I recently bought four of the Triang Minic Ships harbour accessories sets and yesterday I decided that it would be a good idea to use elements from the Ocean terminal set to act as a backdrop to some of my collection of 1:1200th-scale ships.
The Imperial Japanese Navy
The battleship IJNS Fuso is moored alongside one of the quays, with the light cruiser IJNS Yubari on the opposite side. The destroyer IJNS Shimakaze is also moored alongside whilst the destroyer IJNS Asagiri is being manoeuvered into place by two harbour tugs.
British ironclads
HMS Victoria is moored alongside whilst HMS Inflexible is being manoeuvered into position by two habour tugs.
German/Turkish Navy battleships
The German battleships SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm and SMS Weissenburg moored alongside. These were two of the four Brandenberg-class battleships built for the Imperial German Navy. These two ships were sold to the Ottoman Navy in 1910 and renamed Hayreddin Barbarossa and Turgut Reis respectively.
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Hello there Bob,
ReplyDeleteWow! They look lovely and I am rather taken by the two Brandenbergs. They were rather more useful in Eric’s South East Asia naval campaign as under Fletcher Pratt (at least the version we were using) there was no allowance made for the different barrel length of the two guns in the mid ships turret compared with fore and aft.
Six x 11” was quite useful!
Great to see Fuso (naturally!) and I like the British ironclads.
Any chance of some close ups of these at all?
All the best,
DC
David Crook,
DeleteI bought the Brandenbergs because of their effectiveness in the Madasahatta naval battles … and hope to use them in a wargame one day soon.
I’ll see if I can do some closeups in the near future.
All the best,
Bob
David and Bob -
DeleteYou might recall that my own versions of 'the Brandenbergs' also made no distinction between the disparate calibre-lengths of the 11-inch turrets (A and Y vs Q). That made them formidable ships indeed despite their puny secondary armaments. The superior range of the main guns of 'Lemnos' conferred only a very temporary advantage; once one of the Brandenbergs got in range, the Greek ship had a real fight on its hands.
CHeers,
Ion
However, it did cross my mind to make Q-turret a secondary armament, but with the same 'stats' as the other two individually, or else make their ranges one grid area less.
Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
DeleteThe disparity in the lengths of the barrels of the main armament of the Brandenberg-class has always struck me as a bit odd. Apparently they were designed to have a uniform battery of six 28 cm MRK L/35 guns but during construction the newer, longer 28 cm MRK L/40 became available. These were too long to be fitted into the central turret and were therefore only fitted to the fore and aft turrets. The difference between the two marks of gun are not that great (14.45km range for the L/35 as opposed to 15km range for the L/40) so I'd treat them as the same if I was grading them for a wargame.
All the bet,
Bob
Great looking port Bob are you planing to use them in a campaign? Have a good week - Quinn
ReplyDeleteGlory to Ruritania (Quinn),
DeleteThe Minic Ships harbour accessories sets are great and I hope to use them - and my collection of 1:1200th-scale model ships to fight wargames in the near future.
All the best,
Bob
Lovely toys Bob! I used to like the breakwater parts with the angled sections for changing direction and a lighthouse to go on the end.
ReplyDeleteMaudlin Jack Tar,
DeleteI almost used the breakwater sections in the photos but couldn’t quite fit them in.
All the best,
Bob
BOB,
ReplyDeleteThe Tri-ang piers look very good. Those are excellently detailed models of HMS Inflexible and HMS Victoria- great 1/1200th models. Cheers. KEV.
Kev Robertson (Kev),
DeleteThe Triang Minic stuff was very good and ideal for anyone who wanted to display their 1:1200th-scale ship collection.
Unfortunately, HMS Inflexible lost her masts in transit from the seller and I’ve never got around to replacing them.
All the best,
Bob
Excellent harbour purchases to enhance your collection.
ReplyDeletePeter,
DeleteI’d always wanted these sets when I was growing up … and now that I’m positively ancient, I finally bought them!
All the best,
Bob
Bob - those port installations are great, aren't they? In some ways I wish I hadn't allowed myself to get sidetracked into the Roman Civil War campaign, as, having reached a departure point in my Teeny-Tiny navies, I had a few things to say about my own 'Mighty Armadas' ( Triang-Minic-Thing) navies. I had it in mind to make (or maybe buy) some cruisers and destroyers, but I also had some aircraft that were to be incorporated into the Kiivar-Ra'esharn War.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile I'll be looking out for more on this topic!
Cheers,
Ion
Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
DeleteThe Triang Minic ships and accessories were my entree into 1:1200th-scale ships ... and I've never looked back since then! I really ought to get me collection together and use it as I have sufficient carriers, cruisers, and destroyers (and now a battleship!) to equip a couple of 1950s to 1970s fleets. By adding a few more ships via eBay, I could easily fight a modern-ish naval campaign just with my Triang Minic collection, especially as I now have harbours that they can use!
I look forward to seeing what you do with your 'Mighty Armadas'. As for aircraft ... well, that is something that I am going to have to have a look at. At present I am thinking about using any 1:600th or 1:700th-scale ones I can get my hands on.
All the best,
Bob