Daring class

[Barry]

I feel the need to do something smaller for a while so as I had started this one I thought it would do quite well it's a bit odd looking and still requires a lot of details. Probably by the time the drawing is finished Tarawa will be complete. The scale will be 1/200 as usual.

The Darings were the last RN gun destroyers and considered by many to be the best.

[Don Boose]

Hooray! I've been waiting to see this thread appear, Barry.

Don

[Royaloakmin]

Darling is a great choice. I remember the old Airfix 1:600 kit with fondness. A neglected subject.

[Barry]

Bofors Mk VII mounting if anyone has a good picture it would be appreciated.

[Barry]

Tarawa is off on show in one of the small venues for the Brighton Festival week so I have been playing with HMAS Vendetta.

Question what was the deck colour ?

[Don Boose]

Wish I could help on the coloring, Barry, but I draw a blank on this one, although I seem to recall seeing a model of the Vendetta that had gray (grey) decks of essentially the same color as the hull.

Anyway, the drawing is beautiful and I know the model will be, too.

Don
ps: I'm glad to see that Tarawa is getting some public exposure. All your long and hard work deserves to be seen by many people.

[birder]

Looks like a worthy project to me, agree with Don that models are most fun to be enjoyed by folks, nice to hear that yours is

[Barry]

Thanks for dropping by.

Some progress luckily they print better than on screen.

[papiro]

Hi Barry.
Great choice !. The Daring class (UK and Australian units) was a design of inmediate post-war and her design are the results of the experience gained during the conflict.
I think that´s a very good model to construct, and the ship has a plus; is really nice and handsome.
About the deck color, usually in the war and inmediate post-war time the british destroyers used a grey paint, darkest than hull sides and superestructure (maybe G10 ?).
I saw a few photos long time ago (in the late sixties) with decks of some destroyers and frigates painted in a grayish- green and Peter Hodges book confirm that colour still in the early seventies.
I apologize for my bad english, and I hope you can understand me.
Saludazos

[Phil]

Hi barry,
I'm embarassed to ask (I feel I should know) what software are you using for drawing 3d?

Beautiful work, as always.