tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post2372292711977510278..comments2024-03-23T03:20:51.709+13:00Comments on A Fist Full of Plastic: Dry DockUncle Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-10357554951650972672014-11-25T15:48:33.538+13:002014-11-25T15:48:33.538+13:00Thanks Jake for your kind words. Your site looks l...Thanks Jake for your kind words. Your site looks like a commercial site for selling various toy guns. I hope you are successful with that venture:)Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-25988919555372317392014-11-17T18:04:11.348+13:002014-11-17T18:04:11.348+13:00I have enjoyed reading your post. It is well writt...I have enjoyed reading your post. It is well written. It looks like you spend a large amount of time and effort on your blog. I appreciate your effort. Please check out my site.<br /><a href="http://www.toygunzone.com/toy-aircraft-carrier/" rel="nofollow"> Toy Aircraft Carrier</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10715603663238103347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-89742891385428986222012-09-22T12:39:59.946+12:002012-09-22T12:39:59.946+12:00The names I suggested was because I noticed one of...The names I suggested was because I noticed one of those carriers was called 'Saratoga'. Originality is not one of my long suits.<br /><br />Floor play has its attractions, sure, but I am getting a bit creaky these days, and in any case proximity to allergens is apt to induce a paroxysm of sneezing not to be arrested. That's what happened in the 'Darklands' battle last year. It was horrible...<br /><br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-52165052784582207042012-09-21T00:02:46.300+12:002012-09-21T00:02:46.300+12:00The races were a great deal of fun, should they oc...The races were a great deal of fun, should they occur again I might take some photos. Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-65676835115718529942012-09-21T00:00:41.247+12:002012-09-21T00:00:41.247+12:00Oh wow! - the Tarawa game....the complete clusterf...Oh wow! - the Tarawa game....the complete clusterfuck of the landings....I still think you did the right thing given the circumstances.<br /><br /> As to the cruiser, it was a monster of a thing! Actually Ion, I didn't keep it long - instead I bowed to the harsh practicalities of logistics. Storing the unfinished beast was proving very difficult, and transporting it to the UCSA and back the one time was extremely difficult. Since then I have put a size limit on individual gaming pieces which runs along the lines of if it is too big to fit easily in a car, then it is too big.<br /><br />Your naming suggestions will be kept in mind as these ships are likely to only see service in the more alternate of my moderns campaigns. As to the placement of these beasts in a game, your suggestions are similar to what I was thinking, but given a large enough room with blueenough carpet and I would be sorely tempted to play on the floor again.Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-89483749628006645512012-09-20T18:44:04.664+12:002012-09-20T18:44:04.664+12:00Yes, that's the one ! I also notice from a qu...Yes, that's the one ! I also notice from a quick flip through my WIs from that time that there was a big slab missing from that article and it was printed as an addendum in February 1996 (WI #101).<br /><br />Cheers, DaveDaveMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707036473168150957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-84480411485346366282012-09-20T14:34:19.191+12:002012-09-20T14:34:19.191+12:00Far out, Brian! I never would have thought of thi...Far out, Brian! I never would have thought of this sort of thing. Probably just as well, too. I'm trying to establish some kind of order here, and not making much of it.<br /><br />I read recently - on one of these blogspots, actually, of someone placing his vessels on table-high stands, as if the table edge were a shore line, and off-table being the ocean or large waterway. I imagine you would have a second blue covered table - a patch of ocean - a short distance from the land battle table. That would work I think.<br /><br />Speaking of which: did you ever finish that cruiser that provided (yeah, right) the fire support at the Tarawa landings game at the USCA way back when? (Incidentally, if I was still smoking back then, that would make it 2003. I quit a few weeks later). If you didn't, but still have the hull, maybe we could do something with it?<br /><br />Although I'm not tempted to go down this road, I do admire these vessels. Not knowing much about the post-War US Navy, I'd almost suggest that one of the Saratogas become the Lexington - a sister ship during WW2. Lexington was lost at the Coral Sea battle, but had given a good account of herself up until then.<br /><br />Two other carriers might be Enterprise and Yorktown, which, at 20,000 tons' displacement, were little more than half the size of the Saratoga/Lexington class (still fair sized ships, though. The British Illustrious class weren't much bigger). True, we are looking post WW2 here, but ... y'know... tradition...<br /><br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-55047875601293122392012-09-20T06:58:11.593+12:002012-09-20T06:58:11.593+12:00HUGE!!!!!! is there a better way to describe them?...HUGE!!!!!! is there a better way to describe them? these will easily fit with 1/72 scale soldiers my only complaint is that there is no phootate of these races... I can imagine it is a real laugh.Daisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-25265281273147369852012-09-20T00:03:17.379+12:002012-09-20T00:03:17.379+12:00That does make storage easier!That does make storage easier!Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-42659071479069144412012-09-20T00:01:51.213+12:002012-09-20T00:01:51.213+12:00Yep, the first article to send me down this partic...Yep, the first article to send me down this particular path was "Big Boats (and Bigger Boats) The chastening tale of a WWII navy in 20mm" in the November 1995 issue of W.I. <br /><br />That article is one of my favourites.....Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-87769982818602058912012-09-19T23:56:06.217+12:002012-09-19T23:56:06.217+12:00Speechless!
I think I will stick to 1/3000 Brian!...Speechless!<br /><br />I think I will stick to 1/3000 Brian!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666481879639671282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-85977545866611203992012-09-19T23:44:50.109+12:002012-09-19T23:44:50.109+12:00I think I have a couple of old WI's somewhere ...I think I have a couple of old WI's somewhere with articles by Richard Marsh (of Rapid Fire fame) about his fleet - are those the same articles? I can't believe that photo with the Esci bloke on the flight deck - those things are absolutely huge!!<br /><br />Cheers, DaveDaveMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707036473168150957noreply@blogger.com