Monday, 27 August 2012

Where have all the flowers gone?

I can't answer Mr Seegar's question, but I can account for four of them.  Flower Class corvettes that is. 
These are MY 1/1200 metal castings which, after a quick cleanup were treated to masts made (rather appropriately) from florists wire.  The usual drybrush over black paintwork was finished off with a squirt of spray varnish.
These are nice little models - and very reasonable at £2.00 each.  The cutting mat 'sea' is calibrated in inches.
Three Flowers escorting a tanker (another MY model).
 
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12 comments:

  1. Rodger27 August 2012 at 11:10

    Very nice Tim. Very effective.

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  2. Paul27 August 2012 at 11:54

    Nicholas Monsarrat could not have done better Tim.

    Impressive fleet all around.

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  3. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com27 August 2012 at 12:03

    A Compass Rose by any other name?

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  4. Archduke Piccolo27 August 2012 at 13:03

    I rather like seeing the small stuff for escort duties and inshore work. Plenty of interesting wargames possibilities around coastlines, shoal waters, estuaries, fjords and the like.

    Even the small convoy shown: three flowers and a tanker makes for a fine scenario - a target for air attack, surface attack by MTBs or a big commerce raider... Lotsa fun!

    Cheers,
    Ion

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  5. Tim Gow27 August 2012 at 18:14

    Rodger
    Thanks - I'me rather pleased with them.

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  6. Tim Gow27 August 2012 at 18:15

    Paul
    Possibly - but he'd have come up with a better caption.

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  7. Tim Gow27 August 2012 at 18:15

    Ross Mac
    I shall order another one...

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  8. Tim Gow27 August 2012 at 18:16

    Archduke Piccolo
    I'm sure there'll be plenty of work for these little chaps!

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  9. joppy28 August 2012 at 19:28

    My father spent his entire war paddling backwards and forwards across the Atlantic in one of these, apart from helping out off Juno Beach. I have his diary of ports, along with comments.

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  10. Tim Gow28 August 2012 at 20:46

    Joppy
    Sounds like you have the material for a few good blog posts there!

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  11. Geordie an Exiled FoG28 August 2012 at 23:56

    Any favourite Anti-Sub rules to run the convoy battles against Tim?

    Have you tried Mal Wright's "Convoy Deadly Waters"?

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  12. Tim Gow20 December 2012 at 22:26

    Geordie
    They'll be used in Fletcher Pratt games - where a stray U-boat has already had some success....

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