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This is the Heller 1/400 King George V finished as HMS Anson in 1942. It's taken me 4 years on and off to finish. I have cut corners with some of the accuracy, but as a prototype it'll do. It's due to go on a sea base when I get the plinth, so this is it roughly cut and finished. I finished it with a wood deck from Scaledecks.com and WEM enamels. I used the Raven & Roberts colours of AP507A, AP507C, B5 and B6 with MS2 decks and upper surfaces. Finished in a seascape: Just needs a few flags and she's done! Alan EDIT: new pictures added

HMS King George V Eduard 1:350 These sets are designed for the Tamiya kit, which it has to be said has been around for many years, in fact it was first released in 1985. Two of the three sets arrived in zip lock bags with the new style yellow card inserts, whilst the third is in the standard poly sleeve style. They are well up to the usual standard and provide a tremendous amount of extra, as well as replacement detail parts. Detail set- (53-168) comes on two sheets of relief etched brass. The larger sheet contains a myriad of parts such as watertight doors which can be posed open or closed, hatches, bollard tops, inclined and vertical ladders, ammunition lockers, flag lockers, replacement 20mm cannon, complete new mountings for the 40mm Pom Poms along with replacement ammunition racks and even the ammunition belts. There are also replacement aerials for the Type 285 Yagi radar arrays and new mounts for fitting to the main director housings. The foredeck breakwater is completely replaced, as are its respective supports, along with the anchor chains and their respective stop chains. The main turrets are fitted out with replacement hatches, ladders, rangefinder doors, whilst the secondary turrets get new hatches, access doors and ladders. The smaller sheet contains more AA weaponry, plus the Type 282 Yagi aerials, replacement mountings for the etched twin 20mm guns, searchlight guards, and replacement array for the Type 277 radar. The equipment list keeps coming, with replacement deck cranes, funnel caps, mast platforms, funnel foot and hand rails, funnel platforms, ammunition drums for the 20mm cannon, their sights and hand wheels. The mast tops are fitted with new Type 281 radar arrays, as well as new aerials for the ends of the yardarms, not to mention the yardarms themselves. There are also gratings for the hawse pipes, cable reel stands, armoured doors and hatches for the various openings around the superstructure, and numerous poorly identified fittings that aren’t the instructions don’t make clear of their positioning, which is rather annoying, to say the least. Cranes and Railings (53-165). With the title of this fret being so very descriptive, it’s not difficult to see that this provides ships railing which cover all sections of the ship from the main deck upwards, including the turret tops. There is a selection of three bar and two bar rails the majority of which are shaped to fit their specific positions. The two main ships cranes have replacement jibs, cables, rollers and hooks, along with railings and access ladders. Also included in the set is a pair of accommodation ladders and platforms, and what look like twenty five liferings, along with the numerous Carley floats new inserts, that represent the wooden tread boards. The flat, plate like strips you can see in the accompanying photograph are in fact the splinter shields for the 20mm guns mounted on the foredeck and quarterdeck, plus the AA directors, which will have to have the moulded kit parts removed. Lifeboats – (53-169). This single sheet set is exactly what it says on the packet. In that it contains parts to detail the ships boats, ranging from new decks, both upper and internal, deckhouses, windshields, propellers and rudders for the larger motor boats and Admirals barge. To new internal decking, gunwhales, thwarts, rudders and oars for the cutters, whalers and dinghies. Each boat is also provided with a pair of new cradles for them to sit on. Conclusion The Tamiya kit is very nice out of the box, but with these two sets you could dramatically improve the finished model. There are so many parts that you will need quite a bit of patience and care to fit them all, as with any etch set, but the results will be worth it. Very highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of