Ships, Ships, Ships - Military

I like Dreadnoughts.  Some of the last battle wagons to slug it out in the Great War and support our troops in WWII.  I chose to build a couple of ships that were the first of their kind (the first 14 guns and the first 15 inch guns) laid down before the first world war but saw action and were decorated in WWII.  I first came across the HMS Warspite on line and found that laser cut wood decks could be obtained for the 1/350 scale models that I was interested in.  The Academy Warspite came with PE crane booms but not much else, so I did some after market purchasing of a Pontos deck and some Tom's Model works railing and ladders.  As with my Titanic I recorded my build with a Power Point slide presentation loaded onto You Tube (William Blecke YouTube).  I hope you enjoy some of the photos that follow:

Here are many of the fiddly bits that had to be constructed, including the Walrus bi-plane, boats, guns with scratch railings etc.

The boat and Pom Pom deck.

The Bridge.

Director tower with many scratch built components using left over PE.

The wood deck with hawes and anchor chains etc.

This shows the addition of the Acommodation stairs - completely scratch built - not part of the kit.

The cranes and the Walrus.

Bow Shot.

Mounted on my custom base.