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28mm 1930s/40s Naval Crews & Weapons?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 2:44 pm
by RMD
A friend just gave me this, as he thought it might come in handy for VBCW. Anyone know who produced it? He's no idea where it came from, as someone gave it to him.
I'd also like to crew it and arm it, so can anyone suggest some suitable 28mm naval crew and/or deck weapons? It's for VBCW, so I'm not too fussy about nationality, as long as they look vaguely 1930s and European. I'm already aware of several ranges of RN, Kriegsmarine and Soviet sailors equipped for infantry actions. I'm thinking more along the lines of crewed deck guns, Lewis Gun mounts and that sort of thing.
I thought I might make it 'modular', with various drop-in decks and weapon loads that could be slotted over the cargo-hold.
Re: 28mm 1930s/40s Naval Crews & Weapons?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:03 pm
by RMD
It's occurred to me that I've placed the wheelhouse the wrong way round...
Re: 28mm 1930s/40s Naval Crews & Weapons?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:24 pm
by Buff Orpington
Re: 28mm 1930s/40s Naval Crews & Weapons?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:34 pm
by RMD
Perfect!
Re: 28mm 1930s/40s Naval Crews & Weapons?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:36 pm
by FreddBloggs
Pulp ranges (as Buff notes) are a good place for all sorts of these kind of figures.
Re: 28mm 1930s/40s Naval Crews & Weapons?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:12 pm
by Norman D. Landings
Is it the Minimi miniatures “Clyde Puffer”?
Re: 28mm 1930s/40s Naval Crews & Weapons?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:33 pm
by Essex Boy
That's rather splendid.
Re: 28mm 1930s/40s Naval Crews & Weapons?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:59 pm
by levied troop
Norman D. Landings wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:12 pm
Is it the Minimi miniatures “Clyde Puffer”?
This one?
http://minimi.co.uk/products.aspx?page= ... oduct=BB03
I'd say so. Rather a nice model.
Re: 28mm 1930s/40s Naval Crews & Weapons?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:15 pm
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Try the Empress Miniatures early WW2 range - they have 3 packs of "matelots" and you can use the other packs (BEF in puttees) as Royal Marines. No artillery crews as far as I can see, but you can always get Martin converting them......
http://www.empressminiatures.com/userim ... cart85.htm
You could try the Copplestone Castings Darkest Africa stuff, but I think it's a bit too obviously 1890s for your purposes. The Perry "Sudan" range has a couple of artillery packs (SB13 Gardner Gun and SB19 Gatling Gun) with men in various positions that would be of use generally for artillery. There's also a command pack (SB14), in which the officers all have pith helmets, which means a head-swap could very easily make them 1930s.
https://www.perry-miniatures.com/index. ... h=23_35_49
Warlord also sells an early war British naval section, which includes poses that could easily be converted to gunners (they also do some of the Heath Robinson/post-Dunkirk "weapons" that could just as easily have been invented in 1936):-
https://store.warlordgames.com/products ... vy-section
Re: 28mm 1930s/40s Naval Crews & Weapons?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:20 pm
by RMD
Yes, it's the Minimi 'Clyde Puffer'. Not a company I've heard of before.