Chinese Democratic Socialist Union fleet

I just finished a fleet of Chinese Democratic Socialist Union ships from Brigade Models. I bought these way back in 2011, and I’ve since noticed that Brigade Models have updated this line of ships. In comparison, these models do look a fair bit flatter, but I like them.

In particular I like the little rectangular ships in the image above. They are not listed on the Brigade Models site anymore so I’ve no idea what their name is.

Here’s a selection of some of the medium sized ships.

And then the reason I purchased all of these, I wanted to build and paint a mainly carrier/fighter based fleet. When I was combing through what Brigade had available the CDSU had the most carriers. Two small/medium carriers and one large fleet carrier. I added the extra fighters to the decks of all three carriers, while way out of scale, I really liked the idea of having the fighters visible on the carriers. The larger of the ships on the fighter bases are no longer available, but I envision them as a troop carrier/assault boat, and the middle carrier above would specialize in launching them.

A selection of Capital ships. The one in the middle has a tiny flight deck at the back, with a single fighter.

And one last photo of all the ships together. A decent sized collection.

I started working on this fleet near the end of February, so it has taken some time but I like the final result. Now to finish reading A Billion Suns to see how I might use these on the table, I’m curious about the solo rules.