Saturday, October 17, 2020

Fleets Completed ...

 Last night I began and finished the final two warships for my Turcowaz (Turkish) navy.  

Hayreddin Barbarossa - I looked up the name.
Seems he was a very successful admiral in the time of
Suleiman the Magnificent.
Because the three planned Turkish vessels seemed to be somewhat outmatched by the the three Greek, methought it reasonable to add a fourth to the former to redress the balance.  Besides, the addition of a battleship called Hayreddin Barbarossa seemed to me desirable for its own sake.  It is the sister ship to Turgut Reis, though there are a number of differences to distinguish the two.


The remaining vessel is the 'protected cruiser' Hamidieh. Designed, possibly, more as a commerce raider, it is nowhere near as powerful as the other large ships in the collection.
Hamidieh - protected cruiser.  I might add some 
secondary armament ...

Finally, a couple of photos of the whole collection:

Hellenic Fleet:
  • Lemnos - modern Pre-Dreadnought battleship
  • Hydra - ironclad/ coastal battleship
  • Georgios Averof - armoured cruiser.  This vessel looks larger than Lemnos, and the fact is it was longer, but displaced less, and its guns were not as heavy.
  •  Panthir - destroyer
  •  Ierax - destroyer.  
  • I have two reserve names for destroyer replacements or additions: Leon and Aetos.
The whole collection: 5 Hellenic and 6 Turcowaz vessels.

Turcowaz Fleet:
  •  Turgut Reis - older Pre-Dreadnought battleship
  •  Hayreddin Barbarossa - older Pre-Dreadnought battleship
  • Messudieh - ironclad/ coastal defence battleship
  • Hamidieh - protected cruiser 
  • S165 Muavenet - destroyer
  • S166 Yadigar - destroyer.  
  • I have two reserve names for  destroyer replacements or additions: S167(?) Numune and S168(?) Gayret.

The whole collection, named.
To continue - the third week of the First Blacklands War.

15 comments:

  1. Ready for the battles...Thumbs up!

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    1. Getting close! Wood 'sealed' (I hope) with a coating of PVA, and painting to start today. They'll probably get a basic coat of beige spray paint (for the decks) and the grey and possibly a red 'waterline'.

      I thought a single ship action to begin with - I even have the whole narrative up until the meeting worked out in my head.
      Cheers,
      Archduke Piccolo.

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  2. Great looking collection of vessels Archduke.

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    1. Hi Maudlin -
      That'll be about it, except maybe a merchant vessel or two. I'm toying with adding to each side a third destroyer/ torpedo boat, but that can wait.
      Cheers,
      Archduke Piccolo.

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  3. You've been very busy at the Scratch Modelling your Compact Scale Ships - it will be good to see them in a future Sea Battle action. Regards. KEV.

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    1. Hi Kev -
      I believe you have been one of the inspirations for my naval activities in recent times! I still have to do my 'Week Three' campaign 'narratives', and to paint up these ships, but I'm pretty pleased with this last week's progress!
      Cheers,
      Archduke Piccolo.

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    1. Cheers, Sun -
      It's a fine fleet made - I don't plan on adding more. I reckon there's plenty to work with here! I may add a couple of merchant vessels though.
      Best -
      Archduke Piccolo.

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  5. Archduke Piccolo,

    These models are even more impressive when seen all together.

    I look forward to seeing them in action in the near future.

    All the best,

    Bob

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    1. Hi Bob -
      To quote a certain Nancy Blackett: 'It's more fun with a fleet!'
      Paint job first - then action. What do you reckon of a single ship duel between 'Messudieh' (WITH its main guns installed) and 'Hydra'?
      Cheers,
      Archduke Piccolo.

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    2. Great to see you're a Ransome reader too Archduke

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    3. It has been quite a while since, though, Maudlin!

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  6. Excellent work, Archduke!

    Regards, Chris.

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    1. Thanks, Chris. I'm finding I'm no hand at painting ships, though... :(

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  7. Excellent work, Archduke!

    Regards, Chris.

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