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csadn
07-24-2012, 14:02
No Altitude Rules. >:)

Bligh
07-25-2012, 09:44
No expense, so far.
Bligh.

schoon
07-25-2012, 14:29
No Altitude Rules. >:)
No, but you DO have wind, so it evens out ;)

Berthier
07-29-2012, 21:21
I'm with Rob on this one. Cheapest game series I've played in years !

Pirate Queen
07-29-2012, 22:44
No altitude rules? You forget the Turtle.

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On July 12th, the Turtle was transported by a sloop and successfully placed in the harbor in the dark of night. Lee silently pedaled towards the British warship HMS Eagle and submerged under the ship. Things began to go badly.

As Lee started to drill into the ship’s hull, he accidentally hit metal instead of wood. He tried but couldn’t get through. Lee had no idea where he was drilling because the sub lacked a window on top. When his air supply almost ran out, he surfaced and descended yet again. And he failed again. Lee was exhausted and was forced to pedal back to land because the harbor’s tides had begun to change. He pedaled frantically but was spotted by British sailors. Lee released his bomb in hope of distracting the British. The bomb exploded and, as Lee had hoped, distracted the British. Lee made it back to land alive, but he had failed his mission. It had not been a complete failure, however. The British did recognize the threat and moved their blockade, so the Americans could still get ships in and out of the harbor.

The Turtle made more attacks later in the war with some success. It once drilled a hole in another British war ship but was not able to get the bomb in place correctly. The bomb exploded and damaged the ship and killed three men. However, the Turtle never sank any ships like it was originally intended.

The first well-documented submarine attacks in history - 1777.

Comte de Brueys
07-30-2012, 09:53
I saw a model of the turtle in the

Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.

David Manley
07-30-2012, 10:53
The first well-documented submarine attacks in history - 1777.

Maybe, as has been pointed out in various historical circles there is no actual evidence that the Turtle was ever built, and that it could have been a well constructed propaganda exercise.

Not that it is a very popular theory of course :)

Capt P
07-30-2012, 15:43
Well there is always the Hunley.

Bumblie3
08-01-2012, 13:07
Does this mean that the submarine in The Crimson Pirate was a work of fiction? Another dream shattered!

SeaRoyal20
08-09-2012, 10:22
How about balloons?

David Manley
08-09-2012, 10:52
Or dragons?

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Coog
08-09-2012, 14:11
How about Nemo's Nautilus?

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David Manley
08-09-2012, 14:19
Minis available :)

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I have a couple of these somewhere, but the earlier one piece casting.

Bumblie3
08-09-2012, 14:56
Silly me - I thought it was a picture of Stingray! I was trying to spot Troy Tempest and Phones!
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Coog
08-09-2012, 16:02
Minis available :)

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I have a couple of these somewhere, but the earlier one piece casting.

Those are really nice! Do you know what scale they are?

csadn
08-09-2012, 17:20
How about balloons?

No.


How about Nemo's Nautilus?

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No.


Or dragons?

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Not just "no", but "*HELL* NO". :)

David Manley
08-09-2012, 22:24
Silly me - I thought it was a picture of Stingray! I was trying to spot Troy Tempest and Phones!

You need to brush up on your SF submarine identification :)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs

David Manley
08-09-2012, 22:25
Those are really nice! Do you know what scale they are?

IIRC they are about 1/600

Bligh
08-10-2012, 00:46
WoG meets SoG.

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Rob.

csadn
08-10-2012, 21:55
WoG meets SoG.

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Rob.

Funny how the balloons and kites are flying towards each other using the same wind direction.... :)

Bumblie3
08-11-2012, 06:10
Funny how the balloons and kites are flying towards each other using the same wind direction.... :)
I'm more interested in the channel tunnel that is illustrated! Whatever happened to that? we spent a fortune building the new one! Do you suppose they filled it in to stop a French invasion, or did someone (Bligh) drop a heavy anchor through the roof and it leaked and filled up?

csadn
08-11-2012, 15:10
I'm more interested in the channel tunnel that is illustrated! Whatever happened to that? we spent a fortune building the new one! Do you suppose they filled it in to stop a French invasion, or did someone (Bligh) drop a heavy anchor through the roof and it leaked and filled up?

The French tried to invade through it -- but they were run down by Jeremy Clarkson in a Mercedes S-Class. >:)

Wargamer
03-26-2013, 08:36
No, but you do have to worry about rocks and shoals, and the occasional island, waterspouts, and other hazards to navigation. (i.e. that cat walking across the ocean to swat your ships!)


No Altitude Rules. >:)

Sea Gull
03-26-2013, 14:26
Not to mention the mermaids. :steer:

David Manley
03-26-2013, 14:43
The first well-documented submarine attacks in history - 1777.

Maybe, but actually not very well documented, a lot of it contradictory and no hard evidence that it actually happened, at least not as we understand it.

BonhommeRichard
03-26-2013, 15:18
lol ok then i do think the wind evens out the altitude detail

Diamondback
03-26-2013, 15:56
Not just "no", but "*HELL* NO". :)
More like "Full Gunny Hartmann 'Drill Sergeant Nasty' NO!"

*insert R Lee Ermey here*