Falklands War - Early Wip pics.

[mollinary]

USS Phoenix in WWII, Brooklyn class light cruiser.  Ugly looking beast, with more 6" guns than you could shake a stick at.  Argentinians also got  a sister ship from the US, but she was scrapped in 1978.

Mollinary (is there no end to the sadness of my anorakisms?)

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nicely put sir!
Her US name had escaped me! I would have got round to that, but my left handed typing with baby asleep on the other hand the last one took  me forever!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Just to prove Mollianry aint the worst - Phoniex has 2 claims to fame in WWII, can you name em ?

IanS

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Only got the one, Pearl Harbour... 

[nikharwood]

Just to prove Mollianry aint the worst - Phoniex has 2 claims to fame in WWII, can you name em ?

IanS

"Thus a ship which had participated in the opening drama of the war in the Pacific and emerged unscathed,  and which - at the Battle of Surigao Strait -  took part in the last battleship action and the last great surface naval battle in history,  became the first large warship,  and the only cruiser,  to be sunk in action since 1945,  and  - even more notably  -  the first ship in history to be sunk in action by a nuclear submarine."

Howzat?

From here: http://www.angelfire.com/fm/odyssey/LEYTE_USS_Phoenix_.htm

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice one! 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Still miossing one - MacAurthers flagship in 43?

IanS 

[Techno]

Does he want PRE sinking or will a 10mm Lifeboat do
Regards
Mart
Nice falkands figures phil

I'd go for the lifeboat Mart !...

...and that's not who Techno is making, guess again!

Oooooh.... I know, I know....Do I get a prize if I get it right ?
(Though I suppose I DO have a very slight advantage. )
Cheers - Phil.

Cheers - Phil

[nikharwood]

Still miossing one - MacAurthers flagship in 43?

IanS 

Really?

"MacArthur accompanied the assault force aboard USS Phoenix, the flagship of Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, who had recently replaced Carpender as commander of the Seventh Fleet."

From: MacArthur: America's General: Mitchell Yockelson, p167

[Hertsblue]

As an army general McArthur would never have had a flagship, since a) he wasn't a sailor, an b) he had no flag to hoist (not on a ship, at any rate).

[Techno]

The last lot of Argies (for the time being)......Plus a generic dog dolly that I can play around with to my heart's content, once it's been moulded and cast up.
Looks ENORMOUS at this angle.....May well have to have another go with that one....Or use metal masters and do some savage surgery !.....Bummocks !!  
Cheers - Phil

[Leon]

The dog looks cracking to me!

[Nosher]

These look fab Techno

How many argie figures are there altogether in the range now?

[Techno]

Hmmmm....
I was basing the height of his 'back'...against one of our labs....Who, for one of that particular breed is very tall....But I think I've gone a tad over the top ?
I'm as near as dammit 6 feet tall and "Leggy's" back comes to about 4 inches above the top of my knee.
Maybe comparing him against the most upright of the figures (Chap firing the Blowpipe) he's not quite as daft as I think ?
I can certainly 'play' with the metal masters.

These look fab Techno
How many argie figures are there altogether in the range now?

I've lost count Nosher....I'll try and check a bit later.
(Gosh I'm quick..I'm back already !)
Don't take this as Gospel.......But I make it I've made 51 British (including beret to helmet conversions) with three more conversions still to do for the mortar team....PLUS..Lemmey's, Leon's and my 'secret' figure......So 55 British in total ?
And I make it 18 Argentinian......Don't think I'm due to convert those.

Still a very small number to do for both sides for some of the artillery.

Cheers - Phil.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Well we know it had the potential to be a one sided conflict, but nearly 3-1 in favour of the British!!