It began in a charity shop. My wife purchased a battered box  Airfix 1/600 Ark Royal kit for £1. I built it, and added a few items from PT Dockyard, Peter Pig, H&R and Oddzial Osmy .  All 1/600

You get 15 micro tanks for your £2.95, but.....as they are mounted on the ratio of at least 3 per base, you represent the same tanks be they (a) deployed in a line or (b) in a column or (c) hull down.

Real Estate.  I have used some Monopoly houses- even filed down roof eves and stuck 2 green ones together.
The Monopoly city types have potential for BUA. Anyone familiar with them ?  :-   Genuine 1/600 scenery is in short supply.   

Looking at a 1930 fictional spate between two banana republics - one side favoured by the Axis/Fascists.   One Amera island will serve a much disputed midway Iwo Jima with its runway.

And I need a composite set of rules. Dave Gregory very kindly sent me a set for 1/600 WW2, but I need to morph with BKC to get an all arms formula. 

Any tips, suppliers esp scenery, and your own experiences  most welcome. 

Some blogs to look at:

http://tinytanks3mm.blogspot.ca/

https://nanotanks.wordpress.com/

http://verytinywars.blogspot.ca/?wref=bif

http://2mm-madness.blogspot.ca/search?updated-max=2011-11-23T21:01:00-08:00&max-results=7

Some terrain:

http://www.supremelittleness.co.uk/

https://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/3mm-middle-eastern-buildings-1023-c.asp

http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/SmallScaleScenery/index.html (Though in 2mm rather than 3mm, and will look smaller than other buildings).

http://bayareayards.virtualscratchbuilder.com/ (my favourites)

http://gcmini.mybigcommerce.com/3mm-city-buildings/

http://www.totalbattleminiatures.com/skirmish/3mm/westerneurope.html

There's also some other stuff - Peter Pig do some 1/600 with their ACW ship range, there's obviously the O8 stuff from Picoarmour, who also do the old Simply 6 range of 1/600 buildings that are excellent too. Magister Militum also does some 3mm stuff, mostly ancients right now: https://www.magistermilitum.com/scale/3mm.html#order=name&limit=36&p=1&dir=ASC&cat

There's some architectural modelling stuff that works too: http://www.microformmodels.com/

There's also some stuff on shapeways, though it tends to be very pricey: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/frenobulax?s=0&section=1%2F700+Buildings+%28European%29

Many thanks Nick - a few here that I had missed via the search engine.   I will need to harbour base areas (one for each player) and the Island in the middle.   I am using Peter Pig/Bay Area for one base, and Total Battle for the other. The Puck Harbour in 1/400 blodged down scale etc.

Looks like I am going to have to scratch build a control tower.  I have on in 1/300 so will simply reduce by 50%

I game some of my ACW stuff in 3mm - mainly using Peter Pig, but also Osmy Odzial. Supreme Littleness also makes some very nice 3mm MDF terrain.

Tumbling Dice do some as 'ground targets' for bombing raids...

Quote from: mad lemmey on 11 July 2017, 04:57:24 PM
Tumbling Dice do some as 'ground targets' for bombing raids...

What are they classed under? I looked under "universal items" and see only sandbagged positions as a listed structure. 

That's because he has never photographed them, but for example, German kit: http://www.tumblingdiceuk.com/product-category/1600/land/german-land

Quote from: mad lemmey on 12 July 2017, 11:08:41 AM
That's because he has never photographed them, but for example, German kit: http://www.tumblingdiceuk.com/product-category/1600/land/german-land

Ah we are at cross purposes.  I was aware of TD's AFVs & infantry -but was looking real estate/buildings in 1/600 - don't think TD does them ?

I haven't used them personally but Brigade Models small scale scenery are meant to fit in nicely with OO models

http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/SmallScaleScenery/

Quote from: Sunray on 12 July 2017, 02:18:48 PM
Ah we are at cross purposes.  I was aware of TD's AFVs & infantry -but was looking real estate/buildings in 1/600 - don't think TD does them ?

Sorry old bean.
Timecast 6mm ww1 & 2 fortifications and scenery?

Paper terrain do some 3mm card villages

http://paperterrain.mybisi.com/products/3mm-products

This is an example of Total Battle Miniatures 3mm terrain with some 6mm figures. The TBM stuff works well with the Peter Pig ACW Riverine stuff.

Quote from: Fenton on 12 July 2017, 02:32:01 PM
Paper terrain do some 3mm card villages
http://paperterrain.mybisi.com/products/3mm-products

They're fun. A bit cartoony looking, but not too much, just a bit bright & lacking colour variation, and I didn't bother even attempting the double buildings (they all come with a ruined version over which a complete version sits), but they work.

I've seen those used in Great War Spearhead 2 - they make very effective compact terrain. I used some before I had seen those pictures so my effort was a bit naff, but it at least shows you what they look like.

Hello again

If you're looking for a cheap solution probably go with card buildings. the beauty of these is that if you find some in a different scale you can always scale them down. So a 1/87 building can be scaled to 14.5% for 1/600. And you just leave off the fiddly bits  .

Some links to look through:-

http://www.maquettes-papier.net/forumenpapier/topic9428-30.html

http://hamapaper2.zouri.jp/thumblink2/thumb55.html

http://papermau.blogspot.com.au/search/label/architecture

A bit smaller at 1/700 is the Hasegawa harbour set http://www.ebay.com/itm/31510-1-700-Model-Kit-Scenery-Accessory-Harbour-Naval-Port-Set-Tamiya-Hasegawa-/131812968773



Cheers

Vic/GrumpyOldMan