At the Navy History site is this set of photos of USS Montgomery. The really interesting shot is at the bottom, one of the very few images I've seen of a...
Hi; I have a used copy of the US Naval Institute Press reprint of _ The McCully Report_, by Newton McCully, USN. He was a USN officer assigned as observor at...
Since there has been so much interest lately in the implications of H.G. Wells' story on the issue of period naval warfare I've decided to make a few notes on...
For what it's worth, I read on a website that the ship in the artwork for Jeff Waynes musical version of War of the Worlds was inspired by HMS Canopus. Chris...
Hi all Me, Simon and Dave all tried out a game of Quickfire last week and enjoyed it. During the game a few questions and suggestions arose:-- 1. What is the...
Hi Kieran, ... The range for the light fire rating is the same as the range for the heavy fire rating. There are several reasons for this: (a) To keep the game...
For those who visit the RJW group, you'll know that Chuck found the answer to his map query from Bill. In the process however, Chuck has mentioned that he may...
Hi; For personal reasons I have to get out of Arcadia soon. I lived in La Mesa/ Lemon Grove area from 1954-66, graduated from Helix High in 65. I know a few...
... No problem. We couldnt find it in the rules so we just assumed that they would have different ranges (although my knowledge in this era is very limited). ...
Yep it was a good game and I am ready for another any time. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail...
I just posted some more photos of painted ships. These are using styrene plastic bases (same as used by Dave C.) along with Vallejo plastic putty sea-surface...
And I've added three photos of my newly constructed sinking ship markers to the Daves Navy folder. And very nice work on your bases Jim. Cheers Dave...
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Hi all I've just uploaded a file with a chart of the Quickfire gunnery vs armour percentages. Let me know if you spot any mistakes etc. Cheers Kieran...
Hi. Yesterday I finished translation of Quickfire to Russian, because some of my friends don't know English. And I want to know, how I can distribute...
ricschus; Found the pictures and Russian AMC data in the files. What is the source for this info???????? I'd kill for a copy of the book, even perform major...
I've finally bitten the bullet and started texturing my warship bases. Thank you to Kieran and Jim for getting me motivated. There are photos in the Japanese...
in the russian sites http://www.wunderwaffe.narod.ru/Reference/Fleet/RJ1/index.htm http://www.wunderwaffe.narod.ru/Reference/Fleet/RJ2/index.htm they are the...
hi; I have 2 books by Fred Jane. First is on Imperial Russian Navy, second on Imperial Japanese Navy. Interesting books , printed about 1904. Hard to find. ...
Anyone noticed the unnerving similarity to what's happening on this list and a certain period 100 years ago! Firstly we had Navwar - then super detail WTJ -...
Hi Paul I use a Humbrol paint 63M matt sand. Equivalents are Tamiya XF59 or Testors 1735 (It's a sort of Afrika Korp desert yellow colour). I then use a...