Apologies for the late entry today, its been a busy week but I needed to keep my ship a week target up, it's not a Challenge for nothing !
Having finished the 10 German Destroyers for Narvik last week it was time to move on to the British, there were 5 H Class ships in the first battle followed up by 4 Tribals and 5 mixed Destroyers for a total of 14 ships (plus Warspite of course).
This is HMS Hostile, Pennant number H55, the model is 1/700 scale and from a company called IBG Models in Poland, these are what I call a "Big boy" kit, there is a load of photo etch, some of which is on the kit 😀 The detail is amazing.
HMS Hostile had spent a lot of time in Spanish waters during the Civil War enforcing the arms embargo, she entered the port of Narvik in the initial British attack, torpedoing a number of merchant ships. Hostile then engaged the German Destroyer Z17, causing significant damage for only one hit in return. She briefly escorted Warspite the next day before escorting HMS Hotspur home as she was badly damaged.
Her War ended later that year when on the 22nd August Hostile hit an Italian mine and had to be scuttled.
So that's another 40 points in the bag, this week will be a real challenge to get a ship done due to work but I'm going to give it a go. HMS Havock is looking at me
TeemuL: I'm quite sure there should be a circle in Dante's Abyss for "Hostile". For "Havock", too... But I disgress. Another fine ship, Ken, and you have joined PaulSS in Thursday crew to paint both sides of a conflict. Am I wrong, but is this more brown than the German ships? Very lifelike - as lifelike a grey metal construct can be, but I guess you understand.
P.S. I added some basic labels to the post, I hope you have more time next week. ;)
Lovely work Ken. I am very envious of your ship painting skills. Much better than mine..although mine are bigger and apparently size matters.....
ReplyDeleteThey really do look superb and the detail on those kits is fantastic. Very lovely to see.
Lovely as always Ken
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