Calling all Queen Elizabeth-class (1914-1947) fans

[Atma]

Sean Hert in the main forum said that the Academy's 1/350 HMS Warspit is scheduled release this August.
Any news on the Trumpeter's HMS Queen Elizabeth ?

[Ensign Jay]

Just found this

http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_ ... pCode=3362

[Timmy C]

Jay, you can't just highlight, copy, and paste links from another section of this forum since long urls are automatically shortened - thus, when you copied it, you were copying the ... as well while cutting out a crucial section of the url. In order to copy these shortened urls, you have to either open them and copy the link that will show up in the url bar the top of the screen or right click the url and "Copy link address" or some variant of that

[aleccap]

Warspite question - on the top of turret 2 and 3 what are these ? Machine guns, or better still has someone got a close up as on the 1-600 scale model these simply look clumpy and obviously would like to know what they're supose to be and fingers crossed I'll be able to take it from there.
Namely the silly looking things below in this photo -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/capalec/6042439225/

[JIM BAUMANN]

Hi Alec--

looks like you are building....!!

they are Vickers 0.5

The WEM PE set has them

here is what it looks like from all angles

http://www.fallingpixel.com/vickers-0.5 ... odel/21779


For 1/600 Warspite you cannot go too far wrong by studying this fine model

http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html

Tara

JIM B

[aleccap]

No no not quite, at the moment I am desperate to get my IJN battleship finished, 5 weeks now and hate the fact pins and needles and pain in my forearms mean I can only work for a few minutes before running the risk of dropping the darn thing, so I pick projects like the partly destroyed dio where picking it up from the floor doesn't matter so much, but the battleship requires rail and rigging, so as you can imagine being this close to finishing, the last thing I want is dropping it. The much viewed QE 1-600 has quite honestly spured me on to buy the model and PE from WEM, and when ready I'll try out the 1944 camo Warspite used in support of the D-Day landings, I would like to waterline this model.
The single biggest concern is that bloke (the mould line inspector, I believe he is on holiday, just hope his wife catches him, and give him a clip round the ear for being on site and not enjoying his holiday) that wishes to remain very much in the shadows.
As just about everyone will know, Airfix has mould lines on every part, and I'll also have a lot of cutting out of solid staircases to replace with brass. And the aircraft, that is a wonderful looking job Mr Pek has done with it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/capalec/6042868031/
Just a couple of silly questions if I may, what aircraft did Warspite carry during 1944, according to my computer and that info, it was a seaplane, doesn't really help.
also what's the best way of scratch building those turret location thingys that don't come with the Airfix kit.

[Tracy White]

Is there a good source of information with regards to the changes Warspite went through during the Second World War? According to the AOTS Warspite book's list of external alterations her last change was during her repair and refit in the US at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (which is actually the fit I'm hoping to represent), but I have a hard time believing that there weren't changes other than swapping four single 20mms out for some twins (the only real change I've found listed so far, in 1944).

[tjstoneman]

To answer the last sentence in Alec's second post of 14 August, WARSPITE's aircraft and catapult were removed in May/June 1943, therefore the answer is "None"!

Tracy, if you can get hold of a copy, Alan Raven & John Roberts British Battleships of World War Two (Arms & Armour Press, 1976) ISBN 978-0870218170 has what appears to be a comprehensive list of WARSPITE's modifications.
Tim

[Atma]

Trumpeter announced a 1/700 1918 HMS Queen Elizabeth.
So let me ask a simple question:If I wanted to build her as HMS Malaya, what modifications do I need to do to a 1917/1918 HMS Malaya from the 1918 HMS Queen Elizabeth kit.
Thanks in advance.

[chewitt13]

Another review on this site http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/index.html

[mermaid]

Where to find the plans of Q.E and Warspite before the reconstruction? I think they looked much more proportionate before the "castles" were constructed.

[EJFoeth]

Try the book "Anatomy of the ship: Warspite".

[mifune]

...from NMM. N32145. Something I have been looking for years now.

Quality allows a large print. I did order a A3 size and I am very happy!!

It explains some of my questions of her camouflage. And her degaussing loop is there too...

I hope it finds its way to new or reprinted books. That is a hint.

[Ady]

Just starting work on my Academy Warspite and I have a question about the camo colours. In the instructions it gives the colours as been grey and dark sea grey but I'm guessing these should be AP507B and C with AP507A on the lateral steel surfaces? Is this correct? If not what would the correct colours used be?

Kind regards Adrian

[JCRAY]

You are correct, those are the colors in my books. Also there is a difference in the patterns, early war & later. hth

[Rotorhead]

I have a Warpsite coming eventually and in getting ready, i've been doing some research on her and the rest of her class. I have come up short on finding any information on the Hull Intakes and Discharges.

If they are all located on the bottom of the hull, then no big deal really as won't be seen. I fear that there might be a good number on the lower hull just below the waterline.

I have seen no really good drydock photos or any diagrams showing these.

Any ideas?

Regards
Steve H.

[Roger Torgeson]

In V. E. Tarrant�s book Battleship Warspite he mentions that in 1939 Warspite was fitted out with a single 3.7in howitzer, this weapon is listed as being removed during Warspite�s August to December 1941 refit at the Bremerton Navy Yard. If this is correct and I have absolutely no reason to believe it is not does anyone know its location?

[Laurence Batchelor]

See discussion on Steel Navy message board.

The 3.7-inch howitzer was for use only by Marine landing parties and therefore was stowed away when the ship was at sea.

[MartinJQuinn]

See discussion on Steel Navy message board.

That board's messages roll off after a relatively short time....

[okram12]

Please help again. I'm looking for drawings, plans, photographs catapulty D III H mounted on PoW.
A similar catapult as in HMS Warspite.