Quite a few years ago , well over fifteen probably, we had our joiner remove part of the kitchen worktop as part of a remodelled kitchen. It seemed too good to waste so l asked him to cut it for me into ship or coastal defence vessel shapes. He did so as a favour as we knew him well and the resultant heavy wooden hulls were mothballed in the shed. I had a vague Little Wars, John Ruddle, Floor Games plans …
Fast forward to recently, to the video l got from Tommy Atkins. I noticed a box of sailors and some guns too not to mention some artillery crews which looked sort of Marine Artillery vibe. A thought grew in my mind that l might utilise these wooden hulks and do something in the garden…
Anyway the guns and figures arrived on Saturday and l got the wooden hulls out of the shed, brought them into the house and added the new Ruddle guns and figures-
So what do you think? It seems to be an idea. I will not be attempting accurate or semi accurate ships models but rather a toy soldier “suggestion “ of them. Thoughts currently are to use blocks of wood , possibly balsa for the ship’s infrastructure and metal or plastic tubing as funnels and torpedo tubes. Thoughts please and all ideas gratefully received. This is a Spring project ( able to saw etc outdoors then) so plenty of time to plan …