I'm giving Cruel Seas a definite place on the project short list for 2021, despite having failed completely to get it going in 2020. The advantage of postponing a project for a year or so is that, after the initial hype and hoohah surrounding a new rules system or set of models, the rush dies down and all of the stuff that people bought in a mad rush ends up on eBay or heavily discounted by traders.
So it is with Cruel Seas. A good example are these decals from Flight Deck Decals, many of which are currently on sale and are at the end of their production run, so won't be available much longer. I've ordered some of the S-Boat decals which cover the 1st, 5th and 8th S-Boote flotillas, so enough for my late war S100 and S38b boats, as well as decking out my otherwise surplus early war S38 boats.
I also added some discounted sheets for various British MTB units including the Free French 23rd MTB flotilla, which is just what I need. A good result and one which will make my models a little more historically accurate. I will have to wait a few weeks for the order to arrive, hopefully without any customs duty, but that gives me time to at least paint the 5th Flotilla S-boote on the workbench waiting list.
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