HMS Glamorgan in early 1982

[ArnoldAmbrose]

       Gidday All, for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War GB I commenced a conversion of the 1/600 scale Airfix Devonshire kit into HMS Glamorgan, a batch 2 County-class destroyer. This ship has the distinction of being the first ship to survive a hit by an Exocet missile fired in anger, although sadly not without casualties.

       The conversion required a lot more work than I originally thought, partly due to the inaccuracies of the kit, poor quality parts of the kit and differences between the two ships. My mojo suffered a bit on occasion but I'm glad I stuck with it. I felt compelled to, really. No doubt there are things I've missed and further detail I could have added but I wanted to get her finished. To those who served on her or have an intimate knowledge of these ships I beg your forgiveness. And I thank you all for your help, advice and encouragement during the build.

       Here are some more photos of the completed model.

 

The superstructures. With the exception of the forward funnel the entire forward superstructure was scratch built.

AFAIK the Exocet hit her just aft of the port Seacat launcher. Due to the heal caused by the ship's rapid turn the missile hit the deck and not the ship's side. I won't go into that any further here, there are others who know much more about this than I.

 

For those that wish to see the build logs, the first stage is here

 

And the second stage is here

 

I think the only parts of the kit that I didn't alter or replace are the rudders and Exocet canisters. Thank you for your interest. Regards, Jeff.

[Rich75]

Top job Jeff love it, any more Falklands inspired builds in the pipeline 🤞🏻

[Selwyn]

very good, like that one a lot!

 

Selwyn

[ArnoldAmbrose]

Gidday, thanks very much guys.

 

6 hours ago, Rich75 said:

any more Falklands inspired builds in the pipeline

Not at this point. There are two more kits in the set, a Leander and Type-21 Amazon. The Leander I want to convert to a Type-41 Leopard class. For my next model I'm planning to convert an Airfix Daring into either HMAS Vendetta or Vampire for a GB on the ATF.       Regards, Jeff.

[chuckb1]

My old ship D19 the "Glamourous Organ" Call sign GKBH. You have done the old girl justice! Bravo Zulu matey.

[ArnoldAmbrose]

Gidday @chuckb1, many thanks for your comments, and also for your help and advice during the build. You and others saved me from making a lot of mistakes. Regards, Jeff.

[Bandsaw Steve]

Great job Jeff! I think that might be your best yet. 👍

[ArnoldAmbrose]

       Gidday @Bandsaw Steve, and thanks. As there are members of the forum who know this ship and her sisters, and some who served on her I wanted to get her as accurate as I could, within my average skill level anyway. And I received a lot of help from members in this regard.

       How's SS Xantho coming along?

[Bandsaw Steve]

Xantho’s doing fine thanks but -once again- since I’m spending all day at work on a computer, my motivation to sit in the study and post updates here is flagging behind actual progress. The basic hull is almost complete now but there have been some tricky bits….

[ArnoldAmbrose]

9 minutes ago, Bandsaw Steve said:

Xantho’s doing fine thanks but -once again- since I’m spending all day at work on a computer, my motivation to sit in the study and post updates here is flagging behind actual progress.

Yeah I guess you don't want to spend an evening doing what you've been doing all day. Looking forward to the next update, but only when you feel like it. Regards, Jeff.

[robgizlu]

Jeff - as always another clean and detailed build - looks great

Rob

[Ray S]

That is a fabulous result Jeff, very nicely done. Thanks too for all those who helped you out with the project. 

 

Cheers, Ray

[mick]

great work

[P-3s rule]

Nice work there Jeff. That scratchbuilt forward superstructure really looks the part!