hello All,
i submitted a new campaign to Mark (Gunny)...it is a continuation of the PreDreadnought campaign. What the campaign is about, is you can build any Ship, of any Nation that fought in World War 1, ie:Sub attacking a convoy, The Coronel/Falkland Battle on Oct.12,1914, or the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Campaigns&file=index&req=showcontent&id=241

The campaign will start in May 15, 2009 to, Feb.15 2010... i know that this is 18 months away, so we can think and talk about it.

Cheers,
Bruce

I like it Bruce, makes sense, and would make for a good continuation...it is a long way off, but plenty of planning time, for sure!

18 months? Good! That gives me time to save enough for a WW1 British ship.

There don't seem to be many plastic ones out there... Or am I wrong?

There is a nice 1/700 Turret Ship on the way!

http://www.shipmodels.info/mwphpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=31919

hello All,
Well it looks like some intrest in this.Mark,i like it when a campaign can be tied into another one.that way if you don not finish a multible build you can use it on the next campaign.
Harry, that looks great,keep us updated on your plans for the ship.
Well we got 4 people signed and it was just posted.good show.i wonder it the modelers on the otherside of the pond wants to sign up.
cheers,
Bruce

What's out there in 1/700 scale?

Gator

hello Kenny,
i found in some of my junk mail a 1/350 konig class Battleship commissioned in 1914 for $69.95..it is put out by ICM.never heard of the company.in my LHS there is 4 or 5 differant WW1 ships for sale.hope this helps.
Cheers,
Bruce
edit:also try White Ensign,ICM is Dragon.

I signed up. Interested in what Harry comes up with. But I am interested in the battle wagons.

I'm in. I've been re-reading Massie's Castles of Steel and I've become interested in the cruisers of this period. Now I've an excuse to acquire one.

I'm in, one HMS Conqueror now has a time to join the shipyard from the stash




Kenny check out Kombrig

Ciao
Luciano

Someone posted a company in another thread and I can't seem to locate it. It was German company as I recall and it had a model of the Emden. D'oh I wish I could remember.

Steve, try NNT, they carry quite a bit.

http://www.nntmodell.com/

you thinking of the Revell/Germany Emden in 1:350?

RE 05041 1/350 Kreuzer SMS "Emden"
Usually found for $US 12-15, I ordered one from LuckyModel some time ago

GMM has a PE AM for this kit:
http://www.goldmm.com/ships/gms3emdr.htm

I am thinking of maybe doing the Zvezda Oriol 1:350 for the Pre-dreadnought part and the Revell Emden 1:350 for the WWI part? I have only been (re)-building for a year, I may not be good enough to pull it off, but can give it a try... love the idea of both campaigns in sequence.

a nice web site: http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/

"This site is mainly about the history of surface warship warfare between the Imperial German Navy and the British Royal Navy (RN) during World War 1 and includes information on the Battle of Jutland, Battle of Dogger Bank, Battle of Heligoland Bight, Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falklands, the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow, losses of battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers and destroyers and the war exploits of the cruisers Emden, Karlsruhe and Königsberg. "

Ahoy Bruce

I think you already know I am into this with my current love affair with dreadnought and predreadnought ships.

I already have the Emden "in stock"which I must do a review for (right Gunny?) and I can do that or as I am planning to invest in the ICM Konig as my Christmas gift I can do that.

So count me in big time Bruce.

Cheers


Sean

That's the one Harry thanks! The more that I think about it, It may have been you that posted this the first time I'd seen it

hello all,
in looking at differant online model shops,i found a neat one.it is called Pacific Front Models,they have it all from1/700 predreadnoughts to modern ships.they also carry alot of p.e .and a.m.they have some ship models that are very obscure ship models.looking at the sign up,we have 6 so far.just 4 more to make this a go.i am allready looking at the next continuation after this campaign.i call it between the wars ships.it will be any ship in any navy in use or built between Nov.12,1918 to Aug 30,1939.this campaign will start in 2010.
so lets get this one going,so we can build some pocket battleships.(yes,Gunny created a monster.)
cheers,
Bruce

Someone before asked about ICM's Konig... I found an info thread somewhere else, if you want, I can post the info and links. The jist is that the reviewer found the OOTB kit is actually only accurate for the Kronprinz sister-ship, and not the Konig (or Grosser Kurfurst or Markgraf); another said kit is accurate for Kronzprinz post -Jutland only

hello James,
please go ahead and post all you have.this will help all of us.
cheers,
Bruce

hello All,
i found my ship for this campaign,a Austro-Hungarian Dreadnought.it is a plastic kit and i am getting a sets of P.E. and a set of A.M.i think it will look good,and it is outside the normal that you would build for this type of campaign.
cheers to all,
Bruce

Wow!
The British Battleship HMS Agincourt is awesome looking. I like the Tiger too.

British Battleship HMS Agincourt

hello Kenny,
the HMS Agincourt is very immpressive.are you getting a P.E. for her also.She had 14 12inch guns, 20 6 inch guns,10 3 inch guns,and 3 21 inch torprdo tubes.at 30250 tons she could stream at 22 knots.she was launched as the Rio De Janeiro,then sold to Turkey who named her Sultan Osman 1.Winston Churchill seized her and then called her the HMS Agincourt.
cheers,
Bruce

hello all,
the campaign is about 17 months away,so how is your plans going.i ordered my model and then spent another $200 in p.e. and a.m. to go with it.i am even thinking about getting some 1/700 figures to put on the ship.who knows i might even make it look good.
cheers to all,
Bruce

hello All,
well we have 7 people signed up.i know is about 16 months away,so lets see if we can get 3 more to sign up.remember it can be any Ship that, served in any Navy,during the First World War.this campaign will run 10 months,for us slow builders.
so how about 3 more people signing up.
The next part of my plan is a Campaign for any Ship,any Navy that was in service during the inter war years.that means the campaign will run between the years of 1919-1939.
cheers,
Bruce

I'll gladly sign on,.. give me an excuse to buy me the Gin Palace!