Saturday 12 January 2019

Review: Warlord Games Cruel Seas Merchant Tanker

Completed Model

A merchant ship with a resin hull and metal additional components is available from the Warlord Games site for the sum of 18 of our Brexit £.

The hull is very thin between the raised fo'c'sle and quarterdeck (go one, admit you're impressed by my grasp of Jolly Jack Tar lingo) and was a little warped in my case. Boiling water treatment on a flat surface soon sorted out - in fact I almost overdid it. The resin is quite thin.

The metal parts have little flash and were no problem at all to fit - apart from my allergy to superglue setting of my sinuses - how I suffer for my art.

The model paints up really well - the resin comes very clean. I used Humbrol grey  spray to coat the model before painting.

Quarterdeck

A metal kit of a cannon and crew is supplied so you can arm the vessel by fitting a quarterdeck gun if required.

Fo'c'sle

A generous supply of naval figures in three man groups come with the kit. I also added some Heroic & Ross British standing artillery crew figures so I could have some individuals on the boat. At 1:300 scale they look fine when painted as seamen.

Bridge

More of the H&R figs on the bridge wings.

Scale Photo

The 1:300 coaster model by the side of a Warlord Games 1:300 S-Boat.

Scale Photo

And beside the lasercut merchant ships I posted earlier

This is a great model offered at a good price.

Recommended



8 comments:

  1. Looks great John, and scales well with your other models

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  2. Nice review,. thanks for that. Agree on the price too, I didn't feel robbed - which is saying quite a bit

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  3. Very nice looking ships, John. These rules seem quite popular.

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    1. Very difficult to get hold of as they have sold out, Dean.

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  4. Hello John, I am also sensitive to super glue fumes. I found the following helpful, Bob Smith Industries Odorless Foam Safe Super Glue, they have both gap filling and thin. As well 3M makes a disposable Paint Odor Respirator Mask, essential a carbon filter, which also helps. Take care, ps the work looks great as always.

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    1. Yes it's the damn vapour. Thank you for the info, Stephen. Will look out for the products.

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