I think I hate him ... Time to throw my paints and brushes out the window. ... Those damned little ships look so good. Cheers, Thomo the Lost Visit Thomo's...
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Jim B.
wtjcom
Apr 2, 2006 4:05 am
It was BTW, an early set of photos from Richard that got me to investigate water texturing options for bases. So it's thanks to him and Dave that I decided to...
1308
erwin
erwinmk
Apr 2, 2006 10:44 am
I have collected several of my army unit information lists in one overall folder, and added a proposal list for the belgian army in 1914....
1309
wtj_wargames@yahoogro...
Apr 2, 2006 10:45 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the wtj_wargames group. File : /1916 Unit...
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erwin
erwinmk
Apr 2, 2006 12:28 pm
I assume this MG is qualified as a MEDIUM mg in the 1916 rules?...
1311
erwin
erwinmk
Apr 2, 2006 12:36 pm
I noticed that almost all of the tanks in the Vehicle List carry LIGHT machine guns, while actually most (not all) were fitted for the French and British with...
1312
Doug Melville
mrstrange1964
Apr 3, 2006 12:47 am
I have thought about flags... having seen the size of some hoisted they would be visible in this scale. Doug M....
1313
Richard Wimpenny
richard_wimp...
Apr 3, 2006 8:35 am
Funny you should say that, Doug, as I've been thinking about flags, too...though maybe not signal flags! Richard Wimpenny Doug Melville...
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Doug Melville
mrstrange1964
Apr 5, 2006 12:56 am
I am intending to do some yards etc for my Germans, but I am considering using the old aero-modellers standby for rigging and 'stringing' polystyrene glue. How...
1315
Richard Wimpenny
richard_wimp...
Apr 5, 2006 11:01 am
Hi Doug, Using thread isn't as hard as it may look, you know. If it was, I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to do it; though rigging some Rod Langton models...
1316
colonsay2002
Apr 5, 2006 8:07 pm
Apologies for the cross-posting - does anyone know a source of information for the colours of the Russian auxiliaries (AMCs, Kamchatka, hospital ships, tugs...
1317
Doug Melville
mrstrange1964
Apr 6, 2006 12:19 am
The problem with most thread is it is 'hairy' but polystyrene strings are very fragile. Excellent job, very impressive. cheers Doug M. "Theban Sacred Band...
1318
Dave Carlton
davecarlton4
Apr 6, 2006 12:56 am
I have some thread for tying the flies I use for my trout fishing (1:1 scale insect models). This thread is very fine and waxed so it isn't hairy at all. I...
1319
Jim B.
wtjcom
Apr 7, 2006 4:29 am
... The belt-fed version would qualify, but the older clip-fed version would not....
1320
Jim B.
wtjcom
Apr 7, 2006 5:02 am
I know there was a reason for the light machine gun status for vehicle mounted weapons, but I don't recall at the moment. I think it was because they are not...
1321
Dave Carlton
davecarlton4
Apr 8, 2006 8:55 pm
Further to everyones earlier posts on rigging up Jims ships I have posted a photo of the results of a brainwave I had yesterday. It occurred to me that copper...
1322
PIERRE
pierreledob
Apr 8, 2006 11:52 pm
I have used copper wire in the past and you will be disappointed. Whilst you can get thin or even extremely thin wire in electrical windings and multicore...
1323
Richard Wimpenny
richard_wimp...
Apr 9, 2006 12:18 am
Hi Dave Your copper wire rigging looks great! It never even occured to me to use copper, then again I'm happy with my thread....
1324
Mark Severin
markericseverin
Apr 11, 2006 3:37 am
I've finally gotten around to writing up my system for basing 1:6000 ships: http://www.deepfriedhappymice.com/html/ht_naval_basing.html Basically, the idea is...
1325
Doug Melville
mrstrange1964
Apr 11, 2006 4:37 am
Nice, I do a similar thing - but I base on 2" x 1" bases for pre-dreds, then the last 10mm of the bases is a label with the ship name. I haven't attempted to...
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Mark Severin
markericseverin
Apr 11, 2006 5:13 am
Hi Doug: Good point about classes. But as we're all complete noobs, we're just trying to avoid a mistake we made in our WW2 game where someone *cough* *cough*...
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Doug Melville
mrstrange1964
Apr 11, 2006 5:37 am
I guess one of the things is that we are usually dealing with smaller engagements, and DBSA has extremely simple rules so that minor differences between ships...
1328
erwin
erwinmk
Apr 20, 2006 3:08 pm
Have you had time to check with Karl, Jim? ... vehicle ... had ... he ... MEDIUM...
1329
Jim B.
wtjcom
Apr 23, 2006 3:37 pm
Hi Erwin, I talked to Karl last night and he gave pretty much the same reason, mainly that they might have been medium machine guns but their ultimate...
1330
Jim B.
wtjcom
May 10, 2006 1:36 pm
Just so people will know things are still going on at WTJ despite high oil prices and world-wide uncertainty about the situation in Iceland, I thought I'd post...
1331
utechlaser
May 22, 2006 7:09 pm
Hello, Looking for info on Germans at MB. Also I read that the English and Japanese had some ships there as well. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks ...
1332
Jim B.
wtjcom
May 23, 2006 3:34 am
Hey Kevin, Below is a list of German ships and their dates of arrival on Pacific Station: 1897 Prinzess Wilhelm Kormoran Kaiser Arcona Irene 1898 Kaiserin...
1333
Jim B.
wtjcom
May 23, 2006 3:56 am
Below are copies of two postings, one by Doug and one by me, the two ... Now that I have a German Far East Fleet, I was looking at it's RN counterpart, and...
1334
utechlaser
May 23, 2006 4:05 am
Very good info. Should make for an interesting scenario. Not only does Dewey have the possible Spanish reinforcements, but now German. Thanks, Kevin...
1335
Doug Melville
mrstrange1964
May 23, 2006 5:15 am
As Jim says, the 4 ships of the Brandenburg Class plus Furst Bismarck were sent to the Far East in 1900 as a show of strength in the Boxer Rising. The list I...
