Project: Foreign Stations

Status: FINISHED

Contains: Figures

Status:	FINISHED
Contains:	Figures

Although never officially designated a "letter code project", Foreign Stations really was the thing that started this mode of working. Apart from the stuff I did for Ropecon games, I rarely worked a set goal preferring to build and paint pretty much whatever I felt like doing at the moment without really thinking about the bigger picture.

Foreign Stations changed that. I did the research, bought the figures and painted them all to completion in a relatively short time frame. And then I never got to play with them, but that's beside the point...

The British

These are the British ships I did as part of this project. Strictly speaking all of them are not proper Foreign Stations ships. I really should do another photo shoot with the correct ships in correct squadrons.

These ships (almost) complete the forces necessary to fight Coronel and Falklands. Canopus could have been at Coronel, while Goliath took part in the search for Königsberg. Carnarvon and Cradock's flagship, Good Hope.

Inflexible. Back in the day, that was a virtue I guess. Carnarvon and Cradock's flagship, Good Hope. Otranto, one of the numerous Armed Merchant Cruisers the British used.

British squadron on the move. The British steam on. Light cruisers Bristol and Glasgow.

Cornwall and Monmouth, two County-class cruisers. For whatever reason, the British favored these cut-rate armored cruisers for foreign work, a total of seven were deployed in foreign stations in 1914. Here's the Calliope. But even Jackie Fisher didn't get everything right at first. Dreadnought's turret layout is designed for stern chases which unduly limits its broadside capability.

The British present an ideal bombing target. Too bad there aren't any viable bombers around... Battlecruiser Lion. Darn long ship, almost didn't fit on the base. M-class destroyers.

Ambuscade close up. Battlecruiser Invincible, one of the victors of the extremely one-sided battle near Falklands. Light cruisers Birmingham and Nottingham.

Royal Sovereign. These big ships with 15 inch guns mostly made it to WWII. This is the contents of the NavWar 1/3000 WWI British starter pack. Interesting inner courtyard... The British painted the turret tops on their capital ships green.

Mischief up close. Light cruisers Champion and Calliope, in late war setup. The one that started it all: Dreadnought, though again, this was not the first ship to bear this name.

Birmingham. WWI era light cruisers tended to be much smaller than the ones in WWII. Queen Ellie, pride and joy of the royal navy. A K-class destroyer, Ambuscade. For some bright reason the admiralty renamed the Acasta -class as K-class, even though none of the ships have names starting with K. And what the heck is an ambuscade anyway?

KGV, a popular name for British battleships. Unlike some WWI battleships, these did not survive to WWII. They were scrapped and another ship bore the same name.

The German Hochseeflotte

The same applies to the Germans. There's a bunch of extra ships included.

These three light cruisers were in Graf Spee's squadron at Falklands. Emden, the gallant little thorn in the Empire's backside. Truth is stranger than fiction. Dresden up close. Unfortunately the model was pretty badly cast with serious mold misalignment.

The sisters lead the way. Lone raider of the West Indies, unfortunately her career was cut short by an ammo explosion. The ill-fated light cruisers from above.

Rostock was safely in Germany. Leipzig and her thick funnels. Weird funnels on these ones.

The Devil of the Rujifi delta. What a wonderful way to spend a war... These two are just along for the ride. They weren't really at foreign stations at the start of the war. Bremen was also not there...

All German foreign stations ships, 1914. Plus a couple who weren't really there... Why, isn't in Nürnberg... Cruisers and capital ships arrayed for inspection.

Light cruisers Brummer and Bremse. BB Helgoland. Same basic turret layout as with Westfalen, but not quite as crowded as the ship is longer and has more graceful lines. Frankfurt seen from above.

König again. BB Kaiser cruising on 'realistic' water. Kaiser from the stern.

Light cruisers Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. The older German light cruisers were really only super-sized destroyers with their 4.1 inch main battery. BB Bayern, one of the German 15 inch battlewagons. BB König steams looking for the enemy.

Helgoland seen from above. BC Von Der Tann sets sail. This stubby little puppy is the BB Westfalen. Nice wing turret layout.

Aerial view of the Kaiser. Kaiser coming at you. CL Brummer, designed as a minelayer.

Bayern seen from the bow. CL Frankfurt cruising the high seas. König from the air. Actually, I have no idea whether the ship's boats were really painted white in wartime, but it looks better this way.

I knew this box would come in handy one day... Von Der Tann from above. WWI naval designs are actually more interesting than the later ones, as the 'best' designs had not yet emerged. Westfalen.

The Prey

AKA merchant shipping...

