With the Flue hitting my home hard I have only small entry this week. A pair of German ships 1/2400 Scale form GHQ.
First up a Z1 Class German Destroy. The Z1s were big destroyers mean to counter the large French and Polish destroyers of the late 20s and 30s. Unfortunately for the Germans there were issues that came from a lack of practical experience among German ship designers/builders.
These ships had too much capability crammed into too little hull. Sea keeping was poor (one commentator indicated they had distressing habit of plunging bow first as if trying to join the U-boat arm). Three out of the four were lost in 1940 the last one eventually being surrendered to the British.
I also have a Type 23 torpedo boat also called a Mowen (Seagull) class Theses are small ships built under the restrictions of the Versailles Treaty.
Six were built in total and despite being older designs they saw a good deal of fighting. All six were lost during the war. I am not sure if Baltic Camo pattern is appropriate for Destroyers and Torpedo Boats but I like how it looks and use it for all my Kriegsmarine ships.
Two 1/2400 Scale ships is 4 points
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Sylvain: Great looking little ships. Destroyers make naval games fun. It's a great idea to use transparent bases. Bravo!
Nice work. Always nice to learn some history about the subject being painted.
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Delete"too much capability crammed into too little hull"
ReplyDeleteWhen I look at current German cars, it feels like not much has changed...
Nice work Adam.
I can't Speak to modern German Cars but its an all too common issue with interwar ships of all nations.
DeleteThank you Sylvain. Destroyers are fun.
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