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Thursday, December 19, 2019

1/1200 Scale Card Sloop

Two years ago this month I wrote a post about Jeff Knutsen's 1/300 scale 10 gun sloop which I thought ended up quite presentable. Today I finished another one. Only this one is 1/1200 scale! And it came out very nice! It fits in nicely with my metal 1/1200 fleets. Jeff says on his War Artisan website that this freebie is the USS Enterprise and I think that is what I will use it for, adding it to my growing AWI-1812 American fleet. This is also my very first try at the toilet paper sea base method. It is certainly easier and takes less time than my usual vinyl plaster method, but just seems a little flat to me. Maybe using more layers of TP would give it more depth? Let me know what you think!












Port side scratch guns

Starboard side scratch guns

Quarter scaling shot

10 gun card sloop next to a Navwar bomb ship

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2 comments:

  1. StewDecember 21, 2019 at 9:49 AM

    I think the ship and the base look great. I never heard of using TP for a sea base but that sounds like a good idea. 😀

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  2. A Miniatures Hobby RoomDecember 21, 2019 at 10:11 AM

    I think maybe Julian uses the TP method on his dioramas. I found this YouTube video tutorial and tried it.
    https://youtu.be/2TwpB7sVMn8

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