1:700 Scale Type 14 Frigate - HMS Hardy

[Paul E]

On ‎02‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 6:12 PM, longshanks said:

Magic !!

 

Kev

Not quite, but thank you.

 

This week I have had a concerted effort at finishing Hardy. I manufactured and painted a number of the smaller and more noticeable fittings:

 

 

which included vents, ammunition lockers and rope reels all fashioned out of plastic rod and shapes. I also made and painted the liferafts. These came from Flyhawk and although small and fiddly look quite good when fitted.

 

I also had to make anchors. I tried to find etched AC14 pattern anchors without success so I had to make my own from plastic rod, another very fiddly job.

 

 

The final fittings were the boats, these were recycled from my scrap box and “adjusted” to suit.

All that was left was to sort out the sea scape and to fit the antenna and rigging. The rigging which is barely visible is single strand of silk and the wake is painted using structure gel laced with some white acrylic paint.

 

And finally here is the near completed model of HMS Hardy (I still have to fit the anchors) having undergone quite a transformation from the original MT Miniatures kit:

 

 

 

 

 

There are some things I think I could have done better but on the whole the model has turned out quite nicely and an improvement on the original.

 

So in summary, apart from the MT Miniatures kit I used:

The Pitroad NATO weapons set for the Limbo Anti-Submarine Mortars.

White Ensign 1:700 Photo Etch - General Post War Royal Navy fittings.

White Ensign 1:700 Photo Etch – RN Doors and Hatches.

White Ensign 1:700 Photo Etch – Ladders and Walkways.

Starling Models 1:700 Photo Etch – RN WWII Boat Davits.

Lion Roar 1:700 Photo Etch – USN WWII Fairleads

Flyhawk 1:700 – Modern RN liferafts

And Niko 1:700 – 40mm single mount Bofors Guns.

This may seem an awful lot to buy to improve one model but there are plenty of parts left over and I am certain I will be using these items again on other projects in the near future.

 

 

I will post more pictures in the Ready for Inspection section in the near future. I hope you have enjoyed following this build and thank you for looking.

[Martian]

A pretty awesome transformation of the original kit!

 

Awestruck of Mars

[AntPhillips]

Fantastic conversion, the parts you've created would be difficult in 1/350 let alone in 1/700.

 

Whats up next?

 

 

[longshanks]

Impressive, very impressive transformation !

 

I rest my case Magic !

 

Kev

[Paul E]

Pictures of the completes model are now in the Ready for Inspection part of the forum.

 

Thank you for looking.

Paul