1/6000 Models – Page 3

1/6000 Naval – Never Built Dutch Dreadnoughts

This is a Dutch dreadnought design from 1913, modeled in 1/6000 scale. Various designs were proposed from 1912 through 1914, as described in Warship International No. 4, 1988, No. 1, 1989 and No. 4, 1989. The 1913 quadruple turret design was chosen because it differed the most from contemporary German designs.

Normal displacement 20,700 tons
Length 169.2 meters
Eight 34.3cm L/45 in quadruple turrets
Sixteen 15cm L/50in casemates
Oil fired, 22-23 knots

The names were taken from late 19th Century Dutch cruisers.

1/6000 Naval – Never Built Ships

These are various ship designs from WW1 or shortly thereafter, modeled in 1/6000 scale. Many had little or no chance of being built.

La Motte-Picquet class French cruiser.

1917 Russian design for a Black Sea Battleship. The link has several 16-inch gun designs. Version 2 of the four variations by V.P. Kostenko (at the bottom of the page) was modeled since it was among the later designs (1917) and matches the drawings provided.

Austro-Hungarian Project V Battleship. Austro-Hungarian Project VI Battlecruiser. The last Austro-Hungarian battleship and battlecruiser designs were modeled.

German Post-Jutland Battleship Design Studies. Battleship study L20eɑ was modeled since it was selected on 11 September 1918 as the basis for the next German battleship (Dodson, “The Kaiser’s Battlefleet” page 126). Battlecruiser study GK4541 was modeled since it was among the last designs considered (Dodson, “The Kaiser’s Battlefleet” page 127) and since it was included in the Avalanche Press game “Jutland 1919“.

Tillman Battleships. Design IV-2 was modeled since it was the one presented to Congress early in 1917.

Left: 1917 Russian Black Sea battleship Version 2. Right: La Motte-Picquet class French cruiser.

Left: Austro-Hungarian Project V battleship. Right: Austro-Hungarian Project VI battlecruiser.

Left: German battleship study L20eɑ. Right: German battlecruiser study GK4541.

1/6000 Naval – Armored and Protected Cruisers

Some earlier British, French and German armored and protected cruisers completed between 1892 and 1905, using Figurehead 1/6000 scale models.

1/6000 Naval – Various Late WW1 or Never

Filling in some of the gaps in the 1/6000 naval fleets.

[EDIT] Added some Austro-Hungarian protected cruisers and Russian seaplane carriers.

South Dakota class of 1920. Owari or Kii class with names invented for Nos. 11 and 12. Figurehead Amagi models were used since there are no Owari models.

Russian light cruisers, Svetlana and Admiral Nakhimov classes. Since there are no Figurehead models for these, Japanese Nagara class models were modified.

British leaders.

Two of Fisher’s ‘Incomparable’ class – names invented. The never completed Washington (Colorado class) and Imperator Nikolai I. The latter is a spare Gangut since no Figurehead model exists.