More 1/2400th Scale Modern Ships

 British Type 45 by SeaWulf Miniatures. Not as nice as GHQ, but it does look good!

Another GHQ Oliver Hazard Perry frigate.  I did not paint this.  I added some touches and based it though. 

 Knox class frigate from GHQ.  The Vallejo Water Effects stuff sure does the trick.

 Kilo class submarine.  Going to build up the bow wave over time, but another splendid GHQ model.

Foxtrot submarine from Superior.  Again, not GHQ quality, but damn nice!

Los Angeles class submarine

1/2400th GHQ model of a Los Angeles class submarine.  I tried out some Vallejo Water Effects on
this one....I think it will be my basing material of choice for ships from now on. 

Knox class frigate

 Another beautiful GHQ model in its tiny 1/2400th glory!

1/2400 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate by GHQ

Not a good background, but I am happy with how this model painted up.  So much detail to work with....I love GHQ!!!

1/6000th Scale Ships for Victory in the Pacific with Miniatures

I finally finished painting and applying the paper numbers for the Victory in the Pacific stats to the ships. A true labor of love. I just need to get the map printed and we will be ready to play Avalon Hill's classic game with miniatures! I still plan on basing up some 1/1250 aircraft for the Japanese and Allied land based air units. I already have some carrier aircraft ready to go. I hope you enjoy the photos. You can see my Japanese ships in earlier blog posts.

USS S. Dakota docked.

USS Iowa and USS North Carolina in the background.

Battleship Row, December 7th, 1941. Of course some of the ships are modernized, the island isn't right, the Vestal isn't there...but hey, it's cool!

USS Arizona

The Japanese I-boat stalks the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis.

USS Baltimore escorts the light carrier USS Bataan.

A view of one of the contents of one of the two cigar boxes I use to store the ships.

The USS Hornet prepares to launch the Doolittle Raid.

The USS Houston sails with HNMS DeRuyter.

The USS Franklin with a lowered hangar elevator.

Panzer Lehr in 2mm/3mm now Complete!

This first picture is of Panzer Lehr's engineering battalion. I decided to use a river crossing to represent the engineers. All of the miniatures are from Pico Armor/Oddzial Ozmy. I made the scratch-built ferry using some wood and Plastruct styrene sheet and angle pieces. I think it came out nice. There is a Jagdpanzer IV on the ferry.

This next picture is the gepanzert battalion from Panzer Lehr. All of the minis are from Pico Armor/Oddzial Ozmy. Check out the Hetzer crossing the fallow field...and the RSO is towing a 75mm infantry gun...

The same unit as above, from a different angle.

Yet another Panzer Lehr panzergrenadier battalion. This one is supported by a StugIIIg and a 20mm quad flak gun. All of the models are once again from Pico Armor/Oddzial Ozmy.

Here is a shot of the final Panzer Lehr panzergrenadier battalion. In this case, they are supported by an 88mm gun. I cut some men from an Irregular minis 2mm stand and put them on for crew. The 88mm flak gun is a plastic 1/700 model from Pit-Road. Everything else is from Oddzial Ozmy/Pico Armor. I love the Sdkfz-7 tow vehicle.

With those stands done, Panzer Lehr is complete. I also have completed one panzergrenadier battalion for the 15th Panzergrenadier Division. It will show up in a later update!

More Pictures of my 2mm/3mm Battle of the Bulge Units

This first unit is the 707th Tank Battalion, part of the 28th Infantry Division. This is my first American unit. It is made with Sherman tanks, a truck and a jeep from the 1/700th scale Skytrex set Vehicles on the Beachhead. The building is from Oddzial Ozmy. I have the Shermans moving cross country en echelon and some of the vehicles focused on a distant target! This unit should also include M5 light tanks, but I liked the look of the large group of Sherman tanks.

This unit is the 130th Field Artillery Regiment of Panzer Lehr. In reality, this Regiment had one self-propelled battalion and two towed battalions. My model features the self-propelled battalion. In my planned game, German artillery regiments will be one stand and American battalions will also be one stand. This will account for the availability of artillery ammunition for each side. American artillery was more effective during the battle and fired vast quantities of ammo. In fact, I would venture to say that American artillery effectiveness was the key to victory in the battle. German artillery played less of a role. The first vehicle in my road column is a 1/700th Hummel 150mm SP gun made in metal by Pit Road. Beautiful model!! The Wespe SP guns and the Kubelwagen are from Oddzial Ozmy. The house is a wonderful plastic kit that came in the 1/700th European Buildings kit made by Pit Road. It painted up much better than it looks in the raw plastic.

This is another view of the 130th Artillery Regiment of Panzer Lehr. Parked near the building is a command radio truck from Oddzial Ozmy. The regiment's command team can just be made out on the hill. The truck and command team are from Oddzial Ozmy's German command set. The command team has an officer, a man with map, a dog and another man with binoculars. Smashing stuff!

This is the 130th Aufklarung Battalion (recon) of Panzer Lehr. Unfortunately, the armored cars I used here were not the types assigned to the unit, but the sdkfz 250 halftracks are correct. Also correct is the sdkfz 251/9 "Stummel" halftrack with a short 75mm gun. There is even a 20mm SP flak gun on this stand. Everything, including the building, is from Oddzial Ozmy.

Finally, here is a sample urban area I built from scratch to be used in this game system. It is not appropriate for the Bulge, but included here to give you an idea of what my urban areas/villages will look like. They are, of necessity, a much smaller scale when compared to the units.

This post is a tribute to all those who served, fought and those that made the supreme sacrifice in this epic battle. December 16th was the 67th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge.