It would be easier to buy Combrig 1/700 HMAS Canberra kit if you want to build
Canberra, it will then need just a few modifications as it is basically correct. If you already have Combrig 1/700 HMAS Australia it can be converted but it would need more work (bridge, mid section, aft bridge/catapult section...).
Canberra was actually much less modified since her launch than
Australia, you can see the differences on these links:
http://www.world-war.co.uk/Kent/canberra.php3http://www.world-war.co.uk/Kent/australia.php3The Combrig kit in fact represents quite closely her 1942 status (same for
Australia), not 1928 (that was the launch date, Combrig uses it to distinguish between different ships of the same name rather than to indicate the period their model corresponds to). See the kit review
http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/hmas/canberra/700-com/canberra.html. Also page 8 of this thread for details of needed modifications (radars...).
There is a known problem with the Combrig
Canberra kit that the deck aft (behind the C turret) should be parallel to the waterline but it slightly bends upwards in the kit. As I´ve heard from Jon Iverson (see his build at Modelshipgallery) it can be corrected by warming that part of the hull, bending it down and than sanding the waterline down, but I did not start with it yet. It will most probably be the same with their
Australia kit as it seems to me the hull is the same in both kits. Otherwise I think it is really a nice kit with some very nice details.
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Brett Morrow: I have seen the model at the AWM Vladi, you could contact them and they may send you a photo.
Thanks! I wrote them an email.