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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: carojon on September 23, 2020, 07:58:53 AM

Title: All at Sea - HMS Bellerophon
Post by: carojon on September 23, 2020, 07:58:53 AM: Commencing a series of posts featuring the Third Rates of Renown, the first model to join the collection is HMS Bellerophon, perhaps after HMS Victory the most famous of Royal Navy ships of this period.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qs3tH9gtF-s/X2YDDdR492I/AAAAAAAAsTM/29zAEij3jLQBgSV-owbxkNqluAh8bf90gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DSCF0253a.jpg)

With a battle record second to none including three fleet actions, the history of the ship makes her a worthy inclusion.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xXbN83yQjMA/X2YDF-ZsxEI/AAAAAAAAsTQ/3e3ZBMYNto8TnZYQh74uJjMo3xL5Eg-5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DSCF0254a.jpg)

If you would like to know more then just follow the link to JJ's

https://jjwargames.blogspot.com/2020/09/all-at-sea-british-third-rates-of.html

JJ
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Post by: Poiter50 on September 23, 2020, 08:01:37 AM: Billy Ruffian!!
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Post by: OSHIROmodels on September 23, 2020, 08:13:27 AM: Lovely :)
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Post by: Grumpy Gnome on September 23, 2020, 11:43:35 AM: Gorgeous!
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Post by: Sparrow on September 23, 2020, 06:59:11 PM: Lovely!
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Post by: DintheDin on September 23, 2020, 07:26:05 PM: An excellent build once more! :-*
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Post by: Belisarius on September 24, 2020, 12:30:12 AM: These ships really are little gems , I love them .
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Post by: FierceKitty on September 24, 2020, 12:41:47 AM: A beauty.
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Post by: carlos marighela on September 24, 2020, 01:27:28 AM: They really are superb. I had a mate back in the late 1980s who had a superb collection of the GHQ range and I didn't think those could be beat but this has made me change my mind.
Title: Re: All at Sea - HMS Bellerophon
Post by: carojon on September 24, 2020, 09:18:58 AM: Thanks for your comments chaps, much appreciated.

These 1:700th kits are full of detail and a feast for the eye which I think will be enhanced when seen en-mass on the table.

I have seen comments from others discounting the scale as impractical for larger games and there is no doubt that for the really big games large tables will be required, but I look at these models in the same way as considering 28mm Napoleonic miniatures, namely the visual impact of the models themselves make it worthwhile to find a big enough space and the time to play games with them.

Once all this pandemic nonsense is under control I hope to illustrate the point, but in the meantime its fun just putting the models together and creating the necessary fleets.

Cheers
JJ