Hi Linus, thank you. I like your own collection, and the sabre practice on the beach. Well done. JJ

@JJsWargames Thank you! It's a great hobby. Tomorrow, we have another game in our Mediterranean campaign.

Thank you so much 😀 Cheers JJ

Thank you! Cheers! JJ

Hi Andrew, just follow this link to my blog and scroll to the bottom of the post where I have provided links to the size bases by ship rate. JJ jjwargames.blogspot.com/2020/02/all-at-sea-on-stocks-in-jjs-dockyard.html

@@JJsWargames Fantastic, thanks for the fast response.

Hi no not really, I’ve built collections for friends, but other than that have rather a lot of stuff of my own to get done, with work on the Battle of Camperdown fleets about to conclude. As an aide for others to have a go at building these models I have put together several rigging tutorials here on KZbin and PDFs on the blog and the blog provides plenty of examples for painting the ships, and I will answer queries there if necessary. JJ

Hi and thank you. I didn’t do a tutorial for painting the artillery because the principles were the same as for the infantry and I have two pdf guides for doing British and French line infantry, the latter you might find the most useful, in the link to the blog. jjwargames.blogspot.com/2015/08/french-line-infantry-painting-tutorial_10.html

This was myself and my son Will on a visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels near Saigon on a holiday to Vietnam in 2016 with a visit to the range their where you can fire weapons from the Vietnam War which was quite an experience. I found the M-16 a dream to fire and a lot easier to handle than the old Lee-Enfield.303 we use to use in the Air Cadets when I was a lad. I attach a link to the blog with the post covering this visit, part of a series of posts entitled Vietnam 2016 which you can find in the labels on the right column if you’re interested. jjwargames.blogspot.com/2016/06/vietnam-2016-war-museums-ho-chi-minh.html

That's pretty awesome that they do that. Re: the Lee-Enfield .303. A good friend of mine has one. Well two, one is in the original furniture and as close to original. The other is currently a work in progress. The original furniture of that one was a total mess. Wood split in several places. It was ugly. So, what he is doing is "Sporterizing" it. He has a custom Resin/Plastic stock but with a more modern look to it. His intention is to also mount a long range modern scope on it as well. He has everything to get it done. Just lacking the time. I had the opportunity to shoot his working Lee-Enfield at the local Gun range a few times. If you are not used to it, it will give your shoulder a real work out. I enjoyed shooting it. To me it was like shooting my dad's (Later mine) 30.06 Bolt action Hunting rifle.@@JJsWargames

Hi and thank you. No I haven’t modified the frigate, and with other options available from Warlord of smaller frigates and sloops am unlikely to do that now, with this mod very much a stop gap until other models became available. I’m assuming you are thinking of converting the small brig that I show which is made from the remaining pieces left over from the cutting process. I think the length of the deck might be very difficult to accommodate three masts on, with the sloop illustrated pretty well at the limit for such a conversion and even then it is not a great conversion with not a lot of space between the mast to allow the yards to be reversed when needing to heave to. Still I wish you all the best with your project and glad you found the video helpful. Cheers JJ

Kiss Me Hardy is a very granular way to play Trafalgar, giving lots of detailed drama that needs time to play which is why two days to play this game was perfect. I may well come back to this battle, and others I nave in mind, using a different set of rules that presents the battle in a different way. That said it will still be using 1:700 models in the Grand Manner,

Hi Daniel, the threads I use are the stuff supplied with the Warlord kits for the standing rigging except for the main stay that runs from the mainmast to the foremast and the base of the bowsprit. This was a heavier load supporting stay and I use a a thicker black thread, Guttermann extra strong thread col. 000 and for the running rigging you want a brown thread as the hemp of the rope wasn't tarred. I use Gutterman col. 209. I hope that is of help. JJ

Hi Nigel, Great to hear from you and I hope you are well. Do get back in touch if you would like to come down, there are still loads of folks you will know and it would be good to catch up. You can drop me a line on JJ’s Wargames, through the contact form on the blog and we can swap emails. JJ

Hi Phil, thank you, we had some cracking games on, as tends to be the norm with Clotted Lard and we had a lot of fun as well. JJ

Hi Daniel, Thank you for your comments and sorry about the points raised, which must have been irritatingly frustrating. I thought there might be some issues with me doing it in front of camera which is why I put together a pdf with diagrams to accompany this video and it also has my written notes explaining the steps. It can be downloaded on request from the blog. JJ

@@JJsWargames Thank you for your reply back. So, I went to your blog (I believe it is yours) and I do not see any thing that deals with the Rigging Tutorial French-Spanish Running Rigging. I did send you an email requesting the diagrams on pdf but have not heard back yet.

