Revell's Campbeltown - WIP

I think for now, I'll build out of the box.

As for the deck scribing - thanks for the advice. I think I'll leave the lines in though, but stay away from 'wood' paint. I'll fool myself that its metal slats on the deck.

As for 100% historical accuracy, I think I'm gonna be a bit of a 'fantasy' builder. I wan't the think to look old and weathered, but if it ain't historicaly perfect I won't lose sleep over it.

Its just not that 'important' for me.  (Boy I'm gonna take heat for that!)

 Thanks for the thourough info though.

Holy crap!

Baby steps! baby steps!

There is only one PE set for the kit in that scale, and that is the one by Gold Medal Models

Also, since you express a desire to do a good job and I don't know how that jibes with your version of accuracy - the kit does not represent the HMS Campbeltown as expended at St Nazaire.   The Campbeltown was extensively modified to resemble a German Mowe-class torpedo boat.   The last two funnels were cut down and the forward two were reshaped.   The bridge structure was re-shaped and a mid-ship pair of gun tubs were added.   The forward gun was a British 12 pounder.   The guns on the midship deck house were replaced with 20 mm Oerlikons for the raid.

Your choice of a deck color isn't too far off AP507B.   The Campbeltown was painted in Montbatten Pink for the raid.  It is a dark rose/lavender gray.

The kit represents a generic between the wars refit of the WWI-era Wickes/Clemson flush deck destroyer.   The kit has also been marketed as the USS Ward.   It more closely represents that (out of the box).  These ships were of all steel construction.   The scribed "wooden" decks are inaccurate.  They should be filled and sanded to remove the planking.   Alternatively the deck could be replaced with a sheet of styrene.   Remove the fittings from the kit deck and relocate them onto the new deck

surfsup wrote:

She has started out very nicely. I have built this kit twice before and enjoyed it. Will you  build her OOB or are you going to use photoetch? Please put some more Photos on so we can watch you build her.

Hmmm, never done any photoetch before. So I dunno!?!

Plus, this is the first model I wanna take a real serious jab at, rather than throwing together with a sp;at of paint. In fact, since that photo I did my VERY FIRST wash on the deck. I used humbrol 85 cut with thinner. It worked pretty well and now the deck has a grubby 'coal dust ground in' look about it.  I want the whole thing to be really dirty and rusty!

 What photo etch would i use???

There will be more pics, but not for a week or 2. As i said, the pressure of photos makes me rush so I gotta force myself to slow down.

 Thanks for the feedback, I'm really enjoying it.