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  • Member since
    November 2005
HMS Aurora / Spartan
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 8, 2003 3:58 PM
Anyone know if either of the above are available in kit form?
My uncle served in both in WW2. Spartan was sunk off Anzio in 1944, and Aurora was eventually sold off to the Chinese navy in 1948.
Thanks.
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    April 2003
  • From: PDX, OR
Posted by Umi_Ryuzuki on Thursday, May 8, 2003 10:44 PM
Let's see, you are looking for the

HMS Aurora, an Arethusa Class Cruiser

Sister ships Arethusa, Galatea, and Penelope.

Long Link here( cut and paste the whole thing if you have to)
http://www.whiteensignmodels.com/acatalog/index.html?http%3A//www.whiteensignmodels.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_1_700_Scale_Waterline_Ship_Kits_15.html&CatalogBody

Not cheap
http://www.sandlehobbies.com/resinkits/wem/700/penelope1700.html

And the Spartan,

A Bellona Class Cruiser
Sister Ships Bellona, Black Prince, Diadem, and Royalist.

I can't seem to find any info for models of this class, but a lot of links group it into the "Dido Class". If they are similar enough, you may be able to modify a Dido Class Cruiser to match the configuration of the Bellona class.

Good luck on finding a model.Smile [:)]
Nyow / =^o^= Other Models and Miniatures http://mysite.verizon.net/res1tf1s/
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 10, 2003 2:26 PM
There is a compnay named "LEE" from China which has a 1/300 scale HMS Aurora. I just got mine from ebay last week and I am very impressed with it. I do not know how accurate it is, but from the one picture I have of this ship the model looks pretty close. You can get one of these kits between 20-30 us dollars.

Mike Ashey
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