More work on HMS Ludlow.
Undercoated.

First top coat.

All looking very good. Is this world domination on the sea.

Bob c

All very impressive Dave.

World domination continues apace, decals transfers applied.
Deck colour added.
You will notice the many and varied tweezers required for manipulation of parts in this scale.
The decks look a bit sparse, many of the photos show the ships overloaded with depth charges.

I had assumed that the plans in the book "British Escort Destroyers of the Second World War" were to 1:700 scale.
After measuring and doing some calculations this does not seem to be the case.
If 1:700 is 0.435mm is equal 1 ft then the plans are bigger than 1:700, slight gnashing of teeth.
I assumed this because the book on British Destroyers actually states that the plans are 1:700.
So my destroyer is too long.

I realised the error when I looked at the IBG Models Hunt Class 2 and compared their hull with the plans, the IBG hull appears too short, on measuring theirs, it scale up to be correct so the book scale most definitely is not 1:700.

It doesn't detract from the fact that it is a really nice model, whatever the scale issue is. Only a select few on here will ever know.

I need to do some dry brushing on the Town Class, meanwhile it is on with the IBG Hunt II Class destroyer, HMS Zetland.

As you can see some of the etched parts are very small, it is quite hard to manipulate this small stuff.

I found it almost impossible to bend these guns as shown on the instructions, so made my own version.
This used very thin plastic rod for the barrels and the chopped off shoulder supports from the etched brass parts.

Do you grow and eat lots of carrots on your allotment? It looks like you need more than 20/20 vision for these.
Excellent stuff.

The photos show:-
The rod from Plastruct.

The parts for the gun, etched fret cut into parts, shield and handle. the rod, the ruler shows mm.

The barrel attached to the shield.

The handle bent and attached to the gun.

I like the rod better than the etch, on the etch the barrel is flat, not round.

I use old DVD/CD for cutting the etched brass on.

Crioes! The parts are miniscule. I agree with Kevin; your eyesight must be 20,20 at least.

Quote from: chriswil42 on September 23, 2025, 03:43:09 PMCrioes! The parts are miniscule. I agree with Kevin; your eyesight must be 20,20 at least.

Only for close up work, a bit pinhole camera like according to the optician.

Quite a bit of etched brass to mess about with, as you can see quite small.

One of the gun barrels had broken and so I replaced then with Albion Alloys, very thin tube. See the last photo.
I have now sorted out the non-parallel barrels.

Coming along very nicely. Amazing work with the etch.

HMS Ludlow, Town Class Destroyer, Short range Escort, G57.
Rigged with stretched sprue. Mast from Albion Alloys tubes.