Frigates during the War of 1812 View in Store Code: DUE 19 Author: Mark Lardas Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor immeasurable fame and glory. During the War of 1812, the Royal Navy and United States Navy squared off in four such duels, the…
Sails and Ratlines allow you to add an incredible level of detailing to the miniatures in Black Seas. The sheets are now available separately. The sails are printed, laminated and pre-cut. They look great on the models (after all they were painted by artist Peter Dennis!) and require very little effort to be added to…
The US Navy Paint Set gives you a selection of the most popular colours used by vessels of the burgeoning nation. Get your fleet table ready! During and immediately after the American War of independence the colours of the hulls would either be quite generic like wood or white with black stripes or would follow…
Though the new Black Seas miniatures are fantastically detailed, you can add an extra level by using thread to attach rigging lines to your ships. Many of the new model kits include a spool of thread. A word of caution: this process is intricate and can be fiddly; we recommend it only to the dedicated…
Sound the air raid sirens! Three new flights of aircraft are taking off over Cruel Seas! Ju 87D Stuka flight View in Store The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (Sturzkampfflugzeug meaning “dive bomber” in translation), was a dive bomber for the Luftwaffe. This is also the infamous aircraft that was equipped with its wailing sirens,…
Trumpeter is a world-renowned company when it comes to Naval models and this particular ship is crammed with detail! View in Store The England was one of 149 turbo-electric (TE) series destroyer escorts commissioned between April 1943 and March 1944, named after Ensign John Charles England who was killed onboard the Oklahoma (BB-37) during the…
Trumpeter is a world-renowned company when it comes to Naval models and this particular ship is crammed with detail! View in Store SS John W. Brown is a liberty ship, one of two remaining still floating today. The ship is today a museum ship located at the Dundalk Marine Terminal in Baltimore Harbor. The ship…
Trumpeter is a world-renowned company when it comes to Naval models and this particular ship is crammed with detail! View in Store The DD-537 was originally named Putnam, on 6 February 1943 she was renamed the Sullivans to honour the memory of the five Sullivan brothers who were lost when the light cruiser Juneau (CL-52)…
Trumpeter is a world-renowned company when it comes to Naval models and this particular ship is crammed with detail! View in Store Liberty ships were American-made cargo ships that were designed to make only one solitary ocean voyage. Jeremiah O’Brien was built in Portland, Maine, in 56 days and launched on June 19, 1943. The…
Regain control of the Pacific or hunt down enemy convoys in the Mediterranean with these ships of the US Navy for Cruel Seas! US LCI (L) Landing Craft The US Navy employed LCI (L) Landing Craft, large amphibious assault ships, to land large numbers of infantry directly onto beaches. Effectively they were a small…
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