gamevender Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) I made no major alterations to this kit other than drilling out the port holes, the 5" gun barrels were replaced with rod stock as the kit ones were just blobs, the anchor chains are PE as I had to remove the molded in ones to get the deck/hull joint filled/smoothed in that area, and I added PE railings and the direction finding radar on the top of the main mast and the antennae are stretched sprue. With very careful parts clean up and assembly, it built up rather nice looking, I think, especially as these molds date from 1961! Edited March 9, 2021 by gamevender 40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Very nice build.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Gidday Gamevender, that's a very tidy build you've done, I love it! 👍 I did one of these OOB about 45 years ago, long since lost, and it was nowhere as good as yours. I've got another two to do. Being Australian I plan on HMAS Vampire/Vendetta and HMAS Tobruk/Anzac (Battle class conversions). Are you sure about the 1956 date? I've only been able to ascertain a kit date of 1961. The reason I ask is that there is a proposed "Kit Older Than Me Group Build" proposed here. At my age (born 1956) there aren't a lot of options for me. Back to your build, I agree about the clunky gun barrels, I'll replace mine too when I finally do the kits. But guardrails and sea bases are out of my league. Yours look very good. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 That's a beautiful model. The railings really do take it to another level. The kit was first released in 1961 so you are out of luck with this one Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 😪 Oh, well . . . Gamevender, have you got any other model ships for us? Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamevender Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 Arnold Ambrose. Here's Airfix's HMS Hotspur in Western Approaches colors with some PE details added. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Gidday again, this is another very good rendition of an old kit, and worthy of it's own thread. It's a very striking camo scheme. Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 A lovely job on both of those GV, I recently missed out on a Daring kit, I was keen to do it either as Vendetta as she visited here when I was a kid or Duchess, Voyager's replacement, which visited here numbers if times with trainees on board later on. Seeing your Daring makes me doubly irked. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PF Naughton Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Hi, Your build looks great. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Fab stuff ....both kits . If I were to be picky maybe the pennant number needs a font change. BZ to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamevender Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 Yeah, the font's off. The kit decals were a total loss and this is the closest match I had on hand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Well considering the kit age that has turned out to be a cracking job 👍 beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Beautiful model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Both models are brilliant builds. I had both kits way back when, I could never have imagined seeing them looking as good as this. The railings are a real stand out. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 That's a very nice waterline diorama there. You have done a very good job and the sea effects are superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73north Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) Just a heads up that Frog of UK did a 1/315 scale of the Daring class - 2 great models here , well done . Edited March 18, 2021 by 73north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntPhillips Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 20 hours ago, 73north said: Just a heads up that Frog of UK did a 1/315 scale of the Daring class - 2 great models here , well done . I'm pretty certain that Frog didn't do a Daring, you maybe thinking of their 1/325 Battle Class, initially released as HMS Trafalgar but also boxed as HMS Cadiz IIRC. Coincidentally, Peter at Atlantic Models has both a 1/350 Battle and Daring Class on his future projects list. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73north Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 You are right - rushed posting ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Hello Gamevender, Excellent build. I did my first one in the sixtys. Brings back lots of memories. Regards, Orion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten4.uk Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Hey gamevender (and others) I've just bought this kit. My Dad served on HMS Diana (D126) which was one of the 8 British daring class destroyers built. The only difference between Daring and Diana was that Daring was DC powered and Diana was AC powered. I'm new to model building (other than some half hearted attempts as a kid!) and was interested in the additions of railings and gun barrels. Do you have any info of the sizes you used particularly of the PE railings? Apologies if this is a rather pedestrian question! Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamevender Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 The railings are 1/600 scale generic railings. I used the ones made by Tom's Model Works, who also acquired White Ensign Models PE stock. They are available via the internet at www.tomsmodelworks.com. If you haven't worked with PE, I'd suggest watching a few on-line videos as while not difficult, it can be tricky. As to the gun barrels, they were made from appropriately sized plastic rod stock from Plastruct. I'm pretty sure a local hobby shop or model train store near you would stock it or something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socjo1 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) On 06/03/2021 at 19:53, gamevender said: Hi, very nice model despite its age and simplicity. I have one small remark. I think you fixed Squid mortar opposite direction. It was ahead-throwing weapon, missiles were throwed over the hull and bow, similair to earlier Hedgehog. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_(weapon) Here you can see very interesting photoHMS Barrosa steaming over triangular pattern formed by her Squid projectiles. Double Squid mortars can be seen at the end of the after deckhouse (from http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMBR_ASW.php ) And two Squids located on HMCS Haida's rear deck: Best regards, Michał. Edited December 17, 2021 by socjo1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Davies Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Hi Gamevender, You have made two beautiful models which demonstrate skill and patience I no longer have. My last 1:600 warships were HMS's Nelson and Hood over 50 years ago. I particularly like the sea effect on your Daring and the wake is "magic". Michal (socjo1) raised an observation which hopefully will not be too hard to fix. His pictures highlight a discovery I picked up while drawing some plans for Battle Class destroyers: the Squid mortars are "handed" in that there are starboard side and port side versions so that the pattern of the charges exploding in the water is not all in the same line and thus "rack" the submarine. As far as I can determine, the central bomb barrel in each version is pointed a little inboard relative to the other two. I'll get around to completing the Drawings one day. Best wishes for the Festive Season, Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Rod Davies said: the Squid mortars are "handed" in that there are starboard side and port side versions Gidday, I didn't know that. The info will come in handy (definitely no pun intended 🙂) when I come to do mine. Eventually. Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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