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Post by sanguin on Aug 31, 2006 19:38:48 GMT
I am looking at trying to build a model of HMS Blean, a Type 3 Hunt class destroyer launched in Jan 1942 and then sunk in Dec 1942. As a novice (and pretty incompetent from my previous experience) at wooden bits this limits me to plastic, resin or possibly card. Does anyone know of any sort of kit suitable to try and build this vessel in any reasonable (1/600>1/350 or thereabouts) scale? An internet search has failed to find anything in the way of kits so far but that does not mean that all hope is lost! Any help/suggestions gratefully received.....thanks, Sanguin
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Post by mickstvr on Sept 17, 2006 16:09:05 GMT
Hi Sanguin, Iron Shipwright produce a 1/350th scale Hunt Class in the guise of HMS Middleton. If you go to www.steeelnavy.com and follow the link to Iron Shipwright / Commander Series you can order one for roughly $60. I bought one some time ago but have yet to build it but it is a good quality resin kit with a photo etch fret. I hope this is of some help. Regards Mike
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Post by sanguin on Sept 29, 2006 16:58:21 GMT
Apologies for the delay in thanking you for your reply. Having sat on my local public library shelf for months with only me borrowing it a couple of times, my basic reference book on Destroyers of World War 2 is not only out on loan but now has a waiting list! Is there a group of naval enthusiasts just appeared in Kent? I only want to compare a type 2 Hunt (which Middleton is) with a type 3 (which Blean was) to see if they are close enough to convert-I suspect that the type 3 had some fairly major changes compared with the type 2. Anyway, thank you for your information and I will hopefully be ordering the kit if suitable and available-that is the next potential problem. Then it will join my slowly-diminishing 'pending' pile along with various Swedish aircraft and armour! Thanks for the help, Sanguin
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Post by mickstvr on Sept 29, 2006 19:56:45 GMT
Hi
I've had a quick look at the kit and it provides alternative bridges and after turret platforms for a Type I and a Type II so unfortunately this does not cater for the Blean. However having consulted my references ; The Hunts by John English and Man O'War 4 Hunt Class Destroyers by Raven and Roberts, the differences are mainly in their weaponry and armour plating of the bridge which could be modelled without too much difficulty. These books are worth tracking down especially as the latter has two good photos of the Blean. Can I ask why you chose the Blean?
Regards
Mike
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Post by sanguin on Oct 2, 2006 18:49:30 GMT
Bizarre though it may seem, it's inspired by my local hunt. As some one opposed to hunting but living semi-rurally I was somewhat startled to find HMS Blean even existed; our local hunt is the Blean Beagles and it was the source for naming HMS Blean. By pure chance I know someone related to one of the staunch hunt supporters, now dead, who ran with the hounds for over seventy years. When she died some years ago the relation set up a sort of mini-museum of artefacts and the the idea of adding a ship to the rest of the stuff appealed to my sense of whimsy! Normally my interests are Swedish, equipped with wings or tracks (with the occasional wander into CanAm sports cars and WhatIfs to relieve the tedium), and this will be my first resin ship-the learning curve may well be steep! Thanks for your advice and I now have two more book titles with which to tease Kent Library Service. I will now go back to Ironshipwright and part with some cash..... Thanks again, sanguin
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Post by wunwinglow on Oct 18, 2006 21:39:06 GMT
www.gpm.pl/eng/index.php?akcja=produkt&edycja=748www.gpm.pl/eng/index.php?akcja=produkt&edycja=739www.gpm.pl/eng/index.php?akcja=produkt&edycja=740www.gpm.pl/eng/index.php?akcja=produkt&edycja=744www.gremirmodels.com/hms_badsworth.htmSorry, Brissenden is a Type IV, all the others are, nominally, Type II, I've got all of these paper models as well as the downloadable Badsworth from Gremir. There are quite a few other paper/card models available in 1:200, 1:400 and other scales, and they make excellent patterns for models made in styrene, cast resin etc. There are also some fantastic etched sets designed for these kits, but will have obvious use for a 'solid' model to the same scale. I'd recommend a wander around the GPM site, check out the pom poms and bofors, for a start! The turned brass gun barrels are delightful, too. Their mail order service is very good, or you could try Chris at Marcle Models, he advertises in most magazines, has a website, www.marcle.clara.net/ and best of all, is usually at the Telford show! In fact I picked up Brissenden from him last year! Tim www.fighting48th.com
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Post by sanguin on Oct 20, 2006 17:05:04 GMT
Tim, thanks for the info. My only two attempts at card models were a SAAB 105 in Austrian markings and an allegedly working clock. The SAAB was a bad choice(all compound curves, bit like a ship really!) and the clock required a sound, stable card support for its cogs-I failed, not the kit! However an attempt at card looks interesting on the basis that it is cheaper and has novelty value in that no paints are involved, nor resin dust or me questing for missing bits of brass therefore making my wife less unhappy! Thanks for the info, I will get one ordered and try for third time lucky with card. John
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