A few WWII ships for the Pacific

[paulr]

    

[paulr]

Wakes done

Ships glued to bases

Should be varnished this evening, once glue is fully dry

Forecast for next 3 days is cloudy, rain, showers... not looking good for photography until Thursday    

[paulr]

Ships varnished last night

Given the large area of printed label compared to the small ships and my current spray varnish's propensity to fog on labels and flags I decided to use brush on varnish

This reminded me why I prefer spray varnish, a few quick sprays is so much easier than brushing it on
Holding them while getting to all areas and avoiding touching already varnished areas was also a challenge

I checked them this morning and found another reason to prefer spray varnish, coverage

Varnish touched up so the gloss wash doesn't show

[fred.]

Can you brush varnish the labels before spraying?

With the UK weather I've moved to brush on base coat and varnish for some months now. 

[paulr]

An interesting idea Fred, I might give it a try next time

[paulr]

The weather was sunnier than forecast, so a couple of picces of my extra ships



Allies – from top left to bottom right
Little APD-4 (converted to a fast transport by having the forward boilers and machinery removed to make more space for troops etc)
Paul Jones flagship of Destroyer Squadron 29 of the US Asiatic 'Fleet'
Portland Heavy Cruiser missed from my previous order

Destroyer Divisions 57 & 58
Whipple, Edsall, Alden, Parrott
I already have the other four destroyers of these Divisions

Destroyer Division 59
Pillsbury, Peary, Pope, John D Ford
All the US destroyers are old Clemson class four stack destroyers

Dutch Admiralen class Destroyers
Van Nes, Van Galen, Van Ghent, Evertsen
Van Galen returned to Holland from the Dutch East Indies on 8 May 1940, she was sunk on 10 May by German aircraft on route to bombard the Rotterdam airfield captured by the Germans



Japanese

Kamikaze class Destroyers
Yūnagi, Hatakaze, Harukaze, Asakaze

Fubuki class Destroyers
Ayanami, Amagiri, Uranami, Shirayuki

Mutsuki class Destroyers
Fumizuki, Uzuki, Yayoi, Mutsuki

2 Minekaze & 2 Mutsuki class Destroyers
Tachikaze, Shiokaze, Yūzuki, Mochizuki

Kagerō class Destroyers
Maikaze, Amatsukaze, Yukikaze, Hayashio
I had to recreate the bows of two of the four Kagerōs. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to identify the two with recreated bows

[Techno II]

Very, very nice, Paul !

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Looking good !

[fred.]

They look great Paul - good stuff. 

[Raider4]

Ships varnished last night 

Read this as 'vanished', and wondered if you were incorporating the Philadelphia Experiment into your game . . .

Your ships look excellent, btw. Always had a soft spot for ABDA, as a) it's self-contained, and b) a lost cause.

Would be different if Force Z arrived intact, esp. if it includes Indomitable.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Excellent work! Worth the wait.

[paulr]

Read this as 'vanished', and wondered if you were incorporating the Philadelphia Experiment into your game . . .

Your ships look excellent, btw. Always had a soft spot for ABDA, as a) it's self-contained, and b) a lost cause.

Would be different if Force Z arrived intact, esp. if it includes Indomitable.

I strongly suspect Pierre the Shy strongly agrees with your comment on Force Z as he's commanding the Allies in our Defending the Malay Barrier campaign  

[paulr]

I've just added the additional ships to my spreadsheet that keeps track of what I have     

WWII Naval 1/3,000

	Allied	Japanese	Total
Battleships	17	13	30
Carriers	14	9	23
Cruisers	36	25	61
Destroyers	82	57	139
Transports			43
Totals	149	104	296