by Anonymous » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:00 am
[I have several; photos of Ajax as in 1941 and none show the 272 lantern that you mention. Could you give me a reference for this?
I look forward to hearing from you.
quote="RNfanDan"]Please be aware of many small differences among the Leander type cruisers. Ajax herself was modified before the war, again modified by 1941-42, and still more changes in a USA refit.
Leander was completed with no HA control station aft and both she and Achilles were transferred to RNZN and RAN, which resulted in some additional minor modifications for both ships.
HMS Neptune also looked slightly different from her sisterships, at the time of her sinking.
If you want to stay with Ajax, I might suggest as she appeared in her 1941 arrangement, with a quad pom-pom in place of her catapult, tripod masts, six single MG light AA (2 at stern, two athwart the bridge, and 2 on her upper boat platform deck (behind and to either side of her crane), also at this period fitted for (but not yet with) "lantern" radar, in place of the original HACS Mark 2 director on her bridge.
After Ajax was refit in the USA, the ship's arrangements became much more "cluttered".
Good luck and happy modelling![/quote]
[I have several; photos of Ajax as in 1941 and none show the 272 lantern that you mention. Could you give me a reference for this?
I look forward to hearing from you.
quote="RNfanDan"]Please be aware of many small differences among the [i]Leander[/i] type cruisers. [i]Ajax[/i] herself was modified before the war, again modified by 1941-42, and still more changes in a USA refit.
[i]Leander[/i] was completed with no HA control station aft and both she and [i]Achilles[/i] were transferred to RNZN and RAN, which resulted in some additional minor modifications for both ships.
HMS [i]Neptune[/i] also looked slightly different from her sisterships, at the time of her sinking.
If you want to stay with [i]Ajax[/i], I might suggest as she appeared in her 1941 arrangement, with a quad pom-pom in place of her catapult, tripod masts, six single MG light AA (2 at stern, two athwart the bridge, and 2 on her upper boat platform deck (behind and to either side of her crane), also at this period fitted for (but not yet with) "lantern" radar, in place of the original HACS Mark 2 director on her bridge.
After [i]Ajax[/i] was refit in the USA, the ship's arrangements became much more "cluttered".
Good luck and happy modelling![/quote]