Baron Von Wreckedoften

Thanks, very useful.  The door and the gun barrel were fairly obvious – the towing apparatus less so.  There’s also what looks like a radio aerial stub, which seems to locate in the little tub on the right rear end of the mudflaps, and what looks like a headlight shaped like a dome cut in half – no idea where that goes.

BvW

Nigel,  Thanks for the reply – and the pics, which were useful.  There are five distinct pieces on the sprue, two of which I can have a good stab at based on the photos – the others are anyone’s guess.  I’ll try and post a photo of all five on here tomorrow.

BvW

True – eventually, the Allied air forces focused on the surrounding area and attempted to knock out the railway lines and other logistics/transport centres supplying the bases.

I have recently been playing the Coastal Patrol rules, which are part of the Too Fat Lardies stable (and can be found in their Summer 2011 Special).   The umpire was in Canada, and the rest of us were playing via Zoom in the UK, US, and Germany.  Because it was a “remote” game (ie none of us were present in the room with the table and mode…[Read more]

I’d like your thoughts on the minimum size playing area you would want in order to include a Hunt Class ship in this scale, as I’ve just had a mate print off a Hunt II from the Wargaming 3D site (a genuine 1:300 size – almost a foot long!).  I’m going to use another mate’s D-Day+1 scenario in which four S-boats (one with radar) try to slip past…[Read more]

Thanks, K.

 Minesweepers had just 2 x 2 cm AA.

Quick question – does that mean two separate guns, each of 2 cm calibre, or one gun with two x 2 cm barrels?

Hi,

I’m always fascinated by your Cruel Seas posts and very impressed by the extra detailing work you do to even the smallest vessels.

Could I ask you a general question, please?  Starting with S-Boats, and working through R-Boats etc up to destroyers, could you just outline (a) what were the prime functions of each class of German vessel, (b)…[Read more]

Hi Steven,  Sorry for the delay in replying – not long joined the forum and only just found this.  The answer is “it depends”.  If you take the 30 figures as a full-strength battalion (about 450-650 men according to which period of the war you are covering), then Invisible Officer is spot on – 3 grenadiers and 3 light infantry.  However, if you…[Read more]

Was each vessel supposed to carry the same armament, or would there have been a mix of weapons so that a group of (say) five vessels – as you have – would carry guns to meet every eventuality?