The Ship Model Forum

We now have a 1/700 3D printed model option from Shapeways:

[url=https://www.shapeways.com/product/DEY8LT2FA/hms-enterprise-1-700?optionId=61133049]1/700 Light Cruiser HMS [i]Enterprise[/i] from COB Constructs and Miniatures/Shapeways[/url]

Granted, this model will probably be complete upon printing, but one can at least add all the aftermarket PE and recon floatplanes that comes with an [i]E[/i] class cruiser, as well as paint the ship according to one's preferred time period.

Since the preview above shows HMS [i]Enterprise[/i] in her modified/later fit, one probably has to do a lot of scratchbuilding to change the model to her sister HMS [i]Emerald[/i], which remained largely unchanged in configuration for longer than her sister.

Seems the [url=http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/1662_1_2679549.html]only models[/url] I could find of this so far are in 1/1250. None in 1/700. :Mad_6:

Does anyone know if there are any models, in either plastic, or resin, of the [i]E[/i] class light cruisers of the Royal Navy? Preferably in 1/700.

There were 2 vessels in this class- HMS [i]Emerald[/i] and HMS [i]Enterprise[/i]. Both served in the Second World War.

I did an exhaustive search online for models of this class without any luck at all. I even looked at the site of HP models, who have a wide array of rare RN subjects among their selection, only to be disappointed.

This class's ships are substantially longer and heavier than the previous class of light cruisers- the [i]D/Danae[/i] class- which are comparatively easier to find in resin.