Refurbishment of 1/3000 scale ships painted eons ago continues. All here are Navwar.
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| Andria Doria |
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| Fiume (Zara class cruiser) |
Continued -
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| All 3 Leone class destroyers. Originally designed in 1917 as scout cruisers and finally completed in the 1920's as destroyers. |
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| Turning now to the German Navy. The two old pre-dreadnought battleships, Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein. Although limited to shore bombardment and training duties they did get involved in the Norwegian campaign but with little action. I will use them though for Norwegian campaigns if only to give the Germans a little more firepower! |
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| Leberecht Maass class destroyers. |
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| Von Roeder class destroyers. |
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| From the left: heavy cruiser - Hipper, pocket battleship - Scheer and light cruiser - Nurnberg. |
This brings to a conclusion my current painting run of naval vessels. Having scratched that particular itch it is back to 6mm figures beginning with painting extra Napoleonic French Infantry in my reorganisation of units. They were originally designed for Waterloo orbats but now aiming to standardise most of them into 36 figure battalions.
Excellent work on those ships Jon:)! I do like the red and white stripes on the front decks of the Italian ships, as it makes them stand out and looks rather cool.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Steve. I agree about the stripes but they are a pain to paint in a straight line!
DeleteI KNOW I couldn't paint anything remotely akin to a straight line these days due to my shaky hand! A shame as this sort of detail immediately piques my interest for any sort of 'new' project.
DeleteI assume the red and white stripes were air recognition markings - obviously not a lot of trust between the Germans and Italians.
ReplyDeleteYes they were indeed Rob.
DeleteSadly they were more to stop the Regia Aeronautica from bombing them
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