Revell Snaptite Pirate ship

[Argonor]

So, is 1:350 the new naval gaming trend? Instead of 1:1200??

2 Companies bringing out models in that scale at al most the same time surely can't be pure coincidence?  

[Elbows]

I always figure scale is solely dependent on the type of ship.

Age of Sail you're more likely to have small engagements within a couple hundred yards.  Obviously large Pacific battles from WW2 - you're fighting almost over the horizon, or launching aircraft at each other etc.  I think scale fits nicely for small 1-3 ships per side "skirmishes" in the Age of Sail.  Definitely something I'd be interested.  Now...if you fought a huge Nelson-scaled fight in this size...it'd be rough! 

PS: Any word on the Zvezda stuff?  I looked at their site (poorly translated) and couldn't find any mention of them.

[carlos marighela]

1/350 has been a popular modelling scale for quite some time now. Japanese warship models came in 1/700 since the 1970s ( as opposed to the Airfix standard of 1/600). 1/350 is just double the size.

I gave the ship a dry fit to see how it would work as a waterline model. I think it needs some fine plastic strip around the bottom for it to work and I'll probably base it you iron out any errors I inevitably make adding to the hull this way.

Upside is it's an absolute breeze to put together. Parts fit is excellent the way the rigging clips on and braces the masts is simple but jolly clever in my view. The only very minor criticism I have is that Revell saw fit to put their name on the stern on the outside. Minor irritant worth about 60 secs with some fine sandpaper. Now for the inner child, I suspect if properly weighted it will float in the bath and for those of us who want a waterline model, the hull bottom looks like it will make a very good 28mm long boat. Two boats for the price of one.

[Silent Invader]

Interesting 

Comes with cannon but no crew?

[Elbows]

Can you give us a couple of pics for scale?  I'm assuming this is perhaps...4-5" long?  Maybe a bit more?

[OSHIROmodels]

Interesting 

Aha! Someone else to play with 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

Aha! Someone else to play with  

cheers

James

I quite like the idea of gaming sailing ships  

Never thought I'd stray from 28mm but the butterfly is airborne !!

Made a dolly earlier for crew but scale creep has crept and it's 10mm .....

[OSHIROmodels]

I quite like the idea of gaming sailing ships  

Never thought I'd stray from 28mm but the butterfly is airborne !!

Made a dolly earlier for crew but scale creep has crept and it's 10mm .....

That's about twice the size needed  It might look ok insitu though 

I've always fancied doing some coastal work in a smaller scale and now's the perfect excuse 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

Though I did find myself looking at 1:200 sail ships... Heller go a golden hind and a few others 

[OSHIROmodels]

Though I did find myself looking at 1:200 sail ships... Heller go a golden hind and a few others  

That might work then  

Quite a few good ones there, 1:150 as well which would be 15mm, or there abouts 

cheers

James

[Elbows]

I'm in the same boat (badum tsssss!).  I love Age of Sail stuff but not enough to invest a ton of money and build a huge beautiful table, buy lots of minis etc.  So the idea of grabbing up a couple of ships for $10-12 a pop is really tempting.  Though I did think a large scale game at a convention would be quite pretty...

Speaking of 1:350...what kind of games exist for them?  I struggle because when I see the Age of Sail games at conventions they are without exception small scale, super-slow, boring, fuddy-duddy simulations.  I walk by an hour or two later and the same three guys are sitting there, ships all of 6" from where they were previously, discussing tacking etc.

I'd like "realism lite" style rules.  Something with a dash of hollywood.  Any suggestions?

[OSHIROmodels]

Quite possibly some sort of Full Thrust mod might do the trick, quite a cinematic rules set although I may be talking out of my backside 

One that would include land actions and coastal bombardment would do the trick nicely 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

Captain Blood has a good fun set of pirate rules that includes some ship on ship action and that I guess could be rigged for ship movement.

Edit: I know you know this James ... Was replying to previous post! 

[OSHIROmodels]

Captain Blood has a good fun set of pirate rules that includes some ship on ship action and that I guess could be rigged for ship movement.

Edit: I know you know this James ... Was replying to previous post! 

So he does, I forgot about that 

Now the question is whether we can tempt him 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

So he does, I forgot about that 

Now the question is whether we can tempt him 

cheers

James

Hmmmm well he is Captain Blood!