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[kiasutha]

Another vote for the Japanese Navy! All the mentions above and a plug for the seaplane tenders and submarine chasers.

GHQ you guys are the best.

-Submariner

If I was actively collecting ships right now, I'd be with you on that.
"Nihon Kaigun! Tenno Heiko Banzai!"
(though i've got an uncle that would dis-own me to this very day for saying it)

How about adding the 1944 "AA" rebuild of IJNS Maya to Don's list?
Interesting refit but was sunk by a sub before it had a chance to prove itself...
And I'd still like to see GHQ do a Russo-Japanese war line too.

As for predictions- nothing specific, but-
As new lines are added, it looks like the number of releases per line per year will go down.
WW2 land forces are down too, if you filter out the "prototypes" and fantasy "stuff".
It looks to me like someone at GHQ may really like the Tsar's navy, so I sort of expect to see more of it.
(So do I; just like that Klingon in the bar on K-7 liked the Enterprise... )
Maybe more of the ships that fought them. Germans in the Baltic,and dare one say it?
For a new line- Ottoman Navy perhaps? Nah...

[Donald M. Scheef]

I will add a vote for the 1944 refit version of Maya. If CinC didn't already make a fairly good model of this, it would be high on my own wish list.

I also would like to see GHQ do a Russo-Japanese War line as well as Spanish-American War. Perhaps the fact that Viking Forge already makes these (albeit, at lower quality than GHQ) is why it hasn't happened yet.

Don S.

[kiasutha]

Don:
I haven't ordered from CinC in a very long time, and their forum is so spam-ridden I don't go there often. I ought to look through their catalogue again I guess; as I wasn't aware they made the late-war Maya. So there are other/better "fish" for GHQ to fry...

I guess you are probably right about the Russo-Japanese question. Viking Forge are not GHQ, but they aren't Panzerschiff either. And there is a company called Molnya (sp?)
that makes some more pre-dreads of quality similar to VF to help with the gaps.

[Donald M. Scheef]

I agree that CinC's forum is badly managed. There's hardly any worthwile discussion there. I have purchased a significant amount from them. I consider their quality similar to that of GHQ, but with a different design philosophy. Most of the models I get from them are ones that GHQ does not produce - AKA Algol (C2-S-B1), British War Emergency class destroyers, Japanese tankers, etc.

Viking Forge quality is variable. Some of their older molds are hardly better than Panzerschiffe. Their best are under license from Seabattle. I have noticed some degredation between Seabattle originals and Viking Forge models of the same ship - the Viking Forge have a definite list to port and are not as crisp in the detail. On the other hand, Viking Forge is less than half the cost in the US.

What impresses me most about Molniya is that they have an explicit policy to model only ships that no one else has modeled. The only duplication I have seen is that they produce the Russian Battleship Andrei Pervozvannyi (Imperator Pavel class). Unfortunately, this was released just before GHQ announced their upcoming production of GWR6. If you want French or Italian warships of the pre-Dreadnought era, this is abut your only choice.

Don S.

[fullmetaljacket]

Hello all

I love this thread I to and the local group i game with are huge naval warfare buffs, and as we speak we are doing a world war one naval campaign game. Countries included is US, France, German, British, Japan, Italy and Russia. I'm playing Japan we started the game in Jan 01, 1901.

Back to the thread at hand I love the detail that GHQ has with their Micronauts, but like the rest of you I would love to see more made a year. Especially Austrian-Hungarian, Japanese and earlier world war one era ships. My group and personal thoughts is that from 1860 -1930's there where a lot more ship designs, not every ship was centerline like you see in world war two and post world war two. Dont get me wrong i love that era to, but personal favorite is world war one era. I have a rather large fleet of ships with many yet to paint and mount. My major problem with me is I'm a perfictionist. If there was five ships in the class i have five of that ship. Just like the US DD's from GHQ there is 22 so i bought 22. So, with that you can see i have a large fleet of ships on my hand, will i ever get them all done or fill all the gaps most likely not, but its the fun of the hobby. Its just to bad that we all live all over the country and not closer to share in our love of the hobby. Lucky for me we have about 20 plus members in the area that game with us.

I think the one problem most of us run into when it comes to naval and certain ships is the cost effectiviness for GHQ to make them. I mean yes we all want a certian ship like the japanese BB Mikasa 1905 besides me and maybe a few hunderad others who else will buy it. Just like another company that makes ships wont say the name they make several other classes and countries, but the quality of ship is no where near GHQ's.

