HMS Campbeltown 1941

[cardist]

Hello all,

After several months hiatus due to several broken bones and forced inactivity, I have been messing around on the computer with drawing software (again) and had a look at some stuff in my stash.

The Campbeltown by JSC in 400th scale is one I have taken out and had a look at now and again and then put back, purely because I couldn't work out how it went together and because of the rather bright colours. Anyhoo, the assembly is rather straight forward after all and after scanning into my computer, I figured that I could make a go of it.



You get two versions, pre and post Operation Chariot. A simple one-page for each version.



The colours are for the Western Approaches scheme, but the blue is a little too harsh for my liking. Also, there was some colour attenuation in the top left corner which would lead to a colour miss-match on assembly.
My solution was to completely re-draw and re-colour by hand.



As can be see, the blue is more subdued and the re-drawing allowed me to put the Corticine anti-slip panels on the deck. It also allowed me to incorporate extra details missing from the kit, such as anchor housings, and some re-enforcement for the hull structure.





I have ordered the lazer-cut set from JSC to help with small details such as the latice mast and prop-guards

So, it's good to be back at the workbench doing what I love best.

Stay tooned chums.