A few WWII ships for the Pacific

[Ithoriel]

Had similar while trying to wrap up my Dad's estate recently.

Had to be a fax or else come to the local office and hand in a hard copy. Absolutely no emailing allowed.

Contacted the local office to see when I could come and hand it in.

Due to the covid outbreak please email it in rather than coming in person.

Doh! Left hands, right hands, amirite?

[Westmarcher]

Some great thread derailment going on ....   

[fred.]

There are email to fax (and fax to email) services available - not sure if they can be used on an ad hoc basis.

Considering most fax machines these days are scanners - I really can't see what the difference is between the 'fax' scanning and sending it as a fax, and the 'fax' scanning it and you attaching it to an email to send. Legacy processes.

[John Cook]

Pierre the Shy managed to locate a working fax machine and sent an order off to Navwar

Navwar appear to be stuck in the 1970s.  They have a website but don't have a facility for on-line orders and only accept orders by mail or fax.  Mind you, their system, such as it is, works.  I have more than fifty of their Elizabethan 1:1200 ships and their service is exemplary.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Well he is in his 90's

[Raider4]

Navwar appear to be stuck in the 1970s.  They have a website but don't have a facility for on-line orders and only accept orders by mail or fax.

Or you can go to the physical shop, only open for 3½ hours every Saturday afternoon.

[FierceKitty]

As has been pointed out, his service is quick, cheap,  and reliable, and I'm more than happy with the models I've got from him.

[Raider4]

As has been pointed out, his service is quick, cheap,  and reliable, and I'm more than happy with the models I've got from him.

Oh absolutely. Fully concur.

[John Cook]

Or you can go to the physical shop, only open for 3½ hours every Saturday afternoon.

Just a bit far for me and, in these 'interesting' times, would it be an essential journey?  Be that as it may, I enjoy the walk to the post box and the nostalgia of writing a cheque.  Anyway, the truth be told Navwar's 'flash to bang' time is often faster that ordering stuff elsewhere on-line.

[hammurabi70]

I checked this, and everything I could easily find (ie first page of a google search) was a subscription service.

    "Receive 10 faxes per month for $2.99".

Subscriptions have their place, but sending a one-off purchase request isn't it.

My page 1: https://www.fax.plus/free-fax/

Not tested so I cannot comment on the service.

The proprietor has not updated because he does not see any need as it works for him.

[pierre the shy]

I checked this, and everything I could easily find (ie first page of a google search) was a subscription service.

    "Receive 10 faxes per month for $2.99".

Subscriptions have their place, but sending a one-off purchase request isn't it.

Exactly 👍 l only wanted to send one two page fax... eventually found a fax in the local chemists/pharmacy mainly used to send and receive prescriptions..but they still offering a fax service so all good in the end. Having tried several places that advertise faxing services but which no longer provide them... including a branch of NZ Post who seemingly took exception to my suggestion to update their website to show that they no longer offer the service.

[pierre the shy]

As has been pointed out, his service is quick, cheap,  and reliable, and I'm more than happy with the models I've got from him.

Agree 100% Kitty...the service is very good and the range is excellent...if it floats and is armed then chances are Navwar make it 

[paulr]

And if they don't make it they make something that looks very similar

Agree on the quality, range & service

[paulr]

Research done on the ships with some very useful assistance from Pierre the Shy on the Australian destroyers

American
West Virginia	MS 32 / 7d - Medium Pattern System
Maryland	MS 21 - Navy Blue System
Tennessee	MS 32 / 1D - Medium Pattern System
California	MS 32 / 16D - Medium Pattern System
Pennsylvania	MS 21 - Navy Blue System
Australian
Shropshire	RN Mediterranean three tone grey
Arunta	MS11 - Sea Blue System
Warramunga	MS11 - Sea Blue System
Japanese
Abukuma	Yokosuka grey
Nagara	Maizuru grey

[Orcs]

THe concern with Navwar is Tonys age. How long will he continue working, and what will happen to the range when he stops.

[Aksu]

THe concern with Navwar is Tonys age. How long will he continue working, and what will happen to the range when he stops.

I've had a great time chatting with him when visiting the shop. It is quite a different experience than going to a modern flashy establishment.

Re-tangenting to WW2 wargaming, which rules do you chaps use when playing with them Pacific boats?
Cheers,
Aksu

[pierre the shy]

I've had a great time chatting with him when visiting the shop. It is quite a different experience than going to a modern flashy establishment.

Re-tangenting to WW2 wargaming, which rules do you chaps use when playing with them Pacific boats?
Cheers,
Aksu

We use GQ 1 and 2 rules Aksu, they always give a good game and are very easy to pick up gain if you haven't played for a while. While GQ3 is a more recent set of rules with (compretively speaking) lots more bells and whistles we prefer the older version as they make even quite large games playable in a single session.

THe concern with Navwar is Tonys age. How long will he continue working, and what will happen to the range when he stops.

Yes Orcs that is one reason why we have made several reasonably large orders over recent years. With the latest order I think we have just about everything we'll need 1/3000th wise. 

 

[paulr]

We use GQ 1 and 2 rules Aksu, they always give a good game and are very easy to pick up gain if you haven't played for a while. While GQ3 is a more recent set of rules with (compretively speaking) lots more bells and whistles we prefer the older version as they make even quite large games playable in a single session.

We use a ground scale of 1cm : 200 yards rather than 4" : 1,000 yards as suggested in the rules for 1:2,400 ships

This gives a more usable ground scale, 30,000 yards is 150cm rather than over 300cm and means ships move in centimeters half their speed in knots.
Ranges are much easier to convert to yards, 30cm being 6,000 yards for example

[paulr]

Yes Orcs that is one reason why we have made several reasonably large orders over recent years. With the latest order I think we have just about everything we'll need 1/3000th wise. 

But I've only got 5 pre-Dreadnought navies of the 1910s, and none of the major ones

And no navies of the 1860s or 1880s or 1900s...

[paulr]

First vertical colour done for all ships

For MS11, MS22 and the Japanese this is the only major vertical colour

The rest, 4 ships, have 2 more colours in their vertical camouflage patterns