Micronaut Only Thread

[catseye72]

Hey guys long time listener, first time caller. I have been collecting the Micro Armor for a while but I have just bought my first Micronaughts.

I am building a Carrier Strike Group and have my carrier, cruisers, destroyers, frigates and even subs but I can't find any support vessels, oilers specifically.

Is there one hiding in the catalogue or available somewhere?

Great work on here, thanks for listening.

[catseye72]

Hey guys long time listener, first time caller. I have been collecting the Micro Armor for a while but I have just bought my first Micronaughts.

I am building a Carrier Strike Group and have my carrier, cruisers, destroyers, frigates and even subs but I can't find any support vessels, oilers specifically.

Is there one hiding in the catalogue or available somewhere?

Great work on here, thanks for listening.

[Donald M. Scheef]

Welcome catseye72. Just a hint; postings are sometimes slow to show up. If you click on the 'submit' button more than once, you will produce a double posting. Always wait a minute or so if you think your posting did not go through. Almost every regular has done this at one time or another.

GHQ makes only two oilers; USN36, AO Neosho, and GEN16, AOR Altmark. You can use the Neosho for any US carrier task force of WWII or post-war up until the 1960s. Since the Germans had no carriers, much less task forces, Altmark is not useful in this role.

Aside from the US, the British and Japanese had carrier task forces during WWII. Unfortunately GHQ makes no oilers applicable to these countries or for modern US forces.

If you are willing to go to other manufacturers you might consider:
- US AO-36 Kennebuk class by CinC (MF-22)
- British Ranger class tanker by CinC (MF-43)
- British Dale class tanker by Panzerschiffe (in MG-2 with half a dozen other auxiliary/merchant types)
- Japanese type 1TL by CinC (MF-144)
- Japanese Kawasaki type by CinC (MF-145) and Viking Forge (3113)
- Japanese Shiretoko type by Panzerschiffe
- Japanese Ashizuri type by Panzerschiffe

Viking Forge makes a number of post-war and modern auxiliary types.

Best wishes.

Don S.

[catseye72]

Thanks Don! My set up is modern US. Thanks for all the hints.

Not sure why the double post but thanks!

[Donald M. Scheef]

For a modern US carrier task force I would recommend Viking Forge's SB181, AOE-1 Sacramento. Although all the ships of this class have been decommissioned, they were big, fast, capable, and served from the mid-60s until past 2000.

If you absolutely must have something still in commission (actually in service with Military Sealift Command), the best available in 1/2400 scale is Sea Battle's 304, TOA-187 Henry J. Kaiser. They are smaller, slower, and less capable than the Sacramentos, but more economical and have been built in relatively large numbers.

Unfortunately, GHQ has not made any modern support ships and has not made any new modern ships for some time.

Don S.

[exodusforever]

Good day to my fellow GHQ friends,

Speaking of Modern Warships, here are some!

Thought I come back with my next batch of ships I have made and take pics of.

This time around, here is a few of the ships from the Russian navy.


The Udaloy I ASW Destroyer






The Slava Cruiser, a less expensive alternative to the Kirov Battlecruiser


Never really thought of the Slava as modern looking at all, but I love the huge anti-ship missiles carried by the vessel


I might want to consider putting bases for the ships, but for now I still prefer them without it.

Hope you guys do enjoy a little bit of Modern Naval Micronaut stuff.

Cheers!

[Hurtlocker]

That is some really good painting and detail work, exodusforever!

Great job on the Slava and Udaloy! Marvellous work..

Are they all totally handpainted?

[exodusforever]

Thanks a lot Hurtlocker!

Yeah they were hand painted. Not really that great but thanks for the kind comments (:

[foxbat]

These are some dang fine looking Soviets, exodusforever!

I have completed my French ships to take on the Italians I painted earlier, so here are the results:

Destroyers, Vauquelin Class









Destroyers, Terrible class (actually forgotv to shoot pics of the Terrible itself )







Destroyer Epée, Hardi Class

[foxbat]

And the heavier stuff now.

Light Cruisers, La Galissonière Class

Gloire


Montcalm






Battlecruiser Dunkerque




And the flagship, Battleship Richelieu

[fullmetaljacket]

Nice looking ships guys. Foxbat do you glue the name tags to the underside of the base?

Question for some mcronauts ie.. Good hope, duke of edinburgh and others with the skinny masts and observation towers. How do you all or what do you all use to keep them straight as can be? I get them close but some times they look a little bent and afraid to pull or work with them to much in that it may break or snap them.

fullmetaljacket

[Mk 1]

Foxbat those are some mighty fine looking ships!

So now you have a French fleet AND an Italian fleet? The possibilities for what-if Med battles are endless!

French WW2 ships are so fascinating to me. French naval design leading to WW2 was so quirky -- it often seems like French engineers go out of their way just to do things differently. I mean, ever drive a Citroen? Single-spoke stearing wheel, and a button on the floor for a brake pedal -- really ? And yet, when you look at the stats, the 1930s French naval designs were VERY impressive. The Dunkerques were amazing packages of speed and firepower in such low displacements, and the JB promised to be a top-class battleship.

Then, on the other side, you have the classical lines and balanced elegance of the Italian fleet. Their ships just look right.

I have often felt that if I ever took up naval miniatures in any meaningfull way, that would be the direction of my collecting. It just seems like such an interesting match-up!

Might want to toss in a Duke-of-this or Old-Queen-that from the RN, to see how the 2nd team of a 1st tier navy would have faired against the 1st team of two 2nd tier navies.

And btw - I think you've done a great job on painting up those ships. The photos came out nice too. Don't mean to under-praise your modelling efforts ... just that I think the whole direction you've chosen is so noteworthy.

Ah, but I suspect there are many naval battles to come with those boats. Hope we get to see some AARs!

[Donald M. Scheef]

re: straight masts
On some of my ships I have cut off the white metal supports and replaced them with straight pins. Results have varied from worse than the original when I didn't correctly align the pins to great when I got the alignment right.

Several years ago I purchased several hundred insect mounting pins. They were on sale at a local teacher's supply store. (Apparently to appease PETA, etc. local schools have banned any high-school biology project that involve actual living plants and animals.) These pins are thinner than the straight pins used for sewing but very hard to cut. I found that if you try to cut them using ordinary side cutters, it just leaves round holes in the cutting edge with the pins intact. Hardened machinist's tools will work.

Don S.

[fullmetaljacket]

Don. After thinking about straight masts. I thought of getting the wire brushes at local hardware store. Cheap and cutting off individual wires S needed. As. Long as they are not to thick looking on the ship. I use them for antenna on my 1/72 scale tank kits. Have to try and see how it turns out. Will keep you all posted.

Fullmetaljacket

[catseye72]

For a modern US carrier task force I would recommend Viking Forge's SB181, AOE-1 Sacramento. Although all the ships of this class have been decommissioned, they were big, fast, capable, and served from the mid-60s until past 2000.

If you absolutely must have something still in commission (actually in service with Military Sealift Command), the best available in 1/2400 scale is Sea Battle's 304, TOA-187 Henry J. Kaiser. They are smaller, slower, and less capable than the Sacramentos, but more economical and have been built in relatively large numbers.

Unfortunately, GHQ has not made any modern support ships and has not made any new modern ships for some time.

Don S.

Thanks for the great feedback! I didn't even know anyone but GHQ made these ships!