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Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:55 pm
by Etranger
BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:44 pm
Some wonderful colour schemes in that photo, Huw - thanks for putting it up.
Pardon me higgorance, but are an S-boat and an E-boat the same thing?
Found it on Google by pure chance.
Yes - 'E boat' is the British term, with the E simply standing for Enemy. S Boat is for Schnell boat, the German term, simply fast boat. There were a lot of other German coastal craft that weren't S-boaten, which the British also faced off against.
The terminology can get very confusing. The various Fairmile models (A-D) for example, were variously called Motor Launches (ML), Motor Gun Boats (MGB), Motor Torpedo Boats(MTB), MGB/MTB, Harbour Defence ML (HDML) & even Air Sea Rescue boats (ASR), depending upon role and fitout.
A partial summary here
https://www.navyhistory.org.au/fairmile ... f-vessels/
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:00 am
by Buff Orpington
And the wheels on the bus go round and round.
It's so pretty I may just remove the decals or say that EYMS have received it from the Coventry Co-operative.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:16 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Good link, thanks - bookmarked. Might be tempted by some Oz v Jap action in the Pacific at some point.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:34 am
by Etranger
Buff Orpington wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:00 am
And the wheels on the bus go round and round.
It's so pretty I may just remove the decals or say that EYMS have received it from the Coventry Co-operative.
You're sending them to Coventry? Poor bastards...
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:34 am
by Etranger
Buff Orpington wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:00 am
And the wheels on the bus go round and round.
It's so pretty I may just remove the decals or say that EYMS have received it from the Coventry Co-operative.
You're sending them to Coventry? Poor bastards...
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:35 am
by Etranger
BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:16 am
Good link, thanks - bookmarked. Might be tempted by some Oz v Jap action in the Pacific at some point.
Also RIN Vs Japan in Burma, same ships, different ensign!
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:45 am
by grizzlymc
Love the slightly up gunned RAN one.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:38 pm
by World2dave
Buff Orpington wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:00 am
And the wheels on the bus go round and round.
It's so pretty I may just remove the decals or say that EYMS have received it from the Coventry Co-operative.
You do realise you have to paint the interior don't you?
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:46 pm
by World2dave
Went the Day Well and the Concise Sourcebook for VBCW Ayton 2019.
The rules look simple and fun, and should suit the weekend very well - good choice GM
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:09 pm
by Buff Orpington
World2dave wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:38 pm
Buff Orpington wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:00 am
And the wheels on the bus go round and round.
It's so pretty I may just remove the decals or say that EYMS have received it from the Coventry Co-operative.
You do realise you have to paint the interior don't you?
I did contemplate it briefly. Then I realised that I'd have to drill off the rivets holding the bodywork onto the chassis. Maybe I will, if everything for Ayton is painted, based & varnished by mid April.