Vlamgat9 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Anyone know what this kit is like? Have always had soft spot for our last battleship but it looks like quite an old style kit to me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousA667 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 The kit dates back to the late sixties-early seventies. It was tooled up as a request by Rovex to appear in the Frog range and was on the Catalogue from 1970 through to '73, as well as Hasegawa's own boxings. I quote from the Lines/Hellstrom book: 'It did unfortunately contain a number of grave mistakes'. peebeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 It does need alot of extra work, it's a very basic kit. I have yet to attempt mine yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 You'd think that there would be a decent model of the Vanguard, they're bloody hard to get hold of too. My dad served on her and was aboard when they escorted Princess Elizabeth back from her tour of S.Africa after George died. My dads brother was also part of the skeleton crew which had to sail her from Portsmouth to the breakers yard. What a sad end for a beautiful ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 The URL is: http://BattleshipHMSVanguard.homestead.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miduppergunner Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 If you do decide to go ahead and want photos/plans try the Maritime Museum at Greenwich - ask to be put through to the Draughtroom or Photo library. If they say they have nothing (when I worked there as a volunteer some were a lazy load od s*ds) tell them they have!! I was the only volunteer to get the sack! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 There's a teriffic model of her in the Science Museum. The Hase kit is not brilliant, to say the least. I ebayed mine off this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Seen the photos of it on t'internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sounds like a candidate for the White Ensign treatment if they haven't done it in resin already. I did briefly think it might be bashable from a couple of KGVs - very briefly I hasten to add. Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weemanreturns Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I am currently nearly finished(?) building the Hasegawa HMS Vanguard, and what a 'pig' of a job! This is following on from a 1/72 Hobbycraft CF-105 Arrow (first edition), so my modelling experiences are on a 'downer' at the moment. I purchased the WE etched set for the Vanguard, and I am not impressed at all. Most of the items I find are unusable. The guns are hopeless. The only items I have used are the cranes and a few aerials. I have yet to fit the railings but am not looking forward to it. I have made most of the items included in the etch set from plastic card and strip. The etch set was commissioned for a customer apparently and there are no instructions as to where the parts go, so I have had to refer to numerous photographs and drawings. My heart goes out to the customer who ordered it! Ah well, such is this modelling life. weeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Curious. Peter Hall's photo etch designs are widely regarded as some of the most practical and best engineered out there. I don't have a Vanguard set to compare to all the rest but I'd be surprised if he designed different guns from his usual ones. What is it that makes the parts so hard to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weemanreturns Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hi 'SovereignHobbies'. Most of the parts are to fine and thin and aren't 'meaty' enough. The guns are OK in profile, but do not look like guns when assembled. Square section for guns does not work. The anchors are far too flimsy. Overall I would say the parts are really difficult and too fiddly to attach to the model. As I said, the cranes are the best parts as there is more substance to them. I could go on, but I guess you know that I don't think the set is very good, but that's just my opinion. No doubt I will get 'shot down' by other modellers (as usual!). Etch sets have never been my favourites, but I just thought it might add a bit more detail to what is a pretty basic kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radpoe Spitfire Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Just as bit of a side slant on HMS Vanguard, I am led to believe a part of her survives in the form of some of her turret rings and part of the mounts were used for the Jodrell bank radio telescope. I must admit I would have loved to see the ship as a complete vessel though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_modeller Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) Just as bit of a side slant on HMS Vanguard, I am led to believe a part of her survives in the form of some of her turret rings and part of the mounts were used for the Jodrell bank radio telescope. I must admit I would have loved to see the ship as a complete vessel though. From Wiki : "As a part of the scrapping process, sections of 150-millimetre-thick (5.9 in) steel plate were recovered from Vanguard and used for the shielding of the whole body monitor at the Radiobiological Research Laboratory (now DSTL) at Alverstoke, Gosport in Hampshire, England." Edited May 12, 2016 by alpine_modeller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Just as bit of a side slant on HMS Vanguard, I am led to believe a part of her survives in the form of some of her turret rings and part of the mounts were used for the Jodrell bank radio telescope. I must admit I would have loved to see the ship as a complete vessel though. It is also mentioned in the book Big Gun Monitors by Ian Buxton that the HMS Roberts 27 foot diameter training rack and section of the ring bulkhead was sent to Joddrell Bank after the monitor was scrapped in 1965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainr Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Just as bit of a side slant on HMS Vanguard, I am led to believe a part of her survives in the form of some of her turret rings and part of the mounts were used for the Jodrell bank radio telescope. I must admit I would have loved to see the ship as a complete vessel though. unlikely as she was still in commission until 1960, The Lovell telescope was completed in 1957, bearings from HMS Revenge and Royal Sovereign were used in the altitude mechanism for the telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovell_Telescope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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