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ModelSpace Build of the Year 2017 Entry.
The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1915–16. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England. These battleships were superior in firepower, protection and speed to their Royal Navy predecessors of the Iron Duke class as well as preceding German classes such as the König class, although the corresponding Bayern-class ships were competitive except for being 2 knots (3.7 km/h) slower. As such, the Queen Elizabeths are generally considered the first fast battleships.
The Queen Elizabeths were the first battleships to be armed with 15-inch (381 mm) guns, and were described in the 1919 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships as "the most successful type of capital ship yet designed."[1] They saw much service in both world wars. HMS Barham was lost to U-boat attack in 1941, but the others survived the wars and were scrapped in the late 1940s.
Barham is important to me as my Grandfather (now 98) served on her for a short time prior to the war. Famously Barham collided withe the Destroyer HMS Duchess in the early part of the war. My Grandfathers youngest brother perished on Duchess aged just 19.
This build will be the Trumpeter 1/700 scale kit with 2 White Ensign etch sets and Artwox deck overlays.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Another great entry for the BOTY competition.Good luck Jase and I will be watching this build with interest!!
Carl
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Great ship to build Jase. Let's hope you get plenty of modelling time to get this beauty done for December. Chris On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Another entry for the BOTY.   Good luck Jase.  Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Well done on your entry jase, looking forward to seeing your build.
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Cool looking ship and photo etch on such a small scale, watching with interest
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thank you everybody. Kit is very nice more coming real soon. Jason “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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look forward to seeing your build Jase. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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This should be a good build. Completed projects: 1/43 scale Bedford HA van / 1/43 scale MG TD sports car
Current projects: 1/48 scale U-boat [U230]
Future projects: 1/148 scale railway diorama / 1/50 scale R/C Volvo F89 logging truck / 1/148 scale Thunderbirds Fireflash
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Your going to have fun with those railings  Good luck on the build Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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arpurchase wrote: Your going to have fun with those railings Good luck on the build Oh I cant imagine doing railings in 1/700. The ones I did in 1/200 drove me nuts. I have surgical loupes I can use that give a highly magnified field of view, but I still wouldnt do a 1/700 ship.It would end up a crumpled mess on the floor.And I would be a crumpled mess right next to it Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Looking great Jase, this looks a lovely model kit and the best of luck in the comp! It doesn't matter how many times I've seen the footage of the poor Barham as she rolled over and her magazines went up, it still brings on a wave of emotion imagining all those poor sailors who must have been trying to clamber up her keel to save themselves. Best of luck again! Robin. First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Nice start jase.
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Hi Jase. Nice start. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Thanks gents more at the weekend “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Nice work on the deck, it really adds to the build.
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Looking great there Jason like the decking  i have a few of these for my ships in my stash they look great Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
So Much to Build,But What a Hobby!
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That deck does look really nice in place, well worth the effort of removing all those tiny bits
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