That works for me.

Ok, I officially enlisted.

I will probably do the SeaWay/Fujimi 1:700 IJN Chikuma, the second Tone class Hvy cruiser. Interesting history, starting her career at Pearl Harbor and participating in most of the salient naval battles of the PacWar. Took a "bruising" in the Battle of Santa Cruz and was finally sunk by Avengers at Leyte Gulf.

I joined in, too, but am not yet certain about the topic. ... SMS Dresden, ... SMS Scharnhrost and Gneisenau ... SMS Emden, ... HMAS Sydney. A total of 11 light, armoured and battlecruisers on both sides of the Jutland Battle were lost. Plenty of subjects to choose from...
I have hesiated quite some time, because the campaign is (IMHO) quite short at 6 months, which is quite short for me. Anyway, I'll try!

Cheers,
Guido

We have ten now so this one is approved.

I was concerned about the time to. We maybe can lengthen the time or ask the moderators to change it. At the time the site would not allow me to make it a full year when I entered it.

Hi - Been away for a while and just noticed this campaign. If its not too late, I'd like to join. I'll be modeling USS Northampton (CA-26), sunk at the Battle of Tassafaronga in November, 1942. Don't know yet what I'll use as the base kit, but it will be 1/350.

Barry (aka drdull)

Hi all, I know I have been gone for a long time... not sure whether I will join the campaign (I have never been able to finish one so far - usually a combination of life and ADHD catching up)...

I have the 1/350 DKM Hipper in the stash, and I want to build that one... and preferrably the 1942 version, when she was badly damaged, dropped in a dock and basically taken out of the war.
I know that she was patched up enough to help out evacuating Germans in the Baltic before being scuttled, but I hope the 1942 version is acceptable.

I prefer a colourful ship over a 'boring' grey one... I do like camouflage...

Barry and Harm – welcome to the campaign! Both interesting subjects look forward to learning more about them and the builds. Cheers.

Ah what to build, what to build. Trumpeter 1/350 Graf Spee, or should I save that for the Big Guns campaign? Toro 1/400 Gorizia? DML 1/350 Laffey? Or maybe convert the Trumpeter 1/350 San Francisco to one of the CAs taken out at Savo, Quincy, Astoria, Vincennes? Decisions, decisions.

Hi Anthony
After the WWI campaign I'm hooked!!!
Academy premium Graf Spee on its way
Andy

Hey Rodger, the answer is easy--do 'em all!

--Karl

Harm, That ship and 1942 version sound good. As long as it was eventually sunk in some form it counts.

Greetings!

I'll be adding the SMS Emden to this group. (Could a ship be any more demolished in battle without actually sinking???)

I have the model and GMM photoetch, but that will be stretching my limited skills. I hope I can do a fairly decent job as I learn along the way!

Best wishes,

Daniel Chavez

Ok, I am changing my plans again (yes, this one I will actually FINISH a campaign

Will build the 1:700 Fujimi Admiral Scheer, w/WEM Pocket Battleship Detail Set. Will have to modify the kit a bit for 1945 configuration. The Fujimi Waterline kits of the German pocket battleships (later re-classified as heavy cruisers) more closely resemble the initial pre-war configurations.

Last "bruising" of the Admiral Scheer:

" Throughout January and February 1945 she was engaged in further coastal bombardment operations, but her gun barrels were worn out by March and she returned to Kiel. It was here, on the night of 9 April 1945, during a general RAF bombing raid on the dockyard by over 300 aircraft, that she was struck, and capsized at her berth. Most of Scheer's crew were ashore at the time, but 32 men were killed. The wreck of Admiral Scheer was buried when the inner harbor was filled with debris after the war."

Hi Guys.
I take it this is now the forum to be posting in regarding the Cruise'n for a Bruise'n campaign?

Karl - thanks for the advice on those decal stripes. They do look like they could be used as windows. Might not be easy to use as they're printed on sticky-back paper instead of regular waterslide.