tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post1730413162873094409..comments2024-03-18T23:25:24.574+00:00Comments on Megablitz and more: Convoy PQ-19 - part 1Tim Gowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-90114649932209914092012-02-02T18:09:14.411+00:002012-02-02T18:09:14.411+00:00Tim
Yes but sin taxes have driven the price per p...Tim<br /><br />Yes but sin taxes have driven the price per pack up since I was 13.<br /><br />PeterPeter Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-86340500563124798962012-02-02T17:42:07.881+00:002012-02-02T17:42:07.881+00:00Peter Douglas
Clearly I have a cheaper hobby than ...Peter Douglas<br />Clearly I have a cheaper hobby than smoking - as all but one of the ships in this game cost less than a packet of 20...Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-60917730455905643732012-02-02T17:28:26.945+00:002012-02-02T17:28:26.945+00:00Tim
The first naval miniature game I played was a...Tim<br /><br />The first naval miniature game I played was as a 13 year old. It featured Victorian ironclads and I nearly had to buy the scratch-builder a pack of ciggies when I knocked HMS Hercules over - luckily her rigging (and thus my pocket money) survived intact.<br /><br />PDPeter Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-30263395441742423102012-02-02T13:29:03.731+00:002012-02-02T13:29:03.731+00:00Peter Douglas
Great care! Threats help too, of co...Peter Douglas<br />Great care! Threats help too, of course. Fear of such damage and it's inevitability - is why I won't spend a fortune (or a great deal of time) on individual ship models.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-86868777192292446272012-02-02T13:06:39.668+00:002012-02-02T13:06:39.668+00:00Tim
Looks good. The one thing I always worry abo...Tim<br /><br />Looks good. The one thing I always worry about is the danger of ships getting stepped on. How did you avoid it?<br /><br />PDPeter Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-13949389585682584352012-02-02T12:28:21.515+00:002012-02-02T12:28:21.515+00:00Can't wait.Can't wait.Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304938759274280189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-15289418095360068512012-02-02T11:22:40.324+00:002012-02-02T11:22:40.324+00:00Paddy
Thanks for the heads-up, but £16! I will hav...Paddy<br />Thanks for the heads-up, but £16! I will have a much cheaper escort carrier appearing soon...Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-49089363799302611202012-02-02T11:05:54.362+00:002012-02-02T11:05:54.362+00:00HMS Ajax looks good. Now if your convoy ever need...HMS Ajax looks good. Now if your convoy ever needs an Escort Carrier then I've just made the connection that Magister Militum sell the US Bogue Class Escort Carrier - 8 of which were lend-lease to the UK as the Attacker Class (and others as the Ruler Clas). So this gives us a perfect 1:1200 model for HMS Pursuer, HMS Battler and HMS Fencer etc..Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304938759274280189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-46788059978778767042012-02-02T09:27:30.249+00:002012-02-02T09:27:30.249+00:00Paddy
The parquet floor is actually rather nice - ...Paddy<br />The parquet floor is actually rather nice - I expect F-P would have felt at home on it! 'Ajax' is in fact an old hollow cast metal model I picked up a few years back. It looks a bit like a shrunken 'County' so makes a decent stand-in for a light cruiser.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-90721617557209871152012-02-02T09:25:26.133+00:002012-02-02T09:25:26.133+00:00David Crook
You may just be right....David Crook<br />You may just be right....Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-61967611904454553992012-02-02T09:24:58.159+00:002012-02-02T09:24:58.159+00:00Paul
As you know, my posts are driven by photos. ...Paul<br />As you know, my posts are driven by photos. If there are toys to photograph the posts will surely follow!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-9540931499782292762012-02-02T09:09:35.534+00:002012-02-02T09:09:35.534+00:00Good stuff Tim! Hope you can persuade the hall yo...Good stuff Tim! Hope you can persuade the hall you play in to lay blue lino at some point - that would top it off nicely.<br /><br />Where's HMS Ajax from - obviously not a kit - is it a Mike Yarrow special?Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304938759274280189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-3097753371823347982012-02-02T05:34:06.598+00:002012-02-02T05:34:06.598+00:00Hi Tim,
Shaping up very nicely - I like the scrat...Hi Tim,<br /><br />Shaping up very nicely - I like the scratch built merchantmen.<br /><br />Looking forward to seeing the opposition and am expecting something rather large 9and probably armed with obscene amounts of 11" guns....;-)<br /><br />Or maybe not....<br /><br />I also think that 'Lionel Ritchie' should have been made the Commodore....;-)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-88867661639003373622012-02-02T01:19:36.862+00:002012-02-02T01:19:36.862+00:00Goodness Tim, you are Mr Megapost lately, I can ha...Goodness Tim, you are Mr Megapost lately, I can hardly keep up.<br /><br />Sail on Lionel!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666481879639671282noreply@blogger.com