So, like others here GHQ please release more ships for us salty sea dogs!

fullmetaljacket

[kiasutha]

Don et al:
I just took a look at the Cinc lists again, & see why I didn't know they did the late war Maya-no photo (common) but also NO indication it isn't the "as built" version...
Surprised they have no IJN flat tops in the list...

Are the later CinC ships much different from the origional ones?
What is "there" is well enough done, but they tend to be awfully bare of detail.
I have all their WW1 Germans exept the two AC's and the Baden; bought when they were released-what, about 35+ years ago? Also have their Chitose of similar vintage; I think they are my only WW2 ships from them.
I dressed them up a bit with spare parts from a couple GHQ's.

Too bad Molniya isn't more prolific; though I also like their "fill in the gaps"policy. They can't be blamed if someone duplicates their releases, of course...

Now let me throw a "model history question" at you and anyone else that might have an answer-
In my small IJN task force all but 3 ships are early GHQ releases.
Two are the Chitose type seaplane tenders I mentioned.
The last is a one piece metal casting of a Shoho class light carrier I bought at a convention about 30 years ago. There were also a few WW2 German land items from the same US company. I never saw any of these items again.
Detail & quallity is below CinC & not as crisply cast, but better than any of the British samples I'd obtained at that time. It painted up OK & it's still "on the books".
The company name was not anyone I recognise that's around today.
So-does anyone else remember these guys, and know anything about them?
No practical reason; just curious about some ancient history...

[av8rmongo]

I've got a 1:1 scale Mikasa BB if you want pictures of it.

Paul

[Submariner]

kiasutha,
The company that produced the Shoho was called Pewtercraft based in England. I have had mine for about 15 years. They were still selling then. Pretty good detail, though not GHQ caliber. A search on Google seems to indicate they went out of business in the last millennium.

-Submariner

[kiasutha]

kiasutha,
The company that produced the Shoho was called Pewtercraft based in England. I have had mine for about 15 years. They were still selling then. Pretty good detail, though not GHQ caliber. A search on Google seems to indicate they went out of business in the last millennium.

-Submariner

Submariner:
Thanks much for the reply. Led to some interesting stuff...
I found the web site with the old Pewtercraft catalogue & even a photo of their Shoho, and also checked them out in the manufacturer listing on "TMP".
Interestingly, they say Pewtercraft was based in & made their stuff in New Jersey; and that they went under around the turn of the century after a falling tree took out the (small?) building they were casting in. Plans to relocate apparently never happened...

In any case, the model I have is definitely NOT the one in the photo; I wish it was!
Mine has much less detail, and my ship is too "flat"-hanger deck looks not high enough for plane storage or to accomodate the details cast on the side of the Pewtercraft casting.

My ship is about twice as old as yours. If these guys were in business for a very long time, and did a second improved version, that might explain it.
I bought it at a convention in Philladelphia; so not too far from N.Jersey, & it had a US address on in. Can't remember where from though. (and it could have been a "loose" casting put in a packet for re-sale...)

I guess the jury is still out on this one 'till more info turns up, but it is interesting...
Thanks again,
Kiasutha

[IRISH]

Well it would appear that there aren't many who posted for their ships so we MicroNaut collectors are going to be set adrift without a compass or paddles, wait we still have a flare gun ohhh the hope or rescue. Don't forget us GHQ we're still out here.

[IRISH]

Damn the silence and full speed ahead I am begining to shake with anticpation.

How many and what will be released is running through my mind.

I know guys, I'm squawking like a chicken, but what can one do but make noise LOL

[Submariner]

Staff of GHQooooh........Staff of GHQooooh........you are getting sleepyyyyy...sleepyyyy....

Remove all thoughts of tracked vehicles and mortars.......Oooonnnllyyy Ships...Only SHIPS......OOOONNNNLLLLYYYY SHIPS.......

(and subs)


-Submariner

[av8rmongo]

Well it would appear that there aren't many who posted for their ships so we MicroNaut collectors are going to be set adrift without a compass or paddles, wait we still have a flare gun ohhh the hope or rescue. Don't forget us GHQ we're still out here.

Well after how many years without a new modern class it seems a bit pointless to make any suggestions besides the hundreds that have already been made.

Paul

[IRISH]

Way to go GHQ Nice mix for the WW1 & WW2 collectors
I feel for the Modern Collectors but what a great release.

Thank you for hearing us and hitting a game winning GRAND SLAM in my book