STS Fleet Review
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:18 pm
As mentioned in the Micronaut-only-Thread, due to the pandemic, there was a lot of free time to get some painting done. As far as my ships are concerned, for the first time in my life, I'm getting close to actually getting everything painted. I'm going to start regularly posting (close-up) pics of my WW2 ships over the next few weeks and months, as they get done.
To keep everything sorted, I'll create 2-3 placeholder posts at the start of this thread and update those. There are going to be a small amount of non-GHQ-ships, if those are unwanted, drop me a note, and I'll remove the pictures.
US Navy
Overall:
my whole US fleet.
- 9 Fleet Carriers
- 4 Light Carriers
- 8 Battleships
- 18 Cruisers (6 Heavy, 12 Light)
- 48 Destroyers (36 DD, 6 DDE, 6 DMS)
- 15 Submarines
- 18 Landing Ships (4 AKA, 2 APA, 4 LSD, 4 LSM, 4 LST)
- 24 Auxiliaries (6 Tankers, 2 large Troop Transports, 1 AV, 2 AGP, 1 Hospital Ship, 12 Freighters)
- 50 var. Craft (32 PT-Boats, 8 LCI, 6 LCIS, 4 LSM-R)
The first ship posted will be a peaceful one. Hog B painted as an AH, although I forgot to remove the AA-guns. :/
BatDiv 2 (Tennessee, Nevada, California) - a bit of an anachronism: all of my US ships are in pre-war Measure 1 - even those that were comissioned post-war. It gives a bit more contrast and I can't paint camo very well.
Ranger was one of the first carrier decals I aplied, a few years back. Somehow I messed up the length of the decal a bit. Rendova & Siboney are competitor models, with a few GHQ parts (tower, aircraft, AAA guns) added
Cruiser Division 9
Farraguts from DesDiv2 (DesRon 1), early 1942
USS Curtiss shortly before refueling a PBY Cataline
To keep everything sorted, I'll create 2-3 placeholder posts at the start of this thread and update those. There are going to be a small amount of non-GHQ-ships, if those are unwanted, drop me a note, and I'll remove the pictures.
US Navy
Overall:
my whole US fleet.
- 9 Fleet Carriers
- 4 Light Carriers
- 8 Battleships
- 18 Cruisers (6 Heavy, 12 Light)
- 48 Destroyers (36 DD, 6 DDE, 6 DMS)
- 15 Submarines
- 18 Landing Ships (4 AKA, 2 APA, 4 LSD, 4 LSM, 4 LST)
- 24 Auxiliaries (6 Tankers, 2 large Troop Transports, 1 AV, 2 AGP, 1 Hospital Ship, 12 Freighters)
- 50 var. Craft (32 PT-Boats, 8 LCI, 6 LCIS, 4 LSM-R)
The first ship posted will be a peaceful one. Hog B painted as an AH, although I forgot to remove the AA-guns. :/
BatDiv 2 (Tennessee, Nevada, California) - a bit of an anachronism: all of my US ships are in pre-war Measure 1 - even those that were comissioned post-war. It gives a bit more contrast and I can't paint camo very well.
Ranger was one of the first carrier decals I aplied, a few years back. Somehow I messed up the length of the decal a bit. Rendova & Siboney are competitor models, with a few GHQ parts (tower, aircraft, AAA guns) added
Cruiser Division 9
Farraguts from DesDiv2 (DesRon 1), early 1942
USS Curtiss shortly before refueling a PBY Cataline