Tanker's Tuesday : Capturing the beachhead - Exercise Sea Explorer

US Navy Mark VI patrol boat at DIMDEX 2018 - Qatar

The Mark VI is a class of patrol boat in service with the United States Navy, designed to patrol riverine and littoral waters. 

Range‎: ‎750 nmi (860 mi; 1,390 km) at 25 knots; ...

Beam‎: ‎20.5 ft (6.2 m)

Displacement‎: ‎144,000 lb (65,000 kg) (72 tons)

Propulsion‎: ‎MTU 16V2000M94 (x2), 5,200 HP

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The "Red" Brown Water Navy

Just picked up a nice Soviet flotilla at a great price from
chloe20001 on ebay

2 each BK1124/85

2 each BK1124/76

2 each BK1125/76

2 each BK1124/76

2 each BK1125/85

 

Latest EBAY Haul

Lucked out and found a new box set at a very reasonable price!

 

And some items for the forthcoming Brazos Brown Water Navy:

 

 

 

 

(15mm) Colonial Gunboats

I picked up a couple Colonial Gunboats one Russian one British.

Tanker's Tuesday: PT 76

The Russian Plavayushchiy Tank or PT-76 is a light, amphibious tank developed in the early 1950s. It is operated by a crew of three personnel. About 12,000 of these floating tanks were produced for domestic and export markets from 1958-1967. About 2,000 vehicles were exported to various countries including Vietnam, Indonesia, North Korea, India, Hungary, Egypt, Afghanistan, Cuba, China and Russia.
It is still in active service for fire-support, reconnaissance and troop transport operations with about 25 countries across the world. The light tank is still in service with several naval infantry units across the world for its excellent manoeuvrability at varying depths of water. China developed the Type 63 amphibious light tank based on the design of PT-76.

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/pt-76lat/

FPPR Sends In It's Gunboats Part 2

15mm WWII Russian BK-1124 Bronekater Armored Riverboat

Just picked two of these also....)

From  chloe2001 Ebay

One assembled, based, primed, and base-painted model BK-1124 "Bronekater" Armored Riverboat (in overall Russian Armor Green). Ready to use on the wargaming table or for dioramas.
Five units available, each slightly different.
They are cast resin, with hand-turned brass tube or wire guns and have been mounted on Masonite bases. Each has three working turrets (Two T-34 85mm turrets and a dual MG AA turret.)
These are extremely difficult to cast and I usually only make less than 10 per year. Because of their size and weight, they are also expensive to ship compared to my tank models.

FPPR Sends In It's Gunboats Part 1

15mm WWII Russian BK-1125 Bronekater Armored Riverboat

Just  picked up two of these.

From chloe2001
One assembled, based, primed, and base-painted model BK-1125 "Bronekater" Armored Riverboat (in overall Russian Armor Green). Ready to use on the wargaming table or for dioramas.
Five units available, each slightly different.
They are cast resin, with hand-turned brass tube or wire guns and have been mounted on Masonite bases. Each has four working turrets (One T-34 76mm turret and 3 MG turrets from the T-38 Amphib tank.)
These are extremely difficult to cast and I usually only make about a dozen per year. Because of their size and weight, they are also expensive to ship compared to my tank models.

ARMORED TROOPER VOTOMS PF-01-1

Omaha Beach With Robots!

Tanker's Tuesday:Type 2 Ka-Mi

Here are a few (all) of my 15mm scale Type 2 Ka-Mi WWII Japanese
amphibious tanks, in both  NQM, and Megablitz terms probably twice
the actual production run...but, I got a good deal on them....)

D-DAY: BATTLEFIELD NORMANDY

'OPERATION OVERLORD'

The next pages are a tribute to the men and women
from all countries that gave their life for a fragile peace http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/normandie1/home.htm

Nihon Kaigun

At the beginning of the Second World War, the Japanese Navy (or, in the Japanese language, Nihon Kaigun, or even Teikoku Kaigun, the Imperial Navy) was arguably the most powerful navy in the world. Its naval aviation corps, consisting of 10 aircraft carriers and 1500 topnotch aviators, was the most highly trained and proficient force of its kind. Its 11 (soon to be 12) battleships were among the most powerful in the world. And its surface forces, armed with the superb 24" Type 93 (Long Lance) torpedo, were incomparable night fighters. How and why this impressive force was eventually crushed by the U.S. Navy is a subject that has fascinated me practically forever. Maybe I'm just intrigued by the underdog. In any case, this page is devoted to the proud navy that lost the Pacific War.

http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm

Old Atlantic Plastics

I got these Old Atlantic Plastics recently, some interesting if
somewhat quirky pieces. All are said to be in 1/72nd scale
but in reality they are in fit the box scale...)

Sea Shadow Stealth Ship For Sale

The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has placed its famous Sea Shadow stealth ship up for auction. And while the high-tech military sea vessel cost more than $195 million to develop, its opening bid was for the relatively tiny sum of $50,000, with only a $10,000 deposit required.

The Courier Mail reports that the ship was made famous to a broader audience when it served as the inspiration for the home of James Bond's villainous foil in the film "Tomorrow Never Dies."

The General Services Administration auction for the ship is scheduled to end this Thursday, with the current bid at the time of publishing up to just over $100,000.

However, before you begin finalizing your plans for global dominance, there is one major catch to the auction: The ship will be dismantled and reduced to scrap before being handed out to the auction's eventual winner.

"The ex-Sea Shadow shall be disposed of by completely dismantling and scrapping within the USA," reads the item's description on the GSA website. "Dismantling is defined as reducing the property such as it has no value except for its basic material content."

The 164-foot experimental craft was first constructed in 1983 by Lockheed for the U.S. Navy and contains the same stealth technology used by its more famous aerial counterparts. Although it appears almost flimsy on the surface, it actually contains two submerged twin hulls and is specifically designed to withstand very rough ocean waves of up to 18 feet.

BEE Naval Inf Command Vehicle

Here is my Brazos Evil Empire Naval Inf Command Vehicle,

a bit over done perhaps but then that's the fun of Sci-fi!