I built this ship for my
father who served on HMCS Iroquois back in the very early 60s. Iroquois of
course being the wartime vessel very lightly modified to serve into the 60s. Not
the Iroquois class of destroyers which were retired around 10 years ago.
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This was one of the many
Tribal class destroyers built for the Royal, RoyalAustralian and Royal Canadian
Navies. 27 vessels were constructed during and after the second world war.
The only remaining vessel is HMCS Haida which is permanently docked in Hamilton
harbour in wartime markings.
The kit is a very lightly
modified HMCS Huron from Trumpeter. Nice kit, has nice railings and ladders in
photo etch. Wish it came with the railings that would have been around the main
deck, not just the superstructures. Really all that I changed is the paint
scheme and little maple leaf on the funnel. I am not even sure the maple
leaf should not be green. But I can not paint THAT small. There are lots of
photos of Iroquois on the net but I could not find any in colour. I also
included a same scale USS Enterprise to show these destroyers were not huge.
Then a close to same scale USS Iroquois I built for myself a couple years ago.
"phantom"
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