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[foxbat]

I think it will be more in line with what's taking place on these boards if I open a single topic to post my pictures. I'll update this topic from now on with whatever new GHQ models I have painted, and I'll start with links to various topics I have opened previously so that everything can be accessed from here.

HMS Warspite

Solomons stuff

Denmark Strait AAR

New stuff starts in the next post.

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Building a GHQ Micronaut

Painting US Navy Measure MS 21

Making Base Labels

Painting & Decaling a GHQ model carrier

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[foxbat]

November 12th 2023 : Various Pacific War Japanese, US and British cruisers and DDs

Japanese squadron



A few Kagero class DDs



IJN Kagero



IJN Nagara



IJN Tone (Midway's unlucky cruiser )





US Destroyers : a few Clemson class, which took part in the Malay Barrier campaign (collecting ships for a Halsey game based on this)



USS J.D. Ford (pic's a bit blurry, sorry. I'll edit it some day )




Royal Navy (once again, mostly ships for the Malay Barrier)



3 JKN class DDs



HMS Jupiter



HMAS Perth

[Hoth_902]

Great looking ships. Amazing work.

[ww2navyguy]

Love the new post. I will definitely be checking back to see your updated posts. Thank you for sharing. Really great painted models!

[redleg]

Those are fantastic ships! We need to see more!!!!

[foxbat]

Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen! Here are a few more pics, 2 ships of the Pacific War. Let's start with battlecruiser HMS Repulse











Paintscheme is deceptively simple... I can't guarantee I'm correct, i couldn't find a good topdopwn view of it.

[foxbat]

And now here come IJN Mogami. I must say I love IJN heavy cruisers, what beautiful and racy ships they were!

[pmskaar]

Those are really great looking ships you have there, Foxbat! I also like the look of Japanese WWII cruisers.

[redleg]

Those ships are fantastic, Foxbat!

[foxbat]

Thanks, gentlemen. I have to pay tribute, though, to the quality of the sculpts and castings : they are so crisp that even at this small scale, you can easily discern where to apply paint. I've bought minis from various manufacturers over the years, and really, I must say, GHQ is top.

[Begemot]

Foxbat - Great work here. I'm looking forward to more. And I too am a fan of the Japanese cruisers.

Begemot

[BurtWolf]

Nice work or those very small models!

[foxbat]

Thanks for your comments, gentlemen. I now have an AAR to post, centered on the October 1942 battle of Cape Esperance. Though it had already been sunk by a S class US submarine, I included IJN Kako for game balance. A few pics first :







And the game report itself. Rules were Sam Mustafa's NIMITZ.

http://foxbatfr-minisite-2.e-monsite.co ... -1942.html

[ww2navyguy]

Foxbat,
Great post, pictures and AAR write up with link. I really enjoyed reading about you naval game as well as viewing the action shots of the battle. Thank you for posting them. I look forward to your future posts.

[redleg]

That's a fantastic AAR, Foxbat! I want to play now too! Looks like a great game, and 2 hours is a pretty awesome timeframe for a game like that!