1/150 (10mm) Nauticals: The Med, 18thC ...., row, row, row your boat...

[Silent Invader]

Does anyone know this kit?

Is it really 1:150 or could if work as 1:200?

http://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/smer-1120-black-falcon-pirate-ship-0901-p-3979.html

Sorry can't post up an image as on phone and can't get at the relevant web addy  :(p

Edit: title changed following decision to go for 1/150

[Damas]

It says 1:120 on the website.

[Silent Invader]

It says 1:120 on the website.

Yep you're right Kev.... Touch screen typoing!

Have found a review and it's about 25 cm long, do too big for 1:200 

http://www.epmodels.co.uk/shipkits/reviews/smer_falcon.html

[OSHIROmodels]

 

Didn't take you long 

I'm going to a decent model shop in Tokyo tomorrow and will be looking for something suitable. So 1:200 is the preferred scale we're doing then, yes?

 

cheers

James

[Damas]

I thought it was going to be 1:350 with those new releases from SMER and t'other one? 

[Silent Invader]

I admire the dedication James  

1:200 seems good to me for sea and land actions.  Not many  - any? - figures about but  we could make them.

For just boat vs boat 1:350 would probably be best but 5mm figures would be hard work (and perhaps less interesting for us 28mm types) than 9-10mm.

There's this - a bit modern but maybe with some resin conversion bits .....

http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/RV05413.html

[Damas]

Find a couple more in that scale and I might be convinced. 

[OSHIROmodels]

1:200 it is then 

To be honest, I'm looking forward more to making the coastal stuff 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

Some more 1:200 sail ships - a range of periods and style!

http://www.heller.fr/en/maquettes/scale-sailboats-model-classic/164-le-gladiateur-3279510808261.html

http://www.heller.fr/en/maquettes/scale-sailboats-model-classic/166-golden-hind-3279510808292.html

http://www.heller.fr/en/maquettes/scale-sailboats-model-classic/167-galion-espagnol-3279510808353.html

http://www.revell.com/germany/ships/80-5413.html#.UlFbZ5m9Kc0

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=290802318046

[Silent Invader]

Hmm.

All the ships in the above link are listed as being from 36 cm long, so way bigger than the smer effort and in fact as big as some of the 28mm ships I have played with.

I think I'll pick up one of the 1:120 Black Falcons - dead cheap as low quality - to see what can be done with it.

[Silent Invader]

I'm on a roll!

Then there's the academy New Bedford whaler that is 1:200 with a model length of 18cm. Convertable to a pirate ship as it's another cheap and therefore less detailed kit?

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?I=LX0344&P=8

[Silent Invader]

So I just ordered the smer 1/120 black falcon and the academy 1/200 whaler, both from Model Hobbies, for about £15 total (yes, including delivery.....)

Late 17thC Caribbean piracy in a Hollywood style?

I shall see what can be done with them  

[Damas]

Cool research Steve.  Do you have a spreadsheet of ship size compared with cost, period and other models though?  

What about other periods as there is a difference between 16th/17th/18th and 19thC.  Personally, I'd like Napoleonic (1780 to 1820) as you have nearly all major countries involved as well as the widest variety of ships and troops from single ship actions to fleets assaulting fortifications?  

Ooh, extra thought, where would be the best place to source the men?  I've never done 10mm gaming so I don't know a Ford Escort from a Ferrari as far as models go.

[OSHIROmodels]

Steve, you're a bad, bad man 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

My two boat kits arrived this morning 

The Smer Black Falcon is nominally 1/120 and really is too big for 1/200 gaming (not a surprise really) but maybe with remodelling could become the flagship of a fleet (as hoped) - I am content with the £6.66 punt.

The Academy New Bedford Whaler is 1/200 and a quick glance suggests it scales nicely against a 9mm dolly. It's an 1835 vessel so will need some mods to make it fit for period but a quick glance suggests that it will provide the solid guts and more of a project.  I can see myself building a small force of these in various guises.

Here's a link to the product:

http://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/academy-1200-bedford-whaler-circa-1835-1441-p-7124.html

Not bad for £5.39