The kits are really nice. The parts are not too fiddly but you do have to cut the masts and spars from longer portions of thin dowel. Assembly was rather quick. Painting it was a bear with the hand shakes that I have from my meds. But I think I still managed something usable. The decking came out darker than I wanted but I still like it. No sails are provided and it makes sense. The Sailpower rules talk about it in that 90% of the game, your sail set that you would put on a model would be wrong anyway. The masts are designed to be taken out for storage and to show damage. My only complaint is about the cannon. Even after trimming the flash off of them, they are too large for the ship. I can't get them to fit properly. I will end up having to file them down until they do fit. Still, I am very happy with what I was able to accomplish with the first model.
It went together well. Was very happy with it. Painting it was very straight forward. I enjoyed it. Been watching amazon Prime movies while doing it.
Very happy with these ships. Now I am just waiting on the smaller ships that I have ordered from Langton Miniatures. I might have to get some Sea Dog 15mm ships as well. But that is another story.
Also, I picked up some Litko Aerosystems movement bases. I have been basing 15mm miniatures on US Pennies for a while now. These movement trays will actually fit them now. I am debating on using them for either my British and French Napoleonics or for my Seven Years War Prussian FreiKorps. I probably need to just buy more and use them for both.
Then there was a large box with my order from Miniature Building Authority. In it was a Southern Plantation, Outbuildings, a Southern Barn and a Russian Village. All very nice. And painted already.
The boats look great and your right the aft two guns look very tight.this so has me looking at Peter Pig Pirates
ReplyDeleteI ordered some of the Peter Pig Pirate miniatures from Brookhurst. It will be a bit before I will ever get to them. Then again ....
DeleteYes, then again... now pirates are interesting. I doI have the terrain for East Africa and Arab coast...tempting
ReplyDeletePeter Pig make some nice Corsairs as does Thoroughbred.
DeleteAll very nice but the price on the ships may keep me focusing on CofC, maybe
ReplyDeleteThere is a company called Laser Dream Works that makes some 15mm MDF ships. They have a nice Xebec. They still do not qualify as cheap but maybe cheaper. For smaller vessels, 15mm is not too bad. But once you get to the bigger ships (10+ guns) they get pricey.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course we all want to go above 10 guns :-)
DeleteActually. I am looking at the smaller ships. Many of the ones from the Revolution were smaller craft. In 1/300 scale, I have bought a bunch of the unarmed small ships. Sailed Launches, yawls and a small gunboat. I have a 10 gun Brigantine and two 6 gun bermuda sloops from Sea Dog. There is a scenario that I want to do from the Revolution July 17, 1775. A Georgia Navy Schooner with two barges from South Carolina, intercept a supply ship and a loyalist pilot boat and capture a large load of powder. They evade a British schooner in the process. All off the coast of Tybee Island. Then there are the actions around Charleston Harbor in September of that year. Just about everything is 12 guns or below. For 1/300 scale, you can't beat Warartisan. He sells plans for $5 each. From there you can really build up some nice stuff. I am sure with creativity, you can expand those to 15mm without issue.
DeleteThank you lots of choices
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