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| The opened box of goodness! |
In yesterday's post I received a small box from one of my favorite manufacturers,
Thoroughbred Figures. I had placed an order for their newish line of 1/1200 American Civil War vessels. Over the years I had purchased many of their 1/600 scale range, but having smaller space to game and to store gaming materials, plus the fact that my gaming friends, particularly The G Dog, has about every 1/600 scale vessel known to man, I thought heading towards 1/1200 would give me the scale that worked for my space limitations, while also allowing me to focus on specific projects without hopefully getting overboard (pun intended). I have a few other 1/1200 scale resin vessels from
Titan Military Miniature Products, but haven't really done anything with them, and when I saw that Thoroughbred had released 1/1200 scale ships, I knew they would be the premier range to own (nothing against
Langton Miniatures but I have never purchased any of their 1/1200 ships). So, I sent an email to Toby Barrett and placed my first order for his 1/1200 scale ships.
I decided that I would stick with the brown water navy, meaning mostly riverine actions. Currently Thoroughbred only offers the USS Cairo for river battles, and seeing that the Cairo is probably my favorite class of ironclads from the war, I decided to go big and buy seven, one for each ship in the class, the main distinction being the colored bands painted on their smokestacks. This will allow me to use the correctly painted ship for any of the actions I want to game.
After just a few days of placing my order with Thoroughbred, I received my goodies. I eagerly opened the box to find not seven, but eight little boxes with ships! Toby has a history of providing me with excellent service and on occasion some extra goodies, and in this case added in a little something extra as he delayed shipping my box by one day! Really, he was that concerned about not sending out the package one day sooner that he added a surprise for my "troubles." Amazing service!
Here are a few pics for viewing to give you an idea of what to expect when ordering these little gems from Thoroughbred. They are superbly cast, no mold lines or flash, perfectly scaled, and really should paint up nicely.
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| A stack of Cairos, anyone? |
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| What's this? An extra ship? |
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| She's a beauty |
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| Sizing up the Cairo |
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| A "super" CSS Albemarle was included in my order |
It would be worth you thinking about getting some of Rod Langton models if you are going into 1/1200 in a big way. They are lovely models, extremely well detailed and has an extensive range.
ReplyDeleteThey do have quite the extensive range, and pricing is fair compared to Thoroughbred, but I do like all my miniatures to be from one company, if possible, for a project. Plus as slow as I paint, it will take me some time before the Cairos are painted, giving Toby plenty of time to create more riverine vessels! :) But thank you for the suggestion...I will keep Langton in my back pocket in case there is something I just have to have.
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