G Class Destroyer by cog - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - from Tribal Class kit

[cog]

When starting at the V class with RGL, I got interested in the RN G & H Class destroyers. Thus, got on the net and found this kit

 

Pictures later, I am presently unable to upload any size photograph

 

Some general info:

H-class

• Type: Destroyer
• Service Period: 1936-1949
• Characteristics:
  • Length: 323 feet (98.45 meters)
  • Beam: 33 feet (10.06 meters)
  • Draught: 12 feet 5 inches (3.79 meters)
  • Displacement: 1,340 tons (Standard): 1,859 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 137 (Peacetime); 146 (Wartime)
• Propulsion: 3 x Johnson boilers, 2 x Parsons geared turbines, 2 x shafts, 34,000 shp (25,000 kW)
• Range: 5,530 nautical miles (10,242 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
• Speed: 36 knots (66.67 km/h)
• Armament:
  • 4 x QF 4.7"/45-caliber Mk.IX dual purpose naval guns (4x1)
  • 8 x .50-caliber machine guns (2x4)
  • 8 x 21" torpedo tubes (2x4)
  • 20 x depth charges (1 x rail and 2 x throwers)

 

Guns will be replaced, either by brass, or 3D printed, I found the torpedo tubes in 3d very appealing so I'll try those again ...

 

First I've got 172 port holes to drill

[RGL]

Excellent, one step closer.....  

[cog]

 

 

PE:

the small leaf is the kit supplied parts, the other one is from White Ensign

 

Colour scheme as HMCS

[cog]

1 minute ago, RGL said:

Excellent, one step closer.....  

Closer to what ...

[RGL]

Your next build

[cog]

At least I've got some more room on deck ... (I hope) V vs H class:

 

[RGL]

Sweet! Box art?

[cog]

Yupz

[Old Collingwood]

Is this the kit thats needs some slight work on the sheer towards the bow (upwards) inlcuding some of the port holes.?

 

OC.

[cog]

Where did you get that information from OC?

[Old Collingwood]

1 minute ago, cog said:

Where did you get that information from OC?

I think I read about it on one of our fellow build sites  where someone compaired the plans of the actual ship with the hull in the kit, and discovered the kits hull is slightly too level and missing some sheer towards the bow,  they recrified it by building up the bow a few mm (not sure of the exact amount)  and filling some of the port holes and re cutting some new ones to follow the new sheer.

 

OC.

[Jack12477]

Carl, how long are these models?

[Old Collingwood]

This is one of the references to the sheer I have found its a diagram that shows it,

 

OC.

[cog]

Jack,

V class: 10.7"

H class: 12.8"

[cog]

Interesting OC. I would need the top view, and the line plan to get that right as well. There is one other detail: Is that a G class or an H class ... they do differ despite the fact they share the same basis. Furthermore, I couldn't find data for it, so I don't know if all were built in the same yard ... can't imagine with the pressure of WWII, did the yard stick exactly to the drawing ... (need for speed)

[Old Collingwood]

Im not 100%  sure carl,   it mentions it even in a kit review  here    -  http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/hms/dd/eskimo-350-tsm/tsm-review.html

 

I am sure that other model makers have said the lack of sheer follows for most of the RN ww2 Destroyers, please foregive me if I am wrong, I have never built one and just quoted what I have read.

 

OC.

[cog]

Thanks OC. I think I'll stick with the wanting hull, as it will be my first attempt at weathering a larger hull (those two 1/700 subs don't count)

[Canute]

High speed run, Carl? I'll follow this one also.

[cog]

good to see you, grab a seat

 

ordered some reference material:

Title: British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWII. Volume II Battleships and Aircraft Carriers

Author: Malcolm George Wright (author)

ISBN: 9781848322530

 

 

Title: BRITISH DESTROYERS A History of Development 1892-1953 Drawn by Admiralty Permission from Official Records and Returns Ships' Covers and Building Plans

Author: MARCH Edgar J.

 

Title: BRITISH DESTROYERS OF WORLD WAR TWO. (Warships Illustrated No 4)

Author: BURT R.A.

 

should have done it for Vendetta

Edited June 24, 2018 by cog

[Jack12477]

Okay ! Make room ! I'm joining too

 

Oh !  I'm already joined !  Hmm. okay time for munchies then

 

Edited June 24, 2018 by Jack12477

[cog]

2 hours ago, Jack12477 said:

Okay ! Make room ! I'm joining too

 

Oh !  I'm already joined !  Hmm. okay time for munchies then

 

Hmmmph, lets give you some leeway ... extenuating circumstances

[cog]

Since I want to build this kit as a RN version (HMS vs HMCS from the kit) I've been looking into the different assets of the kit. For one the armament for an H class is wrong they deliver 4.5" single guns, whilst all H class have been equiped with the 4.7" single variant which has a sharp bent in the casing vs a roundish one in the 4.5" Guns to order. I'll be getting the quadruple vickers to and need to get 20mm oerlikon's which were installed from 1940 onwards.

 

The kit supplies two aft structure types, so I need to wait for the books to shed some light on which one to use. In the mean time I'll start prepping the hull for painting ...

[Piet]

May I join in and watch too? 

 

Cheers,

[cog]

Anybody is welcome so too a flying Dutchman. Though this will be a somewhat slower ride than the previous build. I'll be needing some time to research weathering techniques

Edited June 26, 2018 by cog

[cog]

On 24/06/2018 at 2:20 AM, Old Collingwood said:

Im not 100%  sure carl,   it mentions it even in a kit review  here    -  http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/hms/dd/eskimo-350-tsm/tsm-review.html

 

I am sure that other model makers have said the lack of sheer follows for most of the RN ww2 Destroyers, please foregive me if I am wrong, I have never built one and just quoted what I have read.

 

OC.

OC, have a look at this image, I don't see the sheer they are talking about in it

[Old Collingwood]

I think you might be right carl,   here is a pic of HMS Hardy I found.

 

OC.

[cog]

That's one I need. The aft structure is noticeably shorter than the one in the kit, so I'll need to do some bashing. I found out the torpedo tubes are not quads but pentads like these (courtesy of shapeways - copy right Micro Master)

 

[RGL]

I’m probably lucky the shipping is so expensive as they have lots of loveyshiny things I want. 

[cog]

So you've got a hurdle to take ... Instead you buy more kits with loads of PE

[Beef Wellington]

Love these destroyers...nice choice!