Help to find model ship kits.

[Mel57]

Hi. I'm new to modelling. My girlfriend suggested I build models of the ships I've served on but I don't know where to start looking. Can anyone help?

Edited February 27 by Mel57

[bootneck]

Hi Mel, you posted this question in the wrong section.   Try posting your question in the Maritime section here - note that there are subsections, and it would be best if you could select the relevant one.  I presume Cold War or Modern?  When you ask, let people know what ships you served on and, possibly, what scale you would like to build them in.

cheers,

Mike

[Mike]

aboard Mel.  Other Mike is right, so I've moved the question into Cold War Maritime, as that's possibly the most likely section, but if I got it wrong, just Report the thread, and ask for it to be moved to another section.  Also, your topic title is a bit vague.  You can edit that yourself, and change it to something more informative so that the members with relevant knowledge know to dive in, and so the Mods don't think you're asking for kits from members before you've qualified by making 100 posts.  That was my initial thought when I saw the topic title, as it happens

[ArnoldAmbrose]

Gidday @Mel57, welcome aboard. If you post a list of the ships you're interested it that would help. Regards, Jeff.

[Mel57]

HMS Cardiff (type42 destroyer)

HMS Intrepid ( LPD)

Hms Ariadne (Leander class frigate)

HMS Rhyl (Tribal class frigate)

HMS Coventry (Type 22 frigate)

I hope you can help. Many thanks.

[bootneck]

Hi Mel,

 A good starting point would be Scalemates, ship models. You can filter your requirements down the right hand dialogue sections.

cheers,
Mike

[bootneck]

Hi again Mel,

A model of a sister ship to the Rhyl as just been added on Kingkit.  Not cheap though for what it is.

 

Mike

[Dave Swindell]

14 minutes ago, Mel57 said:

HMS Cardiff (type42 destroyer)

HMS Intrepid ( LPD)

Hms Ariadne (Leander class frigate)

HMS Rhyl (Tribal class frigate)

HMS Coventry (Type 22 frigate)

I hope you can help. Many thanks.

https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=Kits&q=Destroyer Sheffield-class type 42*&fkTYPENAME[]="Full kits"

https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=Kits&q=Landing platform dock Fearless-class*&fkTYPENAME[]="Full kits"

https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=Kits&q=Frigate Type 12I-class leander*&fkTYPENAME[]="Full kits"clas

https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=Kits&q=Frigate Type 12M-class rothesay*&fkTYPENAME[]="Full kits"

 

The above links should give you an idea of what has been kitted for the classes of ship you're enquiring about, not all the names are kitted, but if you choose a sister in similar fit it shouldn't be too difficult to model the one you want. I can't find reference to a Tribal HMS Rhyl, the last one was a Rothesay class Leander, ditto HMS Coventry was a type 42, not 22.

If you're just beginning modelling you might want to stick to plastic injection moulded kits to start with, they're much cheaper and easier to obtain than resin kits and generally easier to build, though they have less detail.

Of the ships you've listed, Airfix do kits in 1/600 scale Fearless (Intrepid) and Leander (Ariadne/Rhyl) they're  older basic kits that would need a bit of modifying to be fully accurate for the ships you want but wouldn't be far off out of the box. Dragon/Pitroad/DML/Revell have done type 42's in 1/700 scale, they're a later more detailed kit, the plastic is the same in all the Batch1/Batch 2 kits so any of these should do for Cardiff or Coventry, there's a good selection of parts for different fits so you can model them pretty much any time throughout their life, just avoid the batch 3 kits as these have the longer focsle of the last ships.

[Mel57]

Thank you for your help. HMS Coventry, the type 42, was sunk in the Falklands War. Her replacement was a type 22 Frigate.

[Mel57]

Broadsword class.

[Dave Swindell]

1 hour ago, Mel57 said:

Thank you for your help. HMS Coventry, the type 42, was sunk in the Falklands War. Her replacement was a type 22 Frigate.

You're right of course, I'd completely forgotten the replacements for the type 42's and was thinking of the Type 22 "C's" all being the batch 3's

Coventry as a type 22 isn't as easy to model, there are kits of type 22's but most are either batch 1 or batch 3, and all resin limited run kits, good but maybe not the best for a 1st attempt at ship modelling...

https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=Kits&q=Frigate Type 22-class 22*&fkTYPENAME[]="Full kits"

[Mel57]

I have found out the Coventry is now "King Ferdinand" of the Romanian Navy (F221)

[Ngantek]

You'll have seen them on the scalemates searches of course, but do have a look at Atlantic Models. Peter Hall's range of post war RN kits is extensive, however being both 1/350 and resin, they are large and expensive; as Dave says, not necessarily a good choice if you're just getting started. Maybe a Dragon type 42 or older airfix Leander would be good places to start and get a feel for it.

Andy