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Looks pretty nice overall. The only thing I'd comment on is the White and red striping. You might see if you can find a red fine felt-tip pen, paint the whole section to be striped white, and block your white stripes with the pen, and then fill with paint. I'm guessing it's probably not noticeable at TT level though. Camo looks really nice. Makes me wish I could get my painting mojo back, but I've got the same five Fubukis staring me in the face, and I just don't want to finish them for some reason.

Thanks man, appreciate the feedback, probably going to be starting my Communist French Navy soon, will post pictures of that if I ever do do it.

Finish the Fubukis, or alternatively buy a ship and promise yourself you'll paint it only after the Fubukis are done, maybe something exciting like a US ship with camoflage or a Japanese carrier.

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Honestly I feel pretty bad for building some of these early dreadnoughts; they're these ungainly horrible cripples that will be almost instantly scrapped/sent to reinforce some distant naval stations that see action once in a blue moon once something better is available in decent numbers.

What is the smallest you guys typically make cruisers in RtWs? I'm temptedto tinker with Tenryu style cruisers that are basically just cruisers in name only. Anyone else done this and if so how did it go?

Mostly about 5000 tons+, up to the maximum. I tend to lean heavy for light cruisers to get the most main guns on it I can, with the idea of being able to reasonably expect to fight and beat other nation's smaller light cruisers and seriously bully destroyers.

I feel the same about most of my 20k~ish tonnage ships, especially when their main guns are not even that great. Yet they're very much needed to dominate the old Bs (I tend to refit my Bs into ACs or scrap them because they just become a liability) during that window where a single decent early BC or BB can really mess with shit.

2100t is the lowest CLs can go and with 1906 tech I was able to get one up to 30knots carrying seven 5in guns with nothing but 1.5in belt and 1in turrets. I'd say thats pretty capable of deterring or running down DDs. Don't think they'd do well against other CLs though...especially since they have no torps.

No torps is a no-go for me. Gotta have dem tubes.

Does anyone know a place that sells 1/2000 f-toys kancolle series in a reasonable price?
They seem to be the best models for ship combat, surpassing the detail and quality of even other f-toys series and various 1/1800 models.