Canadian Ships?

thanks

The original post was submitted in 2005. The fireworks have long died on this one.

When I was out in the Arabian Sea a few years ago, doing some work on the Theodore Roosevelt, a Canadian frigate (HMCS Halifax) was performing plane guard duties for the carrier.  I was surprised at the time because I had never seen any other ships performing this duty except for US Navy ships. I was impressed with cooperation and devotion showed by the Canadians to hang with the big CVN as she performed missions against Afghan targets inland.

Howdy!

 I guess I missed  the fireworks!

For the record I believe Canada had the third largest navy at the close of WWII.

When we paid a port call at the Canadian Navy base in Halifax, our Canadian hosts treated us like visiting dignitaries.

A visit to one of their ASW destroyers got us a taste of  some powerful rum and I can attest to the "squared away"  appearence of their ships. Canada has a modern, compact,  professional navy and I would count on  them in any situation when things got "hot", they are  welcome allies.

 

Now to answer the question.

Get a model of Revell's Eastwind(Burton Island) and with a little work convert it to the Canadian Navy's LABRADOR. The actual Labrador was built in Canada but designed in the US as a WIND class breaker. It wouldn't take a lot of work to make it Canadian, the hull and superstructure is the same. The mast is different and you'll need to add a helo shack.

Also Lindberg's USCG 95' patrol boat can be converted into one of Canada's patrol boats. Again, a little modification will be required but the hull and superstructure is basically unchanged. 

Well I hope that adds to your list of possible availible Canadian ship models.

And to you Canadian nay sayers, Bob and Doug sez "don't be hose head".  

Mike M. USCG(RET)

I was curious about your subject and this is what I found:
Resin Shipyard
-Iroquois class destroyer (2000-2006) 
-Victoria class submarine model on the way
-Halifax class frigate 
-A bunch of WW2 and postwar ships 

http://www.resinshipyard.com/

I also found "print at home 3D" models available from the Canadian NAVY website for the Kingston class coastal defence vessels.

http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/cms/5/5-a_eng.asp?id=608

 

On the NAVY centennial website, I found paper 2D models for:
-Apollo Class Light Cruiser
-Flower Class Corvette
-Halifax Class Frigate
-Iroquois Class Destroyer 
-Kingston Class Coastal Defence Vessel
-Oberon Class Submarine
-Prestonian Class Frigate
-St-Laurent Class Destroyer
-Tribal Class Destroyer
-Victoria Class Submarine 

http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/centennial/5/5-c_eng.asp?category=83

Hope it helps

I would like to make a Protecteur Class Supply Ship someday.

 

Raven, you have a pm !

Modern. But this will be somwtime in the future I have to finish the Canadian Ford FAT-2 with limber and 25 pounder first. But the HMCS Halifax is going to be done someday by me. As If I every join the armed forces it will be in navy or airforce. and since I dont have 20/20 vision. I can't be a pilot

Just setting the record straight.  'Nuff said.

  Ok, ok...we all get the picture. Yeah, Canada has many brave warriors, etc.  Stop beating the drum, and lets get back to the ships.

   Raven, did you decide what era of ship you were looking to build? 

A Canadian also hold the world record for longest sniper kill, we may not have as many weapons as the US army but we know how to use them.

http://www.snipercountry.com/Articles/KillingShot_2430Metres.asp

  Hear, hear, Sir !    I agree completely.

       Don't forget all of the wonderful frigates, too !

For later subs, look for any Oberon class boats.

Our navy isn't considered worth modelling by the larger companies but we make do with what we have.

If memory serves correct, we once won either a William Tell or Tiger Meet competition with aircraft the US had delegated to museums! So, it's not what you have, it's what you do with it and the skill of the crews that win the day.

And there you have it ... someone is paying attention.  I sit corrected.  Merci bien, mon ami, and don't forget to note the contributions of Quebecois to Canada's forces ....

canada never used challenger tanks & only have leopard 1 type tanks

I admire and respect the Canadian Armed Forces and have trained with them frequently, so I speak from experience.  For modelers, there is a wealth of subject matter that can be repesented in excellent variety.  Canadian tankers are among the best in the world, in fact the top trophy in any international competition among tankers is the Canadian Cup, with the shootoffs usually held in Grafenwhoer, Germany.  You can choose Centurion, Chieftan, Challenger or a number of Leopard versions for your Canadian tanks.

As for historic kits ... any nominal student of Canadian history will appreciate how much involvement the Canadian forces have contributed to WWI, WWII and numerous postwar UK operations.  They have fought and bled and died right alongside the rest of us freedom fighters and in very large numbers.

