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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:46 pm 
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Dick,

Thanks - you make a number of good points! The HERO photo has no background, and no boat on the for'd davits. Odd. I suspect the censor's hand on this and the HYPERION photo.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:54 am 
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tjstoneman wrote:
Here's a photo captioned as HYPERION I've not seen before: http://www.britain-at-war-magazine.com/ ... -web10.jpg. The camouflage scheme is interesting. Anyone know if the starboard side was similar, or where/when the photo was taken?
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i have a model of hms hyperion made on the ship during its sea trials by two engineering officers then raffled off and it was won by my father any information or names of the two officers would be appreciated captain of the ship i believe was commander parish


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Hi,
I am mew to this forum, and if I attempted to do a model I would end up glueing my fingers together!!!! So you have my respect. The reason for this post is I am a second year fine art student about to prepare work for our first exhibition. My subject is the lose of a ship H.M.S Harvester and the lose to my family of my Uncle who was on his first trip out as a coder and was killed when she was torpedoed and sunk. Like you model guys I very much would like to get details right . I have a Master craft model of the Harvester but it is very small and being all fingers and thumbs I would never attempt to make it. I have also printed some images of the ship of the internet but they are not very clear. I also have a copy of some of the board of enquiry papers into the sinking in which one of the survivors mentions that Harvester broke in half ' The fore part, for about fifty feet was floating perpendicularly , and the aft part was sticking out of the water at an angle of 20b 30 degrees' has any one got any idea where on the ship the break would be? Although I am interested in the ship I am trying to work more from the tragedy of the human lose but cant find any internal images of Ex Brazilian destroyers or ratings on convoy duty. I have been very impressed with the level of knowledge you guys show and your concern with detail. If you could help me i would be very grateful.
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This thread has been silent for a while, but on the off-chance that the H-class still has some fans...

I am working on plans to model some of the participants in the battles of Narvik. From photos of the RN destroyers I have seen (and some film footage) they appear to be in Home Fleet Dark Grey, with white pennant numbers. However, they are all of the participants of the second battle (Tribals, Hero). Does anyone have any knowledge of the colours worn by the H-class ships at the first battle? Overall Dark Grey might be the best assumption, but can anyone confirm this, or provide evidence of other schemes? I know Hunter was with Hereward in the South Atlantic towards the end of 1939, and they then came north. They were separated when Hunter needed some dockyard work, and there is a lovely clear photo of Hereward dated Dec 1939 taken off the US coast. She is in a two-tone scheme, with lighter upperworks. Does anyone know whether Hunter wore that scheme too, and whether she would still have worn it by April 1940? (some HF destroyers did, notably the F-class flotilla, and the photos of Glowworm taken from Hipper suggest she did too).

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HEREWARD did not take part in either Battle of Narvik.
HOTSPUR, seen in Skjelfjord after the 1st Battle of Narvik in a photo at http://www.bjerkvikhistorie.no/Jagere/B ... otspur.jpg, and in another on her return from Skjelfjord for repairs (http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205050059), seems to be in an overall dark grey scheme, with white pendant numbers, divisional leader's band (red?) on the forefunnel and two flotilla bands (red?) on the after funnel.


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:06 am 
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Two questions about HMS Hotspur that I'm hoping some of the savants here can answer before I tackle the old Airfix kit of her:

1. When did she trade in her quadruple Vickers machine guns for Oerlikon cannons (if indeed she ever did)?

2. What were the dimensions of the little rectangular platform for the 3"/45 AA gun that replaced her after set of torpedo tubes?


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El Santo wrote:
Two questions about HMS Hotspur that I'm hoping some of the savants here can answer before I tackle the old Airfix kit of her:

1. When did she trade in her quadruple Vickers machine guns for Oerlikon cannons (if indeed she ever did)?

2. What were the dimensions of the little rectangular platform for the 3"/45 AA gun that replaced her after set of torpedo tubes?

Reference Q.2: I have the WEM HMS Havelock, which has the same 3" AA arrangement. I have the following measurements for the gun platform:

Length - 18.1mm, Width - 11.7mm, height to top of platform (from base of mount) - 3.5mm. Platform thickness - 0.7mm. Posts on corner of platform - 3.4mm.

I will have a look around to see if there is an answer in respect of the AA armament.

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Since we are currently receiving some wonderful G/H/I class destroyers from IBG models, how about we expand the topic to all three classes as well?

Sooo, I'll start! Are there any available photos of HMS Ilex during war, but before the U.S. refit? I have found literally only five pictures of Ilex, two of them dating to 1937 and three made in the U.S. right after the refit. Nothing for the 1939-1941 period, which would be the most interesting in Ilex' history! :huh:


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:06 am 
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There is already a thread covering "A" - "I" class destroyers (viewtopic.php?f=49&t=42436); discussion on Page 5 of Ilex indicates a photo there appears to show Ilex and links to another photo of her at Alexandria.


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 2:47 am 
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Oh my, I'm sorry, I don't know how could I have missed this topic...


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 2:56 am 
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No problem - so many threads, and many of them so lengthy ...


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Newbie question regarding HMS Hardy
I have a couple of the old Airfix 1/600 Hotspur kits and I’m contemplating building one as Hardy. As a flotilla leader she was slightly longer than the other ships in the class, about 7mm worth at this scale. My question is where should I add this extra length, before or after the f’csle break or some either side?
Thanks in advance
Ken


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:18 pm 
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Having built a couple of models of these leaders, the research I did using official plans show the extra length was added before the bridge.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 5:04 am 
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Cliff
Many thanks for info
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