U.S. Battleship Division 9

[afilter]

Finally made time to add USS New York and USS Arkansas to my USN Fleet

USN Contribution to the Grand Fleet in WWI was Battleship Division 9 or the 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet

Originally Dec 1917:


USS New York BB-34


USS Delaware BB-28


USS Florida BB-30


USS Wyoming BB-32



Joined the Squadron in Feb 1918

USS Texas BB-35


Joined the Squadron July 1918 to replace USS Delaware:

USS Arkansas BB-33


Reference:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Battleship_Division_Nine_(World_War_I)

Added DD Support USS Cassin Class:

[Bluebear]

Very nice, Aaron . . . as usual with your ships.


-- Jeff

[meesch56]

And to think..... You did all those up after we got off the phone and I ate dinner and washed the dog......You speed Demon Painter!

[meesch56]

BTW- the decks seem to vary on these ships. Different colors? Washes or just photographic mirage?

[afilter]

Mike, for the record I only did NewYork, Arkansas and the 4 Cassins last night.

Yes, I used a brown wash vs thinned black paint on the decks this time. Technique has changed slightly the more I do over time. I purposely wanted the sisterships to be different though.

[BattleshipOverkill]

Those are awesome!

[warchariot]

Mar 6, 2011 3:13:14 GMT -5 meesch56 said:

BTW- the decks seem to vary on these ships. Different colors? Washes or just photographic mirage?

Different washes, yes, but sometimes the same wash/color runs a little deeper or stays in place a little better. So the color does vary even if you are trying to make them the same. I always say it's the angle of the sun...lol

[TheDreadnought]

Beautiful!

Very jealous. I have crates of GHQ sitting around still in boxes that needs to be painted. Unfortunately, not going to happen anytime soon.

I have have complete orders of battle of Jutland in 1/3000 scale. . . but now want a bunch of WWI stuff in GHQ because they are just so much nicer. But I have avoided buying them because I see no need to add to my unpainted crates of miniatures. Maybe if I start to see some progress made at some point.

Oh, and did I mention I'd like to expand my Star Wars and BSG fleets as well? lol

[afilter]

Thanks all...these were done more for the fun of it. Now I need to come up with a worthy opponent for a "what if" scenario.

Harry, I know what you are saying about having projects waiting. I recently purged alot of minis I realized were never going to get used like all the 1/6000 WWII I sold last fall. I also sold a ton of unpainted/primed 15mm ACW figs I realized just were not going to happen. Now I try to buy as I go and get them painted as they arrive. It is a much better feeling to have a finished project stored than unpaitned minis, but my painting moods come and go in streaks.

When I am in the mood I can knock out entire fleets in a weekend. Then at times new projects will sit for weeks on the work bench.

I still Have some WWII land stuff waiting as well as planes for Wings of War not to mention my Model Railroad. Probably need to purge a bit more and narrow my focus. That would make the Mrs. Happy.

I will say since the discovery of NT ships have taken most of my hobby time and been the most rewarding.

[warchariot]

Don't even get me started, at least you're selling off some of yours. i just have boxes of stuff like Harry.

[afilter]

Mar 6, 2011 22:36:41 GMT -5 warchariot said:

Don't even get me started, at least you're selling off some of yours. i just have boxes of stuff like Harry.

I am only selling so I can justify buying more.

I did clear out alot of older games and Minis last Fall that were just not going to see service again with me anytime in the foreseeable future. I was rsther surprise at what some of the stuff was worth to others.

The Mrs. is happy when she sees stuff going out the door and does not notice as much the stuff coming in especially when it is small.

Case in point yesterday I picked up the GHQ Baden and Konig to start an appropriate opposition force for BB Div 9. They are primed and on the work bench.

[scruff]

Very nice Afilter

The greys look to quite light in color on the ships, is it the lighting/flash causing it, or are they ment to be light grey.

Im asking as with any luck my Div ( should arrive on monday, fingers crossed

cheers

[afilter]

Aug 13, 2011 0:09:51 GMT -5 scruff said:

Very nice Afilter

The greys look to quite light in color on the ships, is it the lighting/flash causing it, or are they ment to be light grey.

Im asking as with any luck my Div ( should arrive on monday, fingers crossed

cheers

Yes, I used various shades of gray...the pics a pretty true to reality. I beleive in a bit of artistic liscence and again I did not want the sisters to look identical.

[ckosacranoid]

nice ships, i have been wating for most of the year for a freind to get some stuff done for me. i have knocked out many minis in the mean time. the reason i gave them to paint is he really wanted to paint them so thought he would have them done soon....i need to put me foot dont since i need the ships in the next week or so to stat out everything for the big game i am running next month for uncharted seas.

[djbar]

Nice work Aaron. Good to see some new pictures on the site. At least somebody is getting some painting done.

[theguy]

Those look really good! I for one love the cage masts on the WW1 US ships. That is kinda off topic.
In conclusion nice ships , i like cage masts.