Type 45 Destroyer

Day 9 of my Airfix 1:350 Type 45 Destroyer build and it’s complete 🎉

From a distance I’m really happy with this build.   It’s been great fun and challenging to construct, which I guess that’s what this hobby is all about. 

My attempts to fill some of the gaping joints were of mixed success and as these are most visible under the microscopic view of closeup photography, I’ve left these shots on the cutting room floor! 

I’ve finished this Type 45 air defence destroyer in the colours of HMS Dragon D35, one of the most advanced warships in the world and the star of the James Bond film No Time To Die! 

Battle for the Atlantic

Minicraft's 1:144 scale B-24 LIBERATOR & Revell's  1:350 scale  TYPE VII C U-BOAT 

B-6 “T” US Navy Liberator B-24J sinking U-243, a Type VII C U-Boat, in the Bay of Biscay on 8th July 1944. 

Revell provide decals for U-96, Buchheim’s inspiration for Das Boot, sunk on 30 March 1945 at Wilhelmshaven during a US air raid.

Type VII C U-Boat

My Type VII C U-Boat is now complete. This is U-96 as it was when it fought in the Atlantic between 1940-43. It met its end when it was sunk on 30 March 1945 at Wilhelmshaven by bombs during US air raid. 

During autumn 1941, war correspondent Lothar-Günther Buchheim joined U-96 for her seventh patrol. This experience was the basis for his 1973 bestselling novel Das Boot, which was adapted into the 1981 Oscar-nominated film.

The kit is Revell’s 1:350 scale which has some lovely detail considering its small size. I now need to decide if to use this or its 1:144 scale cousin in my B-24 Liberator diorama.