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Miniatures Adventure => Interwar => Topic started by: Jemima Fawr on February 11, 2019, 02:56:56 PM
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A friend just gave me this, as he thought it might come in handy for VBCW. Anyone know who produced it? He's no idea where it came from, as someone gave it to him.
I'd also like to crew it and arm it, so can anyone suggest some suitable 28mm naval crew and/or deck weapons? It's for VBCW, so I'm not too fussy about nationality, as long as they look vaguely 1930s and European. I'm already aware of several ranges of RN, Kriegsmarine and Soviet sailors equipped for infantry actions. I'm thinking more along the lines of crewed deck guns, Lewis Gun mounts and that sort of thing.
I thought I might make it 'modular', with various drop-in decks and weapon loads that could be slotted over the cargo-hold.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/9788/2DDA9q.jpg)
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Hrm, just a rogue idea, but the Osprey book on German Kriegsmarine holds an article on merchant ships and other civilian vessels turned into impromptu gunboat. Would also fit the the idea with the drop in decks.
Say one holding a payload with a tarpaulin only to drop said tarpaulin and let a naval gun appear. Anyscale models has cheap deck guns methinks.
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Hrm, just a rogue idea, but the Osprey book on German Kriegsmarine holds an article on merchant ships and other civilian vessels turned into impromptu gunboat. Would also fit the the idea with the drop in decks.
Say one holding a payload with a tarpaulin only to drop said tarpaulin and let a naval gun appear. Anyscale models has cheap deck guns methinks.
Cheers, good ideas. I've got some photos of German 'Raumboots' here somewhere...
It's occurred to me though, that I've placed the wheelhouse the wrong way round, so that's not a good start... :)
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It's occurred to me though, that I've placed the wheelhouse the wrong way round, so that's not a good start... :)
I wouldn't have noticed if that's of any consolation! lol Curious to see your project develop though! :o
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Pulp Figures has British, American, and civilian crews, including some gun crews, and also has light deck weapons and a few other items. Look in the British, American, and Savage Seas sections.
Reviresco also has gun crews, but these are small true 25mm figures. Reviresco also has a great selection of guns and ship fittings.
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Someone on another forum has just pointed me to some 'Pulp' figures on the NorthStar website that look perfect and also include 37mm deck-guns, Lew Guns, etc. I'm still interested to see what else might be out there. A 4-inch gun and crew might be fun...
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Pulp Figures has British, American, and civilian crews, including some gun crews, and also has light deck weapons and a few other items. Look in the British, American, and Savage Seas sections.
Reviresco also has gun crews, but these are small true 25mm figures. Reviresco also has a great selection of guns and ship fittings.
Cheers WP! :)
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Pulp Figures have various deck crew and deck weapons in their range, and available in the Uk and Europe from North Star
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I have the same myself and I think it is this one, the cabin is just reversed:
http://www.minimi.co.uk/products.aspx?page=products&subpage=ships&product=BB03
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Brigade Games have deck weapons, merchant and Kriegsmarine crews in their Ends of the Earth range. Artizan has several suitable figures in the Thrilling Tales line.
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Yep it's definitely a Clyde puffer.
Bob's Pulp figures are the most characterful and quite diverse (I've a couple of sets including the gun crew) Some of the poses are a little difficult to fit onto model boats.Having quite wide stances. The ships guns are a personal favourite as they have a similar bulk to the figures.
Honorable lead boiler suit company has / or had a good range of ship mounted guns.
I'd recommend going down the route of making it a generic hull with modular sections and inlays.
I've made one from cereal pack card that can be put together in several ways infact doubled by turning the whole thing into a paddle steamer versions.
You can knock up plausible deck guns from old paint brushes.( theres pictures floating around on the forum but if your interested I can add some more in the morning.)
Mark.
( my own trawler/merchant mans crew figures will be out later in the year. ;) )
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I have the same myself and I think it is this one, the cabin is just reversed:
http://www.minimi.co.uk/products.aspx?page=products&subpage=ships&product=BB03
That's the fella! Thanks!
Yes, I realised that I had the wheelhouse the wrong way round after I photographed it, as the running lights were the wrong way round and the wheelhouse door should surely be at the back. :)
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Brigade Games have deck weapons, merchant and Kriegsmarine crews in their Ends of the Earth range. Artizan has several suitable figures in the Thrilling Tales line.
Cheers CB!
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First Corps also do a single RN deck crew figure. Available in tin hat or matelot’s cap.
https://1stcorps.co.uk/product-category/20th-century/20th-century-ww2/20th-century-ww2-sailors/
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First Corps also do a single RN deck crew figure. Available in tin hat or matelot’s cap.
https://1stcorps.co.uk/product-category/20th-century/20th-century-ww2/20th-century-ww2-sailors/
Thanks Carlos!
So basically, every man and his dog make sailors and naval weapons and I've just been too lazy to look... ::)
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Someone on another forum has just pointed me to some 'Pulp' figures on the NorthStar website that look perfect and also include 37mm deck-guns, Lew Guns, etc. I'm still interested to see what else might be out there. A 4-inch gun and crew might be fun...
Pulp Figures also has 6 pounder Hochkiss guns as the last pack in the American section.
The Virtual Armchair General has guns of 4 inch and larger under Houston's 25mm ship fittings and guns. There are also some true 25mm (small) crew that would be the same size as those from Reviresco. Another interesting item from TVAG is the deck mounted Whitehead torpedo tube.
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Pulp Figures also has 6 pounder Hochkiss guns as the last pack in the American section.
The Virtual Armchair General has guns of 4 inch and larger under Houston's 25mm ship fittings and guns. There are also some true 25mm (small) crew that would be the same size as those from Reviresco. Another interesting item from TVAG is the deck mounted Whitehead torpedo tube.
Cheers WP!
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To assist anyone looking for links to these vendors, here they are:
The Virtual Armchair General Houston's 25mm Naval Guns & Ship Fittings:
http://www.thevirtualarmchairgeneral.com/505-houstons%20guns%20&%20fittings.htm
Reviresco Naval Guns: http://tin-soldier.com/navalguns.html
Reviresco Ship Fittings: http://tin-soldier.com/sfittings.html
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Cheers WP!
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Eureka do a 3pdr Hotchkiss and if you don’t object to bare feet or don’t mind making footwear from greenstuff, they also make the gun crew for it.
http://www.eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_139&sort=3a&page=2
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Old Glory make skirmishing sailors and gun crews in their Boxer Rebellion range. The gun crews are more French looking than anything else (pom poms on naval hats) but plenty of scope for headswaps or conversion....
https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/products.asp?cat=129