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HMS NAIAD Dido Class Cruiser Options
Ken
#1 Posted : 25 June 2014 20:22:42

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HMS Naiad was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy which served in World War II, and was sunk in action on 11 March 1942.
Armement

1941 - 1942 configuration:
10 x 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns
5 x 20 mm (0.8 in) single guns
2 x 0.5 in MG quadruple guns
2 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns
2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes
(source Wikipedia)

The model is scratch built at a scale of 1:200 from wood and plastic and is a conversion from a card model by GPM
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Ken

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#2 Posted : 25 June 2014 20:36:38

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Ken
#3 Posted : 25 June 2014 20:48:03

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Thank you Steve.
Ken

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USS Enterprise CV6

davetwin
#4 Posted : 25 June 2014 21:03:02

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Fantastic work Ken, love the detail ThumpUp
Hans
#5 Posted : 26 June 2014 15:00:12

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Lovely clean lines there Ken, well done.
Rgds, Hans
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#6 Posted : 26 June 2014 20:51:08

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Very nice scratch build Ken.. Well done. Bob.
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#7 Posted : 26 June 2014 23:26:19

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Cracking build Ken, credit to you... Cool Cool

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Alan
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