Cardstock Model Ships
These splendid ships, each with her grace, her glory,
Her memory of old song or comrade's story,
They are grander things than all the art of towns;
Their tests are tempests and the sea that drowns.
They mark our passage as a race of men--
Earth will not see such ships as those again.
- John Masefield
1:300 Scale Great Lakes Ships: Models of the small vessels that fought for dominance on the inland waters of North America.
1:600 Scale Anglo-Dutch Ships: Models of the ships that struggled for control of the trade routes in the North Sea and around the world in the 17th Century.
1:900 Scale 18th Century Ships: Models of the vessels that took part in the great fleet actions of the mid-eighteenth century.
1:600/1:900 Scale Napoleonic Ships: Dual-scale models of ships from the pinnacle of the Age of Fighting Sail.
View a Master Catalogue of all the series - over 50 ships in all - right here.
Free Bonus! Printable naval ensigns for your ships!
Most of the models can be used to represent the ships of many nations on the game table, since naval architecture didn't always follow national lines, and ships occasionally changed hands. The one thing that always differentiated them at sea was the flag.
Here are pages of 17th-to-early 19th century naval ensigns from several nations with which to decorate your models, so you can fight with them on any of the Seven Seas.
1:300 scale 18th Century Ensigns
1:600 scale Anglo-Dutch Ensigns
1:900 scale 18th Century Ensigns
1:600 scale Napoleonic Ensigns
Paper modelling has been popular for decades in Europe and the Orient, and has recently experienced a resurgence on the internet. It provides a medium that is detailed, inexpensive, and yet remarkably durable for wargame miniatures.
Copyright 2022 Jeffrey Knudsen. All rights reserved.