Another finished WEM/Atlantic Models 1/350 resin kit; this one previous to the HMS Mermaid build. An unusual ship for the Royal Navy, a Banff Class sloop - actually an ex-USCG Cutter. Rather nice look I think. I'm not sure about the forward armament of HMS Gorleston (literature on these things is hard to find). Kit was relatively crude in comparison with the Starling model and a midships superstructure had to be replaced as it was set at angle rather than right-angles; also the photo etch was largely unusable being thick and only partly etched in places. At some point I'll replace the heavy HF/DF aerial on top of the foremast. Colours are supposed to be 507A/507C but I've got the contrast too high. I think I used a Polyscale/Aeromaster USN grey for the latter and my first experiment with Schminke inks for the former. Another reference for the camouflage scheme suggest B5/507C which would be attractive and appropriate for the Gibraltar-Freetown run that this ship largely did. Gorleston-on-Sea is just south of Great Yarmouth (Norfolk).
Cheer, GrahamB
and many thanks for the kind remarks and likes for the HMS Mermaid build.👍