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Does none of our members apart from me do this scale, 1/3000

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Simple but effective.

1-3000 ? Can you post a photo, please.

USS Nimitz is about 1000 feet long so in 1/3000 its 4 inches long.

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I have some Davco 1/3000 ships. I'd say they are excellent for gaming, but I prefer the 1/2400 series. Panzerschiffe makes some very nice resin ships n 1/2400.

Jack

Do it? I couldn't even see it!

Bob

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Give me a fast ship, for I would like to get out of harm's way!

Oh come on guys post a pic !

Here,s 2 of mine, 3 inch and 3 1/4,

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Hi Alec,

These are 1/2400 Panzerschiffe

1x Cleveland Class Cruiser
1x Proteus Class Sub tender
4x Gato subs
2x APDs
3x Fletcher DDs

These do not require assembly.

Jack

Wow Ron! Are these scratch builds?

Jack

To be honest, I didn't know what to expect (except small lol) but the detail isn't that bad considering the size of these little gems. Thank you for posting.

Iron Duke comes in 9 parts, they need assembling and painting.

Tiger comes in 6 parts, they are very well detailed all , small boats , deck planks, chains, I enjoyed doing them when I first took bad.

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I've done a some 1/3000th scale masters for Skytrex several years ago.

I can't remember all of them but I did these -
WW1 Italian -
Francesco Caracciolo
Regina Elena
Pisa
Varese
Dante Alighieri
Conte Di Cavour
Caio Duilio

WW2 British -
HMS York
HMS Abercrobie
HMS Centaur
HMS Unicorn

WW2 American -
USS Texas
USS Wichita

WW2 German -
Several Commerce Raiders

Modern -
USS Wasp
USS Bainbridge
USS Truxton
USS Arleigh Burke

Nanomodels is what you should call them.

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I used to have hundreds of Skytrex and Davco ships in 1:3000, and regularly used them for wargaming, and did nice paint jobs on them. I had hundreds of aircraft too which were moulded on square bases, I cut quite a few off and glued to carrier decks to populate the carriers a bit, and even helos on frigate landing decks. Not sure what happened to them (maybe in the attic with a bit of luck).

I wondered about re-starting the collection one day, but would more likely go with GHQ's superior 1:2400 products if I do.

I do 1:2400 GHQ (Yes I am a wargamer).

I strive to get the research correct though, which is really why I am on this forum.

I give up, How do you post piccies on Here ?

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Sod this for a game of soldiers.

Instructions for posting photos can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1261

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De quoi s'agit-il?

Right. Here we go. this should be piccy of HMS Naiad wearing the 1940 Flotta scheme:

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Sod this for a game of soldiers.

Nicely painted!

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Very Nice jobs!, I have a ton a of 1/2400 GHQ stuff I need to paint. Seeing more of these may motivate me to get cracking at them lol.

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Sailing:
HMS Illustrious 1:350

In the Shipyard:
HMS Repulse 1:350
HMS Prince of Wales 1:350
DKM Prinz Eugen 1:700

On the Design Table:
HMCS Winnipeg 1:72
HMCS Halifax 1:350

Was going through my storage room recently and found a cigar box full of Davco moderns. I need to sort through them. I bought them in the early '80s at a place called The Ship Shop in Annapolis, MD.

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