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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: telemachus on June 14, 2017, 10:19:57 PM
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I'm on the look out for a late 19thC (1880-1900) sea going gunboat for some East Africa games. Something like HMS Gannet maybe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gannet_(1878).
Closet I've come is to think about converting an Old Glory 15mm ship, USS Hartford filling in the gunports and adding a large deck gun. (http://www.oldglory25s.com/images/Hartford3_SL.jpg)
Any ideas for alternative models? I've googled until my eyes bleed and am at a loss so any guidance/ideas would be much appreciated.
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Three other options to consider: check out Thoroughbred Miniatures 15 mm ships, check in with the Virtual Armchair General and his connections with Houston Ships (custom, so maybe hard to find), or - depends on where you live, I suppose - try and find a 'mantle piece' ship and waterline it. Here in California both Ross's (sometimes) and Hobby Lobby (more often - but more expensive) sometimes have ships that might work.
You have set yourself a challenge from the images I saw when googling: images of HMS Gannett.
Good luck.
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Three other options to consider: check out Thoroughbred Miniatures 15 mm ships, check in with the Virtual Armchair General and his connections with Houston Ships (custom, so maybe hard to find), or - depends on where you live, I suppose - try and find a 'mantle piece' ship and waterline it. Here in California both Ross's (sometimes) and Hobby Lobby (more often - but more expensive) sometimes have ships that might work.
You have set yourself a challenge from the images I saw when googling: images of HMS Gannett.
Good luck.
What he said. BTW, You MUST get a couple packs of Thouroughbred 15mm "Barbary Pirates". SO MANY uses for Colonial gaming! I use them as Zanzibar Slavers, Muslim adventurers, and such. GREAT poses, good for land and sea.