For one thing the “ground scale” can be matched more closely with the actual scale of the models. This scale offers a few potential advantages, from a gaming perspective, over my traditional naval wargaming scale of 1/2400. Here is what I’m talking about.Ī few years ago I decided to try out a new scale for naval wargaming, 1/6000. At the time I shaped one out of styrene that was a reasonable approximation and it has served that purpose well. One of the vitally important items to me was a replacement CIWS/NATO SS sponson that was missing from a CVN I purchased on ebay many years ago. I was shocked however to find out that each of the CVN deck decals would cost me $8. All of the special order parts are priced to reflect this extra work. This is not the first time I’ve made special orders but I appreciate the reminder that sometimes they have to do additional cast runs to fulfill the orders and therefore it may take more time and would not be returnable. The phone was answered by a woman, I wouldn’t swear that it was the same woman but the voice sounded very similar, who was very helpful and carefully explained their special order policy. Three weeks and two unanswered emails later I decided to call back. In truth, it sounded like she didn’t want to deal with my request and the sooner I was off the phone the better. The worker answering the phone demonstrated little knowledge of their products or policies and suggested I write an email request instead. My initial conversation with them left something to be desired. Main masts, radar platforms, that sort of thing. As a consequence of that I had to order a bunch of replacement parts from GHQ. Some of the work is the result of damage incurred during my many moves while in the military. In a recent post I mentioned that I have undertaken a project to rehab my entire fleet of modern carriers and large deck amphibs.
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