After much back and forth on the best design to hold rigged ships and finding a manufacture that could produce these trays on a continual basis, I'm happy to announce that the Dry Dock trays are not ready for pre-order on the Aerodrome Accessories site.
Below is the layout of the tray. The three ships are stored across the top, the maneuver decks are stored to the right and the ship logs are stored below the ships.
Hello, all!
I was thinking that perhaps ARES should focus on upgrading the existing ships with modifiers like Captains, Commodores, Vice-Admirals, etc. rather than making new ships for wave three. My reasoning, is that there aren't many modifiers to the game that allow the player to employ tactics that would compensate for lack of firepower against a stronger opponent. I mean, wouldn't it be fun for the Alligator to take on the USS Constitution, or the HMS Royal Sovereign?
Now that I've shown you guys the finished results, I thought it was time to show you a quick How To on the method.
To start with, I should make clear that this method does not require any stretch, tying or knotting. As such, it does not look as authentic or add very much strength to the miniature. However, it is much quicker and requires almost no skill or superior eye sight ;)
The whole method revolves around the material used as the cordage. It is simply a house
I cut away the pink parts and used the gun from the cut away hull to add as a gun aft.
The stern was filed to get a more rounded look and then paint does the rest.
The main and mizzen masts were moved aft. I cut them off and drilled both the mast and the deck to strengthen the seam with a pin as is described elsewhere for the broken foremast problem. I also cut down a little on the foremast