@@danielmorgan1104 Hi Daniel, I received your email and replied with an attached copy of the PDF at 13.07 yesterday and I will resend again this morning just in case. JJ

Hi Dennis, Thank you for your message, where is home for you? I’m so glad that you enjoy the stuff I produce and that you are getting stuck in to doing your own thing, that is exactly what inspires me to work on my projects and include as many people as possible with the blog and KZbin; to show what an amazing hobby this is, for the history, the art, the learning and most importantly the sharing in the fun with others and the opportunity to make new friends along the way, which today means all around the world. Happy gaming , and I hope you get the opportunity to visit England, you might want to check out HMS Victory and Trincomalee. All the best. JJ👍

Im located in Central Kansas USA

@@Dennis_Cross Wow, Kansas, you are a long way from the sea! Well I'm sure all this age of sail naval stuff must make a pleasant distraction, and I hope you get a chance to come to England. I'm always amazed at how the internet and a common interest brings folks together from all over the planet, and it's great to share the fun. All the best JJ

Hi thank you. Some of the rule additions are ones that I’ve have created as house rules that are now written in to the updated copy of Kiss Me Hardy that I use at club, that incorporates them plus all the other additions that various contributors have created over the years and have been published in the Lardy Specials. I now have them all codified and part of my index so I can find stuff at my fingertips, useful for running games like this !

Thanks JJ… I have a number of the Lard articles, will have to work on them… Hopefully KMH2 will happen 🙂

Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it. JJ

Hi and thank you, glad you like them. I haven’t produced a guide as yet as there are several good painting demos around on KZbin and I figured the colour selections I have suggested would enable most folks to get started. I’m a bit full on with stuff at the moment, but when I get some time I will see if I can put a PDF tutorial together which I will post on the blog. JJ

Hi Nigel, Yes great, that sounds an interesting idea. If you would like to pick this conversation up direct over email, pop me a message in the contact form on the blog, the little box on the top of the right hand column, and I'll get back to you. JJ's Wargames - jjwargames.blogspot.co.uk Cheers JJ

Great, thank you, glad you found it helpful. JJ

Hi Alan, the thread I use is the black thread supplied with the kits for all the standing rigging on the brigs and small ships, replacing the lower fore stays on the larger ships between the main mast and fore mast and bowsprit with black thicker Guttermann polyester thread code Colour Code 000 and brown Guttermann for the running rigging Col Code 209. Hope that helps. JJ

@@JJsWargames Thanks very much for detailed reply. Most helpful. Regards. Alan.

Hi Alan, thanks for your comment and glad you enjoyed the clip. JJ

@@JJsWargames Thanks very much for your reply. Keep up the good work.

Hi, thank you. The mat is from Tiny Wargames and there is a link on my blog JJ’s Wargames. JJ

Hi, my rigging plan is based on Rod Langton’s work with his 1:1200th range and it was him who helped me to get started, so I’m just passing this stuff on for others. Rod Langton has a very handy book he produced for rigging and painting his own models which you can get from his website, and there is a pdf to go with my video available on my blog, link in the right hand column under ‘My Resources and Downloads’, ‘Rigging Tutorial’ which might help as well. JJ

Hi Steven, and thank you. These models are a lot of fun to do and we’ve had some great games with them as well. Cheers JJ

@@JJsWargames No, no... I thank you, for having the courage to build such an impressive fleet!

Yes indeed, I always varnish to lock down my paint work and to better marry the final paint job together. I also add a little varnish at the end to take away any shine created by the superglue on rigging anchor points and on the spritsails. I tend to use Vallejo Matt varnish 50:50 with water that seems to work quite well. Hope that helps JJ

@@JJsWargames Thanks 😊

Hi Frank, Thank you, much appreciated. You can see more about the collection and the recent playing of the Battle of Cape St Vincent for the 225th anniversary on JJ’s Wargames bog. Cheers JJ

Hi Christian, oh dear, you have had a learning curve! It’s really a challenge how to put these tutorials together when deciding what to leave in and what to leave out and the best, most concise, but detailed explanations of what it is you are doing, in the hope that you are making sense. I’m sorry you found my explanation confusing, but glad you got there in the end, and it least it was only a brig you were cutting up, so hopefully not an expensive mistake. I would recommend that a look at the corresponding blog post is worth checking out if you are unsure of anything in future, and you can always ask me to clear up any uncertainty by leaving a message on the blog contact form and I can get back to you. Hope that helps. JJ

@@JJsWargames there is absolutely no worries on my end. I just took the twice cut piece and glued it right back to the hull and it’s ready for conversion! Thank you again for this tutorial!

Hi and I’m not sure any courage was involved. I actually find it easier to work the rigging around the sails, rather than the other way around. At the end of the day I hope the video shows what works for me and if it helps others to copy my technique then great.

@@JJsWargames brave or not, you sure take the riggings to another level.

@@rcspaintserviceandgaming Thank you, much appreciated. JJ

These models are some of the best wargame models available at this type of scale with plenty of scope to modify and scratch build with as you will find examples of on the blog JJ’s Wargames where I have shown how to build sloops, large and small third rates etc. As far as the sails, these are card which have been designed by the great military artist Peter Dennis in a range of colours and can be arrayed as you want or left off and simply replaced with model putty to create a furled look at anchor. As I say plenty of scope for mods. Cheers JJ

@@JJsWargames they r the best but they r sprews so that doesn't count..lol I don't do sprews