maxim-cruisers Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) Today, 30 years ago, on the 25th of February 1991, an Iraqi coastal battery attacked the Allied fleet with two Silkworm (HY-2) anti-ship missiles. One failed, the other was destroyed by HMS Gloucester and its remains fall close to HMS London into the sea. London was the flagship of RN during Operation Granby (Second Gulf War). London was a Type 22 Batch frigate (Boxer class) and served between 1987 and 1999. 2003, she was sold to Romania and still is serving there as Regina Maria. As far as I know, there is no 1/700 kit of the Batch 2. Therefore I converted the Orange Hobby kit of Cornwall (Batch 3). Mainly, the superstructure behind the bridge has to be modified, plus the 4.5" have to replaced by four Exocet launchers plus 30 mm twins and 20 singles have to be added.. with HMS Brilliant (Batch 1) and HMS Chatham (Batch 3) I would like to acknowledge the support of bentwaters81tfw, Our Ned, and Chewbacca! http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php/modelle/112-lars/6150-fregatte-hms-london-1-700-umbau-orange-hobby-von-lars-scharff Edited February 26, 2021 by maxim-cruisers 24 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maxim-cruisers Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 I added the photos from another server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Lovely build.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul E Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Very nice build indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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