Liberties after friends and relations, they seem to have been named after people.

[paulr]

They're a variety of greys with some browns added for 'colour', hopefully I'll get some pictures after they have been varnished tomorrow

I've numbered them as they will see service for a range of what I suspect you would consider 'damn foreigners' as well as the UK

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Was it all the left or right wakes you did first?

[mollinary]

Was it all the left or right wakes you did first?

I reckon he did the wak s before he did the es s. That's  certainly the way round I would do it. Only a fule would do them by sides! 

[paulr]

 

[paulr]

All the ships have been varnished

I was going to photograph them this afternoon but there is a orange/yellow haze caused by the bush fires in Australia about 2,500km away
This has reduced the light available for photos and has a strange yellow cast

Apparently in some parts of the South Island visibility is down to 10km due to the haze, it should be an interesting sunset tonight



I hope every one in Australia is keeping as safe as possible, last I heard 3 had died

[Techno]

Good grief !!  

The BBC news has it at 7 deaths in recent days.

Just awful.

I think it's difficult for us in the British Isles to comprehend the distances and areas affected, as we live on a relatively tiny area of land.

I share your sentiments, Paul.

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

The distance from Sydney to Wellington (NZ) is similar to London to Kiev

The smoke shown above is crossing about 700km of the New South Wales and Victoria coasts, think Dover to Edinburgh

Around 100 fires are burning across just New South Wales, with up to half as yet uncontained

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Horrible situation, hooe no one on here is too badly efdected.
I've friends in Sydney who so far have avoided the fires, but the resulting air quality issues are starting to bite.
Hopefully it will bring the Australian government into a more climate friendly stance.
Enough politics.

[paulr]

I notice that GrumpyOldMan was last active Yesterday at 11:18:40 PM which I take as a good sign

There look to be a couple of fires about 20km from his town but both are under control

The NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE Fire Near Me page makes for worrying reading https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fires-near-me

[paulr]

It doesn't look like I'll get to take any pictures of the ships today

Cloudy and hazy, the sun is an angry red ball two hours after sunrise

[paulr]

After a couple of games of Bigjackmac's air rules the weather briefly improved enough for pictures

The air rules worked really well
I flew Ki-43 Oscar fighters against Hurricanes and then Hurricanes against A6M2 Zeros and all three types different capabilitieswere  elegantly represented by the simple rules
I'll let Pierre the Shy fill you in on the details

[paulr]

A convoy of 33 new cargo ships



12 Tankers



16 of the Cargo ships



the remaining 9 Cargo ships

[Techno]

Those look splendid, Paul. 

Cheers - Phil