GHQ has released six new ships in the MicroNauts range of World War II naval miniatures. BB California (1944), BB West Virginia (1944), and BB Tennessee (1943) are the refitted battleships that formed the battleline at Surigao Strait. BC Repulse is the British battlecruiser lost to Japanese air attack at the start of the Malaya campaign. The French CA Foch is one of a class of four, one of which served with the Free French Navy. The Italian CA San Giorgio was an elderly ship, converted to a coast defence role and used as a floating battery at Tobruk. GHQ has also released the new Great War Micronauts range. This new range of World War I warships is in the same 1/2400 scale and pewter casting as the rest of GHQ's ship miniatures. This new range currently has 18 entries, 9 British and 9 German. All of the classes represented so far are ships that took part in the major battles of the war. The British ships are BB's Thunderer, Colossus, Queen Elizabeth; BC's Lion & Inflexible, CA Warrior, CL Aurora\plain, TBD Ferret, and M class DD. The German ships are BB's Koenig, Ostfriesland, & Pommern; BC's Derfflinger & Moltke, CA Gniesenau\, CL's Elbing & Leipzig, and TBD B 109. The TBD's and DD's come four to a pack, all the others are packed singly. All the ships in both ranges share the same quality and detail that GHQ is noted for. There were no seams on the models and very small bits of flash. Assembly varies from none on small ships to many small parts on the late WWII battleships. Most of the assembly is attaching superstructure and turrets, the American battleships do have separate 5 inch and 40 mm gun mounts. The Great War range is a welcome addition to GHQ's offerings. All can be heartily recommended. Prices are BB or BC - $9.25, CA - $6.95, CL or DD - $5.75. Available at hobby stores or direct from GHQ, 28100 Woodside Road, Shorewood, MN 55331. Mail orders cost $3.50 P&H for each order. More Reviews Errata: That Deadly Ground Rules Mirliton 15mm 15th Century Italian Command Bicorne Miniatures 25mm ACW Essex 15mm ACW Band Musicians Dixon 25mm Seven Years War Prussians Front Rank 25mm Jacobite Rebellion Imperial Enterprises 25mm Marlborough Connoisseur 25mm AWI GHQ 1/2400 WWI and WWII Ships Bull Dancer 25mm Minoan Mycenean Quality Castings 15mm Pz VIe Tiger I Architectural Heritage 15mm and 25mm Buildings 20mm WWI German Trench Mortar and Crew Brittania Miniatures 20mm WWII US Infantry Washington's Wars Rules Frontline Skirmish Rules 1900-1950 Pony Soldiers Indian Wars Old West Rules Swedish Colors and Standards of the Great Northern War 1700-21 Danish Army Museum Booklets GHQ WWII TO&E Files 1,2,3 Poltava Osprey Campaign Series From Golan to Sinai Command Post Quarterly Rapid Fire WWII Rules WWII Orders of Battle How to Win Wargames DBM Army Lists 1071-1500AD Napoleonic Uniform Books Battles of the American Civil War 15mm ACW Flags Scale Specialties WWI Ship Names Back to Table of Contents -- Courier #67 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1995 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com