The small harbours of North Africa were impassable to larger merchantmen. Enter the F-Lighter, half landing craft, half gunboat. Humble Beginnings “An MFP could hold its own with a destroyer, let alone a PT which had nothing more powerful than a 20-mm machine gun to shoot with.” – Samuel Eliot Morison The Marinefährprahm (Naval ferry barge,…
As many of the scenarios in Cruel Seas feature coastal skulduggery, we’ve sat down with studio head Paul Sawyer to talk about how he built his islands! Materials & Tools MDF Sheet Blue Styrofoam Desert Sand Grass Flock Summer Undergrowth Cocktail Sticks No More Nails Glue PVA Glue Craft Knife Hot Wire Cutter/Very Sharp Knife…
Trumpeter is a world-renowned company when it comes to Naval models and these particular ships are crammed with detail! Challenge your skills with the German Zerstorer Z-25 1944, Z-30 1942 and Z-43 1944. German Zerstorer Z-25 1944 View in Store Z-25, a Type 1936A destroyer, was commissioned on November 30th, 1940. During the war, her…
Available separately, the Cruel Seas 1/300 Scale Italian Vessels with their sleek lines motor toward your forces! Italian forces had the advantage of a true home base, the unsinkable aircraft carrier that was Italy. They claimed with some truth that the Mediterranean was “our sea” and they aimed to keep it with ships such as…
Highly detailed Naval model maker AFV Club produce an excellent range of naval vessels, including these German U-boats; Type, XXI, VII B, VII C, VII C/41 and D Minenleger. German U-boat Type VII B In March 1935, as the chancellor and the head of state Adolf Hitler repealed Part V of the Versailles treaty. Three months…
Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR (VMF) – [i.e. The Military Maritime Fleet of the USSR, or the ‘Red Fleet’ for short] receive the individual ships; Fugas-class Minesweeper, D-3 MTBs, Bronekater pr.1125 and G-5 MTBs The Russian Armed forces of WWII are an interesting blend of extraordinary innovation and technical achievement, and extraordinary inexperience and foolish management of its…
Transport your troops to the next Island you wish to conquer with the IJN Daihatsu-class landing craft! View in Store The Daihatsu-class landing craft was a 14-meter long troop transport constructed of metal and powered by a diesel engine. Potentially armed with weapons up to 37mm in size, it was quite seaworthy and could travel at 8…
The Cruel Seas British LCM3 Landing Craft heads for the beach carrying its precious cargo… View in Store British LCM3 Landing Craft Capable of carrying 120 men or a medium tank, the LCM III used by the Royal Navy was the largest craft carried by attack transports. It was able to make up to 10…
Getting a bit sick of painting grey hulls on your Cruel Seas ships? This week, we’re looking at how some nations went about camouflaging their ships! The principles of naval camouflage are not so different from those employed on the land. Soldiers are taught to use scrub and deadfall on their helmets to break up…
Man your ships! It’s time to set sail, get your men into position and arm your guns with the new nation-specific Cruel Seas crew! All 6 nations from the main Cruel Seas Fleets are covered and each crew pack contains 6×3 1/300th scale metal crewmen: Royal Navy Crew View in Store Kriegsmarine Crew View in…
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