...some more 1/1200 ships

I realise now that I left out a few ships last night. I had a migrane. That is my excuse. Eh-hem.

The Chilian Ironclad Almirante Cochrane (Huston) [Not happy with the guns at all - my bad not the models]

 

The Harbour Defence Ironclad 'HMVS Cerberus' (Brigade Models)

Note: This model is probably the best naval model I have ever had in this scale. I do wish that Brigade Models would make more of them.

The Fictional Turret-Ram 'HMS Thunderchild'

This model is converted from a WW1 Submarine Cruiser and has been made based on the descriptions and proposals for the type of ship that Wells describes in his famous novel. The most noticeable features that I have tryed to get accross are the 'turtleback' hull and the dagger shape.

1879, British attack on French Colonial Assets.

It is 1879. The ‘Great War’ in Europe has been raging for almost 6 months. Following the repulsion of the French invasion forces from British soil, an empire wide campaign is brought into operation to take the fight back to the French and every corner of the world in their possession.

 

^ The Forces of the Crown launch a costal strike against French Ships in harbour. The French ships start unmoving in their harbour, whilst British forces march from the west (bottom of the photo), under the protective fire of the Royal Navy.

^ The British Line Advances

^ As does the French Line

^ The French Battleship 'La Gloire' supported by the gunboats 'Tripoline' and 'Mafalde', attempt a flanking move on the British line, destined for failure, as within minutes the an anarchist bomb detonated in the magazine of ‘La Glorie’ before she could make any real impact on the battle. Despite this setback, the French pushed forward, easily holding the line with their considerable advantage in numbers.

^ The costal monitor ‘HMS Dictator’, the battleship-of-the-line ‘HMS Dinosaur’ and the torpedo ram ‘HMS Thunder Child’.  A Rag-tag British squadron crept along the cost on a mission to destroy a squadron of French ironclads unawares whilst at port. However fate was not to have it, as news of their presence and intentions reached the French squadron in time for  the ships to raise steam and for several regiments to be rushed to their defence.

^ The Thunder Child  torpedoes French frigates leaving port. 

 Actually found time to play a game of Land Ironclads. It was just something I did after work one day, so we sort of ‘winged’ making the scenario and orders of battle. It went rather well considering that, however it soon turned out that running a naval battle alongside a major land battle was a little less interconnectivity than intended. Aside from a few pot shots, the naval and land battles were entirely separate. When the battle-lines did come to meet it soon turned out that the forces were a little less than balanced, and the superiority in French numbers took their toll on the British. Still bloomin’ good fun though.

Nemo’s Nautilus

“The involvement of what the press reported as ‘magnificent craft’, first in the War of the Pacific, then in the subsequent Spanish Reclamation and then again in the Invasion of 1899, has long been a mystery to all observers, including Peruvian Command themselves. These enigmatic machines appeared and involved themselves unaccountably, showing themselves to be of superior science and design to anything else known to the world, constantly harassing shipping and even being present at major engagements. The only accountable theory for their presence is that these men of magnificent scientific ability, whomever they should be: dissidents or anarchists, were working outside of the scientific circles of the world, and had logically then chosen to take up residence previously undisturbed areas of South America or the remote islands of the Pacific.”

Having made a model of The Albatross from ‘Robur the Conquer’ it felt only right to make a model of Nemo’s Nautilus. I’ve gone with something closer to the description from the book rather than the Disney interpretation of the machine. It’s a 1:1200 British Great War submarine with some very light converting. I cut the hull into a slightly different shape and added a small fin made of some card. It took less than an hour in the end. Its painted green because grey is just so...grey. Hope you all like it, C&C always welcome.