Thursday, March 24, 2011

Ships shipped

Lately on Kijiji I found an ad for a bunch of 1/2400 warships. I asked the owner to send me a list and at first glance it seemed quite substantial, so I made an offer. But when the box arrived, I felt its weight and I knew the content was going to be awesome.

There is enough WW1 ships to make the Home Fleet and the High Seas Fleet. There is also a good core of pre-dreadnought ships to have a downsized battle of Tsushima. The rest is made of WW2 battleships and there are some 1/1200 ships as well.

Here is a "sub-box" full of C-in-C goodies. Some of the ships are in pure lead.

For comparison, here are side by side a 1/2400 battleship, a 1/1200 sail ship (74 guns) and a 1/1200 battleship (Lion). It's just mind boggling how big warships have become with time.

But before I start playing with my new ships, I have to finish my little Russians. Better get at it.
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5 comments:

  1. LasgunpackerMarch 24, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    That CnC box alone is pretty amazing... great find, and I am looking forward to seeing the fruits of this.

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  2. DallasMarch 24, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    Jeez Sylvain... you are getting to be the king of used wargaming bargains... watch out, Sean! ;-)

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  3. DaveVMarch 24, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    Very interesting.

    I had looked at doing some Russo-Japanese fleet actions using Battlefleet 1900:
    http://www.wtj.com/games/battlefleet_1900/

    What rules are you considering using?

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  4. CurtMarch 24, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Great find, Sylvain. I'm going to hire you as my personal shopper...

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  5. SylvainMarch 25, 2011 at 6:58 AM

    Dave, for WW1 and WW2 I'm happy with General Quarters. I've never considered a pre-dreadnought fleet before, so thanks for the link.

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