1:1000 scale Spanish American War Fleets

Here are my completed fleets for Santiago July 1898. This project has been most satisfying as these ship models have sat in a box for almost 20 years. They are now painted and ready to set sail.

 

 The American fleet at Santiago July 1898

 The Spanish Fleet at Santiago July 1898

1:1000 scale 1898 USS IOWA

Here is my latest 1:1000 scale 1898 warship - USS Iowa. This one presented a few challenges. It came with quite a few parts missing including all the secondary gun turrets. I had to scratch build them. While I was at it I decided to make a flying bridge with a shade over it like I have seen in photos of the ship.

1:1000 scale USS Oregon 1898

The latest ship to join the 1898 fleet - USS Oregon

Two More 1898 1:1000 scale Spanish Warships

 SNS Cristobal Colon

SNS Admilrate Oquendo

Here are the latest two 1:1000 scale Spanish 1898 warships to leave the paint pot.

1898 US and Spanish Warships

I have finished the water effects on the bases of the 1:1000 scale 1898 ships I have put together in the last couple of weeks. I have all the ships for the Battle of Santiago Bay. These are the ones that I have completed at the moment. Now all I have to do is finish the other ten or so ships I have. In the pictures are the battlecruiser USS Brooklyn, the older battleship USS Texas, the battleship USS Indiana, the Spanish cruiser SNS Infanta Maria Teresa and the Spanish torpedo boat destroyers SNS Pluton and SNS Furor.

 

L-R USS Texas, USS Indiana, USS Brooklyn

 

USS Brooklyn

 USS Indiana

 USS Texas

 L-R Spanish: SNS Pluton, SNS Furor, SNS Infanta Maria Teresa

 SNS Infanta Maria Teresa

 SNS Infanta Maria Teresa with the SNS Pluton and SNS Furor

 SNS Pluton and SNS Furor