1:3000 British WWII Ships

[toxicpixie]

Used to play a lot of GQ - really good game, so that's a third from me

[Hertsblue]

Is this the General Quarters I bought in 1977, published by Navwar? I'd forgotten all about them.

[paulr]

Is this the General Quarters I bought in 1977, published by Navwar? I'd forgotten all about them.

That would be the one, an oldie but a goodie 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Scratch built some water splashes (shows how many main guns are firing at a ship) last night.
Bases are 20mm rounds.

Hopefully get them painted today for tonight's game.

[Techno]

Now they look like they're made out of original milliput, Will. 
I think they'll look spot on when they're painted.
Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Nice ships!

I cheated getting my fleets togheter, and just picked up a LOT of axis and allies prepaints. Good for a beer and pretzels game too!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Ships with labels


Splash templates finished (poor HMS Sheffield)

[Techno]

Excellent paint job on the 'splashes', Will !
Cheers - Phil

[Hertsblue]

Very neat, Will. But "Sheffield" does seem to be a name of ill-omen....

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

No - that Shef were the last of the class in service, think she lasted into the 60's....

ianS

[Roy]

Very cool! 

I have a love-hate relationship with painting sea bases ... sometimes my efforts all most reduce me to  

Only ever played Victory at Sea. If I had to, I'd pick up a copy of General Quarters from Navwar. Though I keep being told to try GQIII by American gamers ... but that version of the rules seems so much like hard work.  

[paulr]

Only ever played Victory at Sea. If I had to, I'd pick up a copy of General Quarters from Navwar. Though I keep being told to try GQIII by American gamers ... but that version of the rules seems so much like hard work.  

I have played a number of games of both GQ II &GQ III. III definitely adds more detail and different navies have different capabilities (not sure how they reflect variations within a navy).

II gives a good game with historic results with a lot less effort. Our GQ II scenarios seem to typically have about twice as many ships as the scenarios put on by the guys we know who are regular GQ III players. We always get to a result, they sometimes struggle to get a result over 6 hours.

[Roy]

Thanks for the above info., paulr. Good to know.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

The latest batch from fleabay contains 6 Japanese carriers, Yamato, and a US troop transport!! 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Been a while since I posted on this thread! 

HMS Renown


HMS Bangor class minesweepers


A and B class destroyers


M class destroyers


Leading Renown out


And there is more to come...

[paulr]

 

[Techno]

Very nice, Will ! 

Cheers - Phil

[Terry37]

Very inspiring!!!!

Terry

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Warspite and Malaya now ready.

[paulr]