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80 years ago today, in the early hours of 9 August 1942, HMAS Canberra was sunk by a Japanese naval force during the Battle of Savo Island.

The RAN heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra was hit 24 times in less than two minutes and 84 of her crew were killed including Captain Frank Getting. Following an order to abandon ship, Canberra was sunk the next day by a torpedo from a US destroyer.

At the time of the action, Canberra had formed part of a US Navy-RAN force screening American transports during the landing operations of US marines at Guadalcanal, which begun on 7 August 1942.

A failure of Allied intelligence and vigilance resulted in this screening force being surprised by a determined group of seven Japanese cruisers and a destroyer near Savo Island just before 2am on the morning of the 9 August 1942.

HMAS Canberra, as the lead ship of the screening force, was the first to be engaged and received the full force of the Japanese opening bombardment.

I have one of each except for the WWII version and the Napoleonic version.  They all go for hefty prices on eBay now.  But I would never sell mine.

1. 6 months to a year depending on what else is going on in my life.
2.  Always play something three times before judging it.
3.  I sell nothing that has been painted.

Always paint the face of the shield white before applying.
Decal softener allows the decal to flow into the nooks of the shield.

Happily paid.

Little Big Men.  I've used their 15mm and 28mm shield transfers.

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Good review.

It's that whole argument, I don't play SS, but I will play Japanese.  Or I will play Wehrmacht.  Or Fallschirmjager.  Cherry picking one murderous army over another one and virtue signalling over the internet for likes while sipping a soy latte.

Nice work Leman.

I used a painting service once to paint 24 Peter Pig ACW union figures.  The guy charged me $2.00 Aus per figure in 2010.  An online inflation calculator says in 2022 it's now $2.49 per figure. (1.38 Brit pounds).  Not far off Martins number 2 estimate above.  But that was the advertised price.

He did a good job with colours.  I based them myself which he was charging $1.00 per figure.  And I cleaned flash and smoothed the bases prior to giving them to him. (Easy job with Peter Pig).

Extra off topic part.
To my horror I later discovered the paint was rubbing off the figures when I handled them.  On closer inspection I found he had not primed the figures.  He just painted acrylic straight onto bare metal.  I had take them off the bases, give them a Dettol bath and then repaint them properly.  Lesson learned.  I have never used a painting service again.

Appreciate the Arab heads.  Hopefully will work with the WWI Turks.

2, followed by 4.

No bare heads in my armies. 

Do I have companies in caps?  Yes - Japanese.

Great work on the trucks Simon.

They just fought as line infantry in the ACW.  More fodder for the gods of war.