Royal Navy Carriers?

Is anything extra required for the colussus for her to be representd in RN service? I would probably get the PE set from WEM anyways, just curious as to wheter or not there was anything more like the island set for the Illustrious. Knowing myself i wil end up with both kits as my passion for history started with the RN and the RAF as thats where my grandparents served, plus, they truly were great looking ships.

As for the trivia, really havent the foggiest and i feel like referring to wikipedia would be cheating.

Colossus was commissioned in December 1944, and did go to the Pacific. She transported wounded and ex-POWs in Southeast Asia until the end of the war, so she did not see active service. If memory serves, she was also the last Commissioned ship in the RN to employ hammocks.

Trivia question/ answer: what did the crews of the lunar landers sleep in?

If you can round up those island pieces, you are a mate! The model can live w/o it or do a swap later.

I think I may go ahead anr order the kit if i find a good price on it and then wait for the island piece to come out since I already have a few.modela waiting in queue. I do like the Colussus kit, but she was complete after the war (I believe haven't checked) and was sold rather quickly to the french. 

Do either of you know where I can find extra 1|400 aircraft. 

Jay,

That is good news! I concur with GM that the Heller kit is an easy kit to build. I had forgotten the Arromanche/HMS Colussus.

Also, if I remember correctly, GM was doing a beautiful job on the HMS Illustrious!  I cannot wait to see finished photos of her.

Bill

The Heller kit is easy to build. It needs PE of course, and benefits from better airplanes. Also the island is incorrect; there was a resin replacement but I haven't found one so far. With the airfoil shape.

There are plenty of CVE conversion articles online. I'll let you find them, but I am anticipating good results.

Required reading:

http://www.amazon.com/Royal-Escort-Carriers-David-Hobbs/dp/0907771998

It's not too much, given the 1/700 scale.

The Attacker Class that were built from the Bogue design, using converted C3 hulls were:

HMS Attacker, Battler, Chaser, Fencer, Hunter, Pursuer, Stalker, Striker.

HMS Tracker was converted.

The Ruler Class that were purpose built from the Bogue design were:

HMS Ameer, Arbiter, Atheling, Begum, Emperor, Empress, Khedive, Nabob, Patroller, Premier, Puncher, Queen, Rajah, Ranee, Reaper, Ruler, Shah, Slinger, Smiter, Speaker, Thane, Trouncer, Trumpeter.

I've highlighted the ones I think the Skywave/ Tamiya kit is more geared towards.

The differences are relatively manageable, depending on the level of AMS you've been diagnosed with. Primary one is that the ships almost all had British radar, while the PE sets for Bogue have American ones. And the number and location of guns varies. One thing, the RN Escorts as far as I can tell didn't have Pom-pom guns. 5", twin 40mm and single 20mm. There are deck differences, but pretty minimal, and most RN Escorts had only one catapult, port side.

You are right. The only other close candidate would be a 1/350 Iron Shipwright Bogue, converted to a Attacker or Ruler Class. I'm doing that with a Tamiya Bogue, but its 1/700.

But I like the Heller kit, I'm closing in on finishing mine. and they also sell the Arromanches/ HMS Colossus which is a good kit, on the same scale.

There's plenty of PE available, and aircraft too.

Trumpeter is showing a 1/350 Ark Royal at the shows but we'll have to wait and see.

Don't EVER believe anything you see published from "BMMI". It's a scam to get prepayments.

Bill

There are none that I know of.  Many of us have screamed for such a kit, but none have been produced.  However, I have seen many beautiful models that used the Heller kit as a basis, one of my favorites being the HMS Victorious. The modeler used the Heller kit and WEM photoetch sets coupled with the resin conversion set for the Victorious.

Bill Morrison