As I restricted as to what I can do due to Sandra being not allowed to put only partial weight on her foot after the hip operation, I spent the day scratch building here is the result so far.

So yes Martin, Bempton Shipyard have produced something.

This corvette is something similar the HMS Begonia, built in Beverley by Cook, Welton and Gemmell, one of the first batch.

Very neat.
Did this one have that pale blue and grey sort of camouflage?

Quote from: Bigkev on August 28, 2025, 04:06:46 PMVery neat.
Did this one have that pale blue and grey sort of camouflage?

It has not been painted yet, this is the model in its raw state.

Here it is undercoated,

Your scratch building is amazing Dave.  Well done.

Moving along, on the base.
I will not claim any degree of accuracy for my model, I built it for my amusement.
The boat are too big and it does not sit quite right.

Ever onwards, the Tamiya O class destroyers are very cheap and looked to be a good base for making other examples. For about £10 you get two, even less with some club discount and also a voucher to spend!
I am going to attempt a Class A, or something similar.
The Tamiya Hull is a shade too long
O class 328' 9''
A Class 323'

So I intend to cut the hull and join it together again.
Once again this will be my best guess but should resemble the real thing.
Maybe the Tamiya kit is too long, but i did have to remove a chunk to get the hull to fit the plans.
A lot of the surface detail will also be removed.

Chopping away with gay abandon.......
Will be an interesting comparison.

Don't forget to do a tanker hoho Shell would be best       

Quote from: MSea on August 29, 2025, 09:07:39 PMDon't forget to do a tanker hoho Shell would be best       

I would need to have some plans first, I have a tanker - British Endurance - see earlier posts.

The fleet grows.

Corvette almost finished.
More scratch building on the Class A destroyer, I probably won't make a B as they were very like the A's.

A Class undercoated.

The next will be an A class Flotilla Leader, these were slightly larger and carried 5 x 4.7 in guns.

Corvette, rigged and based.
Started the Flotilla leader, comparison with the normal A class destroyer.

A great batch of models Dave.

I reckon Dave's got more ships now than we have in the Royal Navy.......
Well done and nice work.