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• Battle of Coronel November 1st 1914

  07 décembre 2025 ( #cruiser, #German Navy, #Royal Navy, #World War 1, #French Navy, #Marine Nationale )

  I started collecting WW1 Micronauts with the ships present at the battle of Coronel. At the time, you couldn't find a GHQ model for SMS Nürnberg, so I substituted SMS Bremen in its stead, and acquired both HMS Canopus and SS Otranto from another manufacturer....

• JUTLAND Hipper's Squadron

  07 décembre 2025 ( #battlecruiser, #German Navy, #Jutland, #World War 1 )

  My second contact with the battle of Jutland came in the late eighties, with the little group of wargame enthusiasts that played around Bordeaux. At that time, we used The MicroFleet series to play naval battles, especially the WW1 pack that allowed you...

• Game report HALSEY-NIMITZ : Fall of Java 1942

  26 janvier 2026 ( #Dutch Navy, #NIMITZ, #Pacific War, #Royal Navy, #world war 2, #cruiser, #US Navy, #Game Reports, #Destroyer )

  I could at last try the Netherlands East Indies 1942 scenario I had written for the HALSEY campaign rules of Sam Mustafa’s NIMITZ set. I controlled the ABDA, and my old partner in games Patrick was commanding the IJN. There was however a misunderstanding...

• Game Report Java Sea test / December 6th 2025

  10 décembre 2025 ( #world war 2, #NIMITZ, #US Navy, #Imperial Japanese Navy, #Pacific War, #Game Reports, #Dutch Navy, #Royal Navy )

  The refight of our previous game, somewhere North of Java, some time at the end of winter in 1942. Here are the opposing sides, 2 fairly evenly matched forces. In the previous game, the Long Lances had availed the IJN of a crushing victory, sending both...

• KRIEGSMARINE : THE GERMAN NAVY

  04 février 2026 ( #Destroyer, #German Navy, #battlecruiser, #battleship, #cruiser, #world war 2, #Kriegsmarine )

  Despite a few conspicuous successes (sinking of Glorious by Scharnhorst & Gneisenau, of Hood by Bismarck), the German naval surface forces were incapable of fulfilling more than a mission of « fleet in being ». They no longer ventured in the Atlantic...

• REGIA MARINA : THE ITALIAN NAVY

  29 décembre 2025 ( #Regia Marina, #Italian Navy, #world war 2, #battleship, #cruiser, #Destroyer )

  Italy at the start of WW2 faced essentially 3 scenarios : war against France, war against Britain, war against both. In all 3, it was essential to keep open sea communications to Libya and the Italian possessions in the Dodecanese islands. Regia Marina...

• MARINE NATIONALE : THE FRENCH NAVY

  17 décembre 2025 ( #Destroyer, #battleship, #cruiser, #world war 2, #French Navy, #Marine Nationale )

  Never had France, since the times of Napeleon III’s Empire, had such a strong navy, with some of its ships at the cutting edge of naval technology : its Gloire class light cruisers were unmatched in the world when they were launched, and its contre-torpilleurs,...

• The East Indies Dutch Navy and the fall of Java 1942

  10 décembre 2025 ( #world war 2, #cruiser, #Dutch Navy, #Destroyer, #Pacific War )

  Few people are aware of the tragedy that was the lot of the gallant Dutch Navy in World War 2. Indeed, the war did not stop for the Dutch after Germany invaded their homeland : there remained, on the other side of the planet, a place they had called home...

• Beatty's Force

  09 décembre 2025 ( #battlecruiser, #Jutland, #battleship, #Royal Navy, #World War 1 )

  Admiral Beatty’s management of the Battlecruisers force at Jutland remains a subject of controversy, more than a century after the battle. The truth of the matter, however, seems to be less a lack of protection than defective ammunition procedures, compounded...

• A FEW USEFUL LINKS

  15 janvier 2026 ( #LInks, #world war 2, #World War 1, #Tutorials )

  RETAILERS Let’s start with retailers’ online shops. GHQ Models The basic link. You’ll find an incredible quantity of finely sculpted models to fit all your wargaming projects (or collecting obsessions !) Also, you will find a flourishing community forum...

• PAINTING & DECALING AN AIRCRAFT-CARRIER

  06 février 2026 ( #Tutorials, #Aircraft-Carrier, #Royal Navy )

  Assembly This is what you get when you open your blister. Since Ark Royal has a closed bow, hull and flight deck are a single part. The island comes in two parts, and you also have two cranes to place on both sides of the hull. And a great total of 14...

• SHIP LABELS TUTORIAL

  19 décembre 2025 ( #Tutorials )

  Let's face it, it's hard to identify a 1/2400 model, however great the sculpt can be. From 1 meter, it's not that easy to tell a Kagero from a Fubuki destroyer. So you'll need a way to identify ships. Of course, you can be content with scribbling the...

• A few words about myself

  05 décembre 2025

  Since my youth, I’ve always been a fan of military history, especially naval history. I can date it back to my 14th birthday, more than 50 years ago, when a friend offered me “Tonnerre sur le Pacifique” written by Commander Vulliez. I’d always been an...