Ship GB

Joe C-P · April 30, 2011, 07:55:45 PM

So I shall dive into the collection to see what new ideas can come out of there.

Joe C-P · May 06, 2011, 08:36:07 PM

Well, I'd do my USS Guadalcanal as a RN version, sent to replace Invincible if she'd been lost in the Falklands, but I can't find 1/600 aircraft, especially Harriers.

I find I have a Scharnhorst, and a Z class DD without the bridge, and am trying to think of ideas for it. I've done a 1980s Prinz Eugen, a Deutchland captured and upgraded by the USN, a Tirpitz in the IJN, and a Graf Zeppelin in Soviet service. What's left to do? Maybe a Free German Navy version? Or perhaps French post-WW2, if I can find the proper weapons in 1/700? Or...

Thorvic · May 07, 2011, 04:24:53 AM

Joe

Tumbling Dice do wargaming 1/600 aircraft whish should be up your street. their website is being rebuilt but their US supplier appears to have their stuff:-

http://www.brookhursthobbies.com/Product-Listing.cfm?C=4&D=1302&N=10&S=&M=TUMBLING DICE&SD=AIRCRAFT - POST WWII BRITISH/EUROPEAN

As for the Z class why don't you do it post war with a RN style Type 15 conversion applied to it as part of the reformed West German Navy.

Cheers

Geoff

Weaver · May 10, 2011, 12:16:27 AM

Good news and bad news:

Good news is I've got a new job, Bad news is I'm going to be WAY busy for an indeterminate time. Might have to give the GB a miss, or might have to go with something less ambitious - we shall see.

Cliffy B · May 10, 2011, 12:38:15 PM

Alright gents, would you object to me entering a build that I will also be entering into a GB over on modelwarships? Both GBs have commenced but the kit remains un-started. It is a 1950's (Korean War fit) of the USS North Carolina (BB-55). I came across some literature about how BuShips would have re-fit the class if reactivated (alas, no drawings) so I'd like to enter her if its OK with you guys.

Second question, I began scratch building a ship for the '46 GB but I will not be able to finish it in time. It was a USCG Icebreaker/Gunboat. I only got as far as shaping and priming the hull. If its OK, I'd like to shift it to this GB.

Please let me know what you decide gents.

-Mike

Thorvic · May 10, 2011, 12:57:03 PM

Ok to both as far as i'm concerned, the idea is to get people building ships and if that means ones stuck in dry dock then thats fine by me.

Joe C-P · May 10, 2011, 07:47:52 PM

Thorvic - thank you to the pointer to those aircraft. I'd like to do the Guadalcanal as the mine sweeping edition of the USS Inchon, though they don't make H-53s. (Yet. Maybe I'll ask.)

Thorvic · May 10, 2011, 10:22:12 PM

No problem Joe

. We really need Pitroad/Trumpeter to convert their waveline resin Iwo Jima into an injection moulded kit much as they did with the Blue Ridge as it would be nice to see those LPHs produced and they could be sold in 60s' or 90s fit, as Assault, SCS or Minesweeping formats.

Joe C-P · May 11, 2011, 07:44:51 PM

Z-class post war Kriegsmarine - interesting. I'll have to see what bits and pieces are lying around that are about that era.

As for the Scharnhorst... Perhaps an alternate reality... Free German Navy. No, wait - the Dutch Navy planned to build a similar ship. The project 1047! Aha! Scharnhorst, with twin funnels, RN light weapons and electronics, sent to the Pacific so as not to be mixed up with her Nazi look-alikes. Aircraft? Colours? I need my Dulin & Garske! Woo hoo!

Cliffy B · May 11, 2011, 07:49:45 PM

DO IT JOE!!! DO IT!!!!!!!!! Give me a time frame you'd like to depict and I can help with camo and aircraft.

anthonyp · May 19, 2011, 06:11:00 PM

If I wasn't into my latest insanity like you have no idea (one-man Space GB), I'd soooo be up for this, if only to finish the fleet I've had under construction for the last few years.

anthonyp · May 19, 2011, 06:11:55 PM

Quote from: Thorvic on May 10, 2011, 10:22:12 PM
No problem Joe . We really need Pitroad/Trumpeter to convert their waveline resin Iwo Jima into an injection moulded kit much as they did with the Blue Ridge as it would be nice to see those LPHs produced and they could be sold in 60s' or 90s fit, as Assault, SCS or Minesweeping formats.

Or sold to allied nations operating AV-8C's somehow made to work in the 21st century.

Ah, to dream...

anthonyp · May 19, 2011, 06:15:03 PM

Quote from: Captain Canada on March 02, 2011, 12:55:50 PM
I've been trying to figure out what I want to do for this...and today, perusing a magazine at a store, it hit me ( in the form a a photo ). A new ice-breaking patrol ship, as propsed for the CDN navy. Now, what to buy to start with....

Yeah, really late to the party here...

Over at Shipbucket, there's a guy doing a Alt Hist Canadian Navy with CG's, bigger DDG's, and even an ice-breaking frigate for polar ops. Rather nice design in my opinion. Danged if I can find it right now...

Joe C-P · May 21, 2011, 08:42:37 PM

Quote from: anthonyp on May 19, 2011, 06:11:55 PM
Quote from: Thorvic on May 10, 2011, 10:22:12 PM
No problem Joe . We really need Pitroad/Trumpeter to convert their waveline resin Iwo Jima into an injection moulded kit much as they did with the Blue Ridge as it would be nice to see those LPHs produced and they could be sold in 60s' or 90s fit, as Assault, SCS or Minesweeping formats.

Or sold to allied nations operating AV-8C's somehow made to work in the 21st century.

Ah, to dream...

Dutch, Argentina, Chile, Brasil, Canada, Australia, India, Japan, are all navies I've considered for operating LPHs as SCSs. Just need a plastic kit.

Joe C-P · May 21, 2011, 08:47:02 PM

Quote from: Cliffy B on May 11, 2011, 07:49:45 PM
DO IT JOE!!! DO IT!!!!!!!!! Give me a time frame you'd like to depict and I can help with camo and aircraft.

I'll be in touch.

Definitely WW2, not certain when. I'll need to obtain the necessary detail parts, most likely from WEM.