I bought some prey for the warships. These are painted in more peacetime colors to get a little variety for the all-gray look. Small originally Japanese coastal haulers. Obligatory overhead view.

Standard A/B type ships, about 5000 gross tons. Originally, I intended to label these based on gross tonnage, but that information proved hard to get for some ship models. These are actually liners but I labeled them as cargo anyway. Standard F type ships, about 6500 gross tons.

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These ships (almost) complete the forces necessary to fight Coronel and Falklands.	Canopus could have been at Coronel, while Goliath took part in the search for Königsberg.	Carnarvon and Cradock's flagship, Good Hope.

Inflexible. Back in the day, that was a virtue I guess.	Carnarvon and Cradock's flagship, Good Hope.	Otranto, one of the numerous Armed Merchant Cruisers the British used.

British squadron on the move.	The British steam on.	Light cruisers Bristol and Glasgow.

Cornwall and Monmouth, two County-class cruisers. For whatever reason, the British favored these cut-rate armored cruisers for foreign work, a total of seven were deployed in foreign stations in 1914.	Here's the Calliope.	But even Jackie Fisher didn't get everything right at first. Dreadnought's turret layout is designed for stern chases which unduly limits its broadside capability.

The British present an ideal bombing target. Too bad there aren't any viable bombers around...	Battlecruiser Lion. Darn long ship, almost didn't fit on the base.	M-class destroyers.

Ambuscade close up.	Battlecruiser Invincible, one of the victors of the extremely one-sided battle near Falklands.	Light cruisers Birmingham and Nottingham.

Royal Sovereign. These big ships with 15 inch guns mostly made it to WWII.	This is the contents of the NavWar 1/3000 WWI British starter pack.	Interesting inner courtyard... The British painted the turret tops on their capital ships green.

Mischief up close.	Light cruisers Champion and Calliope, in late war setup.	The one that started it all: Dreadnought, though again, this was not the first ship to bear this name.

Birmingham. WWI era light cruisers tended to be much smaller than the ones in WWII.	Queen Ellie, pride and joy of the royal navy.	A K-class destroyer, Ambuscade. For some bright reason the admiralty renamed the Acasta -class as K-class, even though none of the ships have names starting with K. And what the heck is an ambuscade anyway?

KGV, a popular name for British battleships. Unlike some WWI battleships, these did not survive to WWII. They were scrapped and another ship bore the same name.


These three light cruisers were in Graf Spee's squadron at Falklands.	Emden, the gallant little thorn in the Empire's backside. Truth is stranger than fiction.	Dresden up close. Unfortunately the model was pretty badly cast with serious mold misalignment.

The sisters lead the way.	Lone raider of the West Indies, unfortunately her career was cut short by an ammo explosion.	The ill-fated light cruisers from above.

Rostock was safely in Germany.	Leipzig and her thick funnels.	Weird funnels on these ones.

The Devil of the Rujifi delta. What a wonderful way to spend a war...	These two are just along for the ride. They weren't really at foreign stations at the start of the war.	Bremen was also not there...

All German foreign stations ships, 1914. Plus a couple who weren't really there...	Why, isn't in Nürnberg...	Cruisers and capital ships arrayed for inspection.

Light cruisers Brummer and Bremse.	BB Helgoland. Same basic turret layout as with Westfalen, but not quite as crowded as the ship is longer and has more graceful lines.	Frankfurt seen from above.

König again.	BB Kaiser cruising on 'realistic' water.	Kaiser from the stern.

Light cruisers Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. The older German light cruisers were really only super-sized destroyers with their 4.1 inch main battery.	BB Bayern, one of the German 15 inch battlewagons.	BB König steams looking for the enemy.

Helgoland seen from above.	BC Von Der Tann sets sail.	This stubby little puppy is the BB Westfalen. Nice wing turret layout.

Aerial view of the Kaiser.	Kaiser coming at you.	CL Brummer, designed as a minelayer.

Bayern seen from the bow.	CL Frankfurt cruising the high seas.	König from the air. Actually, I have no idea whether the ship's boats were really painted white in wartime, but it looks better this way.

I knew this box would come in handy one day...	Von Der Tann from above. WWI naval designs are actually more interesting than the later ones, as the 'best' designs had not yet emerged.	Westfalen.


I bought some prey for the warships. These are painted in more peacetime colors to get a little variety for the all-gray look.	Small originally Japanese coastal haulers.	Obligatory overhead view.

Standard A/B type ships, about 5000 gross tons.	Originally, I intended to label these based on gross tonnage, but that information proved hard to get for some ship models. These are actually liners but I labeled them as cargo anyway.	Standard F type ships, about 6500 gross tons.