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Paul! Thank you, that just made my day. You are indeed too kind.

:big_eyes: :big_eyes: :big_eyes: :big_eyes:

Right now I'm trying desperately to scrape my jaw up off the flooor!! It just doesn't seem to want to rejoin my head!! I am speechless!!

THAT IS STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!

You have truly captured the Renown and brought one of her most famous moments to life!

Joseph you are phenomenal. :worship_1: :worship_1: THANK YOU!!

Good Evening Ladies and Gents,

For any so inclined I recently finished a new painting depicting our HMS RENOWN engaged off Norway at the Battle of Stromvaer, 9th April 1940. I couldn't find a single picture of the Battle of Stromvaer, so decided to paint one. I hope you will enjoy seeing this..

[img]https://images.builderservices.io/s/cdn/v1.0/i/m?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fproduction-domaincom-v1-0-6%2F156%2F1011156%2F8QWgWmlB%2Fa275a7b68ea74a218d25436ec35291aa&methods=resize%2C1000%2C5000[/img]

..aaaand full description at link below:

https://www.josephreindler.com/hms-renown

All the very best.

Yours aye,

Joseph

Kevin,

I would agree; subject to someone else confirming it, that the smaller of the two pictures in your last post in HMS ANSON. There is one feature visible in which she differed from other members of the class that indicates this. However, identification of the ship in the blurred larger picture is a different matter. I don't think now that it is HMS DUKE OF YORK (DoY). It may be HMS HOWE; which I believe had a similar camouflage scheme to ANSON at the time but the whole of the port bow of that ship is darker than that of the small picture showing ANSON. I wouldn't bet my pension on it though!!

That said, many thanks for the information on the late Rear Admiral Griffiths.

81542

[quote="81542"]Kevin,
Is "someone" sure that the photograph in question is of HMS REPULSE? It looks suspiciously like a KGV to me. It's possibly HMS DUKE OF YORK. I believe that she was well photographed/filmed while on her trials. The camouflage scheme is somehow familiar too.
81542[/quote]

Opps, my mistake when copying from article. :Oops_1:

Corrected that now. :doh_1:

Maybe Anson (if the inset is Anson that is, as the caption I have states)?

Kevin,

Is "someone" sure that the photograph in question is of HMS REPULSE? It looks suspiciously like a KGV to me. It's possibly HMS DUKE OF YORK. I believe that she was well photographed/filmed while on her trials. The camouflage scheme is somehow familiar too.

81542

The last HMS Repulse survivor has crossed the bar. RIP Rear Admiral Guy Griffiths.

As they would say Down Under, at 101 "[i]he had a good inning's[/i]".

A couple of articles.

The second from a naval magazine with the Adm telling his life story. Very [i]very [/i]interesting!

https://www.smh.com.au/national/exceptional-rear-admiral-was-last-survivor-of-torpedoed-hms-repulse-20240306-p5fa5t.html

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2908084849/view

BTW, the below photo, from one of the articles. When / what time frame is it from?

As built, were Renown’s bridge decks corticene?

HMS Repluse (1916) behind HMS Victory in 1925?

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[url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://i.postimg.cc/JzMxpBbB/Capture-d-e-cran-2023.jpg[/img][/url]

[img]https://www.naval-history.net/Photo01bcRepulseMQ.jpg[/img]

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[quote="Zacharias"]What is considered the best PE set for 1/350 Repulse, would that be Lionroar or Flyhawk set?[/quote]

FlyHawk FH350023 (easy to buy)

One of modeller I know tried Flyhawk Repulse PE, the feedback is good.

Haven't known anyone trying Lionroar yet, cant comment on it.

Generally speaking, Flyhawk PE has a larger stock worldwide. It is hard to get Lionroar's stock these days

What is considered the best PE set for 1/350 Repulse, would that be Lionroar or Flyhawk set?

On the 79th anniversary of the demise of [i]Repulse [/i](and [i]PoW[/i]), wondering if we'll see any of our fine sponsors in the 3D print space release a corrected aft superstructure for the Trumpeter kit? (hint hint) I know there is photo-etch sets that remedy this, but a 3D printed part would be most welcome.

Dear friends,

my Model of HMS Renown is making a little progress recently, I am working on tha aft superstructure and main mast. Basic source is a little polish book, Profile Morskye, and English books.
Now I got stuck with the yard and the several halyards and arials. In "Anatomy of the Ship, HMS Hood" you can find a drawing of the yard with 4 arials attached, each with a halyard (13).
Does anybody of you know whether Renown had arial halyards at the main yard, too?
And if so, did the run down the entire mast or only tothe starfish platform?
Would there be arial halyards at the foremast,too?

