by Aop Aur » Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:14 am
Since there are not many, or no discussions at all about this particular class of Royal Navy's massive battleships, I wanted to create it here. The N3 class battleship was very little known, maybe even less than the same era battlecruiser G3. The N3s, if they were to be completed, were quite slow; at only 23 knots, which was the same speed as the Nelsons. While they were similar in design to the G3, they featured only one funnel, heavier guns (3�3 18-inch (457mm) and shorter in length. They were also designed to have transom sterns, like the G3, Lion and Vanguard. If this class were completed, they would have been the second largest caliber armed battleships to ever constructed for the Royal Navy, after the 460mm guns of the battlecruiser Furious.
A crude drawing I found on the internet:
More info here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N3-class_battleship
Imperial Hobby Productions created a beautiful resin 1/700 kit of this class, but I am quite sure they discontinued resin kits production. Here are two review links I found:
Steelnavy.com
Modelwarships.com
I also have the N3 in my 1/350 scratch-build list, so if anyone have references, drawings and plans of this class, I will be appreciated.
Regards,
Aop.
Since there are not many, or no discussions at all about this particular class of Royal Navy's massive battleships, I wanted to create it here. The N3 class battleship was very little known, maybe even less than the same era battlecruiser G3. The N3s, if they were to be completed, were quite slow; at only 23 knots, which was the same speed as the Nelsons. While they were similar in design to the G3, they featured only one funnel, heavier guns (3�3 18-inch (457mm) and shorter in length. They were also designed to have transom sterns, like the G3, Lion and Vanguard. If this class were completed, they would have been the second largest caliber armed battleships to ever constructed for the Royal Navy, after the 460mm guns of the battlecruiser Furious.
A crude drawing I found on the internet:
[img]http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_18-45_mk2_N3_sketch.jpg[/img]
More info here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N3-class_battleship
Imperial Hobby Productions created a beautiful resin 1/700 kit of this class, but I am quite sure they discontinued resin kits production. Here are two review links I found:
[url=http://www.steelnavy.com/IHPStAndrewN3.htm]Steelnavy.com[/url]
[url=http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/hms/st-andrew/700-ihp/ihp-review.html]Modelwarships.com[/url]
I also have the N3 in my 1/350 scratch-build list, so if anyone have references, drawings and plans of this class, I will be appreciated.
Regards,
Aop.