I thought GHQ were small but AFVs, Aircraft.. and infantry in 1:600? Thats going to send you blind! Details quite impressive as well.
Heres just a few examples, ww2 and a some modern
1:600 scale tanks?
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Ducknucks
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1:600 scale tanks?
I've not seen anything this small posted here so thought I'd share.
I thought GHQ were small but AFVs, Aircraft.. and infantry in 1:600? Thats going to send you blind! Details quite impressive as well.
Heres just a few examples, ww2 and a some modern
I thought GHQ were small but AFVs, Aircraft.. and infantry in 1:600? Thats going to send you blind! Details quite impressive as well.
Heres just a few examples, ww2 and a some modern
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ferret701
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I have purchased some of these, but decided not to go down that route for several reasons.
First, the models are impressive for their scale, but too small to paint up properly -- no point in doing camo on them, it would be too indistinct, for example.
Second, the price just wasn't that great -- I believe I paid about $9 for each pack of 15 tanks, so about 1/3rd the price of GHQ. However, if you are building game formations, the numbers just don't work. If you do platoon scale formations (which must be what they are intended for), I would want to mount the proper number of vehicles per platoon on each stand. For example, a 1980s M1 battalion requires (at 1/285) 1 HQ vehicle, 4 companies, each of 3 models (for 13 models). So three GHQ packs, with two spares (become the armor section of an armored cav troop). At this scale, 3 HQ vehicles, plus 4 companies of 14 apiece, so at least 4 packs, assuming you skimp on the HQ. Overall, a 33% increase in cost.
Third, basing becomes an issue. I use Wargame Accessories 3/4"x1" stands for modern MBTs -- this gives a frontage (in FFT terms) of about 75m for the platoon, with a depth of about 100m, about right. You can't get four of these little guys on this size stand. Even a 1"x1" is very crowded and looks a bit silly.
Fourth, and most importantly, I have about 7,000 microarmor models. I'm not changing scales.
Pat Callahan
First, the models are impressive for their scale, but too small to paint up properly -- no point in doing camo on them, it would be too indistinct, for example.
Second, the price just wasn't that great -- I believe I paid about $9 for each pack of 15 tanks, so about 1/3rd the price of GHQ. However, if you are building game formations, the numbers just don't work. If you do platoon scale formations (which must be what they are intended for), I would want to mount the proper number of vehicles per platoon on each stand. For example, a 1980s M1 battalion requires (at 1/285) 1 HQ vehicle, 4 companies, each of 3 models (for 13 models). So three GHQ packs, with two spares (become the armor section of an armored cav troop). At this scale, 3 HQ vehicles, plus 4 companies of 14 apiece, so at least 4 packs, assuming you skimp on the HQ. Overall, a 33% increase in cost.
Third, basing becomes an issue. I use Wargame Accessories 3/4"x1" stands for modern MBTs -- this gives a frontage (in FFT terms) of about 75m for the platoon, with a depth of about 100m, about right. You can't get four of these little guys on this size stand. Even a 1"x1" is very crowded and looks a bit silly.
Fourth, and most importantly, I have about 7,000 microarmor models. I'm not changing scales.
Pat Callahan