Sorry, once again I have more questions than my books could answer. I ´d be grateful for your support!

Best regards from Wetzlar, Germany

Joachim

[quote="mifune"]Sorry. I must have forgotten how to use this thing. Is there really a Very Fire 1/350 HMS Renown in plastic coming?[/quote]
They announced it as a future release - along with a 1/350 Taiho an Vanguard - awhile back. They are slowly working their way through releases. I believe they've released both Salem and her sister in 1/350, and Cleveland is apparently on the way to distributors. So, hopefully this will actually happen. She'd be a real looker in 1/350.

Sorry. I must have forgotten how to use this thing. Is there really a Very Fire 1/350 HMS Renown in plastic coming?

Well, I'm shelving the Tamiya 1/700 kit. Requires too much work (for me at this point in time). I can't do much right now anyway...I'm down to one arm for a couple of months (detached a bicep...ouch!). Besides, if I am going to put that much work into something, it really should be Hood. Maybe I'll revisit this Repulse kit someday though.

My Tamiya 1/700 “Repair” is going very slowly. I’ve only done a little work on the Flying Deck (FD)so far. These are mostly easy modifications (though executed somewhat roughly as I’m rather ham-fisted at times). You can see some of this in the attached photo.

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1. I’ve filled in the portside bulkhead plus part of the starboard bulkhead (to include adding the angular inboard portion).
2. I added the larger portholes (my drill bit the size is prob a tad large) to both sides.
3. I corrected the shape (it’s much closer to the actual shape but not quite exact)of the pentagonal structure under the HACS pedestal.
4. I reduced the width of the four large vents (only the forward pair are seen dry-fitted into place).
5. I filled in the trunk/vent hole at the pointed aft end.
6. I’ve also cut off the two side compartments from the Shelter Deck (SD) below that.

I still have a bit of work to do to the FD before I start really working on the SD:

Off the top of my head I know that I still need to remove the “racks” (raised lines)around the edges of the rear angular portion of the deck. I have to add the starboard side pillars. I also need to add a ladder way or two. More portholes must be added, plus square windows, vents, HACS support braces and the usual photoetch (doors, hatches, rails, etc.). I also need to refine the four large vents alter the shape a bit, adjust the heights, etc. It won’t be precise, but it will be more accurate than out of the box.

As for the shelter deck below it, my next step will be to remove the mounded-in benches, add portholes and then get to work on the Royal Apartments. Flyhawk makes a detail set, but there appears to be some issues with the starboard apartments...so it’s strip/sheet styrene time I guess. Else I have to make a new angular vent that will rise up and near the end of the FD.

So progress of sorts! I just hope I don’t get burnt out and quit before I get to the SD ( which, knowing my history, is highly likely). Of course, I can always move to the model in the background ( as plain/under-detailed as it is, I still have a soft spot for the ol’ Tamiya Hood...I’m gonna build a mostly out of the box (only minor updates and minimal photoetch details) to use for quick reference and for handling (thus the reason it can’t be too intricate). It’s not too dissimilar to what we used to do for enemy threat recognition in my Air Force days...those little models were useful to our pilots and backseaters, etc. As well as I know the ship, it’s still good to have a reference mode, when viewing photos. I suppose if I get frustrated, I could do the same with this Repulse...

I am also trying to build HMS Repulse in 1/350 scale from the trumpeter kit but have become stalled because of the many unanswered questions about the ship’s configuration in 1941. Therefore I very much support Frank Allen’s plea for a summary of the major changes that are required.
Any help gratefully received!

Happy modelling everyone

Jonathan

My understanding is that the nickname really should be "Mighty 'ood" and not "Mighty Hood" because the term was used first by a tabloid newspaper journalist in the 1920s, purportedly quoting a member of the lower deck.

[quote="DavidP"]"7Bs" ?[/quote]

That's a variation of Hood's real nickname amongst the crew...at least by the late 30s. I've also seen 5Bs and 6Bs. That "Mighty Hood" stuff was indeed used, but mainly by clean-cut types and of course for the public, etc. Start with 5Bs and you have the shortest and cleanest nickname which is "Britain's Biggest Battlecruiser Built by Brown." Now, add some words to describe bovine scatology (or reproductive components) and a fatherless child and you can reach a full 7Bs (pronounced "Seven Bees" by the way)...

Darn Hood guy has hijacked the Repulse forum! Sorry about that! Back to our regularly scheduled programme featuring HMS Repair, uh, I mean Repulse...