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I served on FIFE in the late 70's. Although you don't appreciate it at the time, you look back and a think what a privilege it was to serve on such an iconic class of warship. They were big and fast and good sea boats. The day I joined FIFE all seven still in service were tied up at Fountain Lake Jetty in Portsmouth. Amazing sight. Hope a decent 1/350 County comes along soon.

Beautiful job on your HMS Fife,Whalerman. :thumbs_up_1:

Jecobin has drawings of the County class:
[url]http://jecobinplans.com/estore/index.php?cPath=21_27_112[/url]
[url]http://jecobinplans.com/estore/index.php?cPath=21_27_114[/url]

The Skytrex kits in 1/700 will be probably available again. The problem there is the lack of PE parts for the Seaslug launcher, for radars etc. WEM or GMM PE parts can be used.

A 1/700 Glamorgan built using the Skytrex kit:
[url]http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1299:hms-glamorgan-skytrex-1700-von-lars-scharff&catid=112[/url]

Such lovely ships. When will we ever get a decent one in 1:700?? Are the metal Meridian kits out of stock?

Here are some photos of Peter Halls progess with the County class :

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atlantic-Models/213185735431676?sk=wall#!/photo.php?fbid=354815174602064&set=a.354815161268732.85358.213185735431676&type=1&theater

Regards Phil

Great looking build there Whalerman. Any chance for some closeup shots?


Gents, are there any plans available for this class save for the ones on Fleetscale.com?

[url]http://store.fleetscale.com/index.php?_a=product&product_id=479[/url]

That's an awful lot of money for just a side and top view. :-? Its says there's 6 pages but zero description or sample images beyond the first shot.

I'm looking for something more akin to the USN General Booklet of Plans style plans if possible. I know how hard it is to find RN plans.

I'm looking to scratchbuild a 1/700 version so I need some sort of drawings but I really don't want have to spend $127 on just a side and top view.

Any and all help is appreciated as always,
-Mike

1/96 scale of the best looking ships the Royal Navy ever had IMHO.
HMS Fife soon to be seen sailing in Rosyth Park boating pond.[attachment=1]DSC00008.JPG[/attachment]

Alright!!! :woo_hoo:

You asked, he answered: Mad Pete's going to make one pretty soon in 1/350 - http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=105134

Hi Mold did one in '700 some ears ago. The Skytrex version was in white metal.

Seriously, this thread doesn't exist?! For shame guys, for shame!


This should be a nice start for photos. A VERY nice set of close ups taking of [i]HMS Hampshire (D06)[/i] in the Pool of London from 1970. Oh, did I mention they are all HIGH-RES?!

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddb/with/7141555737/#photo_7141555737[/url]

Some nice shots of the [i]Countys[/i] in Portsmouth as well as other shots of the harbor's residents including Cruisers, auxiliaries, and tugs.
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/mainstay/with/6093448172/#photo_6093448172[/url]

Here's a link to what Flickr has on the class, some nice shots indeed! Remember to use the "view page info" trick if they're blocked from downloading.
[url]http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=county+class+destroyer&f=hp[/url]

Here's two very nice high-res shots of HMS London (D16) underway in 1982
[url]http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#guid=8fc54fbd92df998f77a599bc8834138d68805991[/url]
[url]http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#guid=a317b1fdf6ebf93099bdc924441e80bc2b2d5211[/url]

Now...when will a decent kit of one of those majestic ships materialize? Beside the old Airfix kit and a resin version (long OOP, Skytex?) are there any other kits out there?