1/144 HMCS Wetaskiwin

biggles2 · Post by **biggles2** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:14 am

This is conversion using Revell 1/144 Snowberry as donor kit, with some scratchbuilding. HMCS Wetaskiwin as she would have looked in 1941:

K494 · Post by **K494** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 7:16 am

HMCS WetAssQueen looks Top Notch,Biggles.

Scott

Three Missouris · Post by **Three Missouris** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:42 am

Great subject for a model.
The model looks good and the camo is very different.
Did this ship operate in cold waters with ice in the water?

Post by **Timmy C** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:29 pm

Great to see her completed! Really nice job with the conversion, and so unusual to see a two-masted Flower with dazzle camo.

biggles2 · Post by **biggles2** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 11:50 am

Timmy C wrote:... and so unusual to see a two-masted Flower with dazzle camo.

A bit of artistic license. But there is a photo of Kamloops in 1942 with 2 masts and Western Approaches camo https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... C-2445.jpg And I just found the Western Approaches job a lot more attractive than overall gray. I was considering painting the "Wet Ass Queen" shield art, and the "Barber Pole Squadron" striping on the funnel, but I believe these came later than my time frame. Best keep my anomalies to a minimum! On retrospect, I may have to switch out the pom-pom for the twin Lewis.

biggles2 · Post by **biggles2** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 11:57 am

Three Missouris wrote:...Did this ship operate in cold waters with ice in the water?

North Atlantic convoys. So it was cold with occasional ice.

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