I wish a company would make a Halifax class in plastic, resin is too exspensive and hard to work with fore me. I would love to have a HMCS Vancouver on my shelf, It used to come every Canada Day to the city wen I was younger and I loved looking all around it.

  'Nuff said...now, let's get on with the Ships !!  One of my favourites, the good old Matchbox Flower class !

  Some good reference here:

http://www.cbrnp.com/RNP/Flower/

And If I get a warning I admit I deserve one. I woul like to apologize for what I said. But why did that user have to post a comment like that in the first place? Well I am sorry for my actions they were uncalled for.

GENTLEMEN,

Let's all behave ourselves, shall we?

Matthew Usher

Senior Editor, FSM

Raventutor11 wrote:

That Halifax one is resin is of definate interest to me thank-you. Sorry for the bad language. Just I dont like to Canadian-USA bashin that seems to take place on the forum. It is not neeed. The forum is about modeling not arguements and debating. I thnak you for the true help people have given me. But next time keep your comments to yourselfs

 

   If, as you say, this forum is about modeling, why are you writing like this?  I would be willing to bet that you will be either warned or banned from this site.

   We are here to support a fun hobby, not diatribe.

                        greg

  p.s.  I blame Canada for everything.  It's all their fault. No really.

That Halifax one is resin is of definate interest to me thank-you. Sorry for the bad language. Just I dont like to Canadian-USA bashin that seems to take place on the forum. It is not neeed. The forum is about modeling not arguements and debating. I thnak you for the true help people have given me. But next time keep your comments to yourselfs

I cannot delete them as there have been replys to them. Why do people incist on bashing the Canadian Armed Forces on here? All I asked was wether any canadien ships were made. Sorry he just got my goat his comment was not needed. Sorry guys you just cant prevent what some people say.

Raventutor, Your bad language has been reported.

Thank you

Raventutor,
I think you should delete the posts with the bad language.  Everybody else was already embarrassed to see that it was a very heavy-handed reply, and rude, whether he said it should not be taken that way or not.

The point is that there haven't been many distinct classes of modern Canadian ships  The 1/350 resin Halifax is one example of a fairly recent warship.  The icebreaker is another really unique subject.

In the immediate postwar years, Canada used a former British aircraft carrier, renamed as Bonaventure.  Folks have modeled this ship from the Heller/Airfix 1/400 kit of the Arromanches, a French ship which was a half-sister.  Going back a little more, the cruisers Uganda and Ontario can be converted from the Airfix HMS Tiger kit, using a magazine article from the old Arifix magazine.  Also a couple of ex-US submarines were used in the '50s and can be modeled from the Revell Gato kit, with the resin conversion kits manufactured by Iron Bottom Sound.

During WW II, as you saw above, numerous Flower class corvettes were used, and can be modelled straightaway.  A handful of destroyers came over from Britian and can be modeled with little or much work from the Tamiya/ Skywave O Class model and the Tribal models of your choice.  A few ex-American 4-stack destroyers went to Canada, via England, and can be modeled from any of the 4-stacker kits available.  Also, a couple of American-built escort carriers, Nabob and Puncher, were manned by the Canadian navy, and can by modeled directly from the Tamiya Bogue kit.

A great resource for you would be to visit http://warshipbooks.com  The proprieter is a Canadian who is an enthusiastic modeler.  I'm sure he could tell you every possible subject that's been available.  I believe he has been working on manufacturing a kit of one of the distinctive 1950's era destroyer escort classes (Restigouche/ St. Laurent classes).  I tuned out because I prefer 1/700 injection molded rather than 1/350 resin, but it sounded like an interesting project.

Rick Heinbaugh

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Foul language -- and the language I removed was REALLY foul -- will not be tolerated.

Offenders can be banned from the FSM Forum -- consider this an official warning.

 

Matt Usher

look i am not being mean please

and it is not meant as an insult

but other than having a great air-sea rescue( read  coast guard)

they don't need a navy our ships cover them

 

Canadian ships are hard to find. 

There is a kit of a flower class corvette in

1/72 from Revell of Germany.

Others:

Loose Cannon (Resin):

1/700 IERRE RADDISON CANADIAN ICE BREAKER

1/350 Iron Shipwright (Resin):

HMCS Whitbey K348 Flower Class Corvette Ship

HMCS Halifax Modern Canadian City Class FFG

Flower Class Corvette 1940/41 Canadian long forecastle Flower

HMCS Sackville Canadian short forecastle Flower

Thats all I can find.

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