by MatthewB » Sun Feb 20, 2022 2:34 am
I am so thrilled to find these.
I use 1/700 ships for WWII (and eventually WWI and Pre-Dreadnaught era) Naval Wargaming, and I have wanted to have some crews for the various ships, so that they will look like they are actually preparing for, or participating, in an actual fight.
Mostly to create Bridge Crews, and some Crews on the guns that are open on the Deck, or the various Fire-Fighting and Damage Control Parties.
People already think I am insane for using 1/700 ships with PE included (I tend to allow only a couple of people to actually move the ships, and to date I only have about 6 USN and 6 IJN ships completed for the purpose. But that limits the people touching them. I also have a �demonstration ship� that I use to allow people to touch the PE, so they can see why I don�t allow them to move the ships).
But I want to have things �look right� regardless of needing a basketball court on which to stage the games (Technically we�ve used an indoor tennis court, and an indoor racket-ball court, so far, with one game that was IJN Sub-chasers looking for a USN submarine before the larger USN surface combatants show-up to rescue the sub� that was played in a garage, due to everything involved being small, slow, and with weapons that were not terrifically long-ranged).
But regardless of the reason�. Ships tend to have people on them. They just look better that way.
MB
I am so thrilled to find these.
I use 1/700 ships for WWII (and eventually WWI and Pre-Dreadnaught era) Naval Wargaming, and I have wanted to have some crews for the various ships, so that they will look like they are actually preparing for, or participating, in an actual fight.
Mostly to create Bridge Crews, and some Crews on the guns that are open on the Deck, or the various Fire-Fighting and Damage Control Parties.
People already think I am insane for using 1/700 ships with PE included (I tend to allow only a couple of people to actually move the ships, and to date I only have about 6 USN and 6 IJN ships completed for the purpose. But that limits the people touching them. I also have a �demonstration ship� that I use to allow people to touch the PE, so they can see why I don�t allow them to move the ships).
But I want to have things �look right� regardless of needing a basketball court on which to stage the games (Technically we�ve used an indoor tennis court, and an indoor racket-ball court, so far, with one game that was IJN Sub-chasers looking for a USN submarine before the larger USN surface combatants show-up to rescue the sub� that was played in a garage, due to everything involved being small, slow, and with weapons that were not terrifically long-ranged).
But regardless of the reason�. Ships tend to have people on them. They just look better that way.
MB