Preparing for Cruiser 2009 - Jane's Naval War Game - The model ships

I will be using the Greek and Turkish fleets of 1913/14 for the Jane's Naval War Game session that I will be running at Cruiser 2009.

The model ships are all home-made 1:3000th scale models. They are built from balsa wood, thin plywood, wooden cocktail sticks, and bamboo cane. Like the originals Jane used, the models are not 100% accurate in every detail; they are more cartoonish in style, with the main recognition features over emphasised to make the ships easy to recognise.

The Greek Fleet:

The Greek fleet consists of the Light Cruiser Helle (on the left), the Armoured Cruiser Georgios Averoff (on the right) ...

... the ex-American Battleships Kilkis and Lemnos ...

... and the Coastal Defence Battleships Hydra, Spetsai, and Psara.

The Turkish Fleet:

The Turkish fleet consists of the Light Cruisers Medjideh and Hamidieh ...

... the Coastal Defence Battleship Messudieh ...

... and the ex-German Battleships Heireddin Barbarossa and Torgud Reis.

The gridded 1.2" x 1.2" squares on the 'Sea Squares' give some indication of the relative size of each model.