1/350 HMS Eskimo Destroyer 1941

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Hi this my next build.

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HMS Eskimo was a Tribal-class destroyer, laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers-Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 5 August 1936. She was launched on 3 September 1937 and commissioned on 30 December 1938. Eskimo served throughout the Second World War, seeing action in Norway, the Mediterranean, the English Channel and in Burma. After the war Eskimo was used as an accommodation and headquarters ship, finally being used as a practice target before being scrapped in 1949. was a Tribal-class destroyer, laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers-Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 5 August 1936. She was launched on 3 September 1937 and commissioned on 30 December 1938. Eskimo served throughout the Second World War, seeing action in Norway, the Mediterranean, the English Channel and in Burma. After the war Eskimo was used as an accommodation and headquarters ship, finally being used as a practice target before being scrapped in 1949.
HMS Eskiom participated in the Second Battle of Narvik in April 1940. On 12 April,Eskimo was hit by a torpedo fired from German destroyerZ2 Georg Thiele. The explosion caused severe damage, blowing offEskimo's bow. After temporary repairs by the shipwrights of the fleet repair ship Vindictive at Skjelfjorden in Norway,Eskimo was able to return to the Vickers-Armstrong works at Newcastle for rebuilding.

She supported the Allied landings in North Africa in November 1942 and served with the 10th Destroyer Flotilla at Plymouth. Eskimo was extensively damaged when two German dive bombers attacked her in the Mediterranean while taking part in Operation Husky.She cornered and sank the enemy German submarine U-971 while in company with the Canadian destroyer Haida and a Liberator aircraft of the Czech air force in the English Channel north of Brest on 24 June 1944.During the final days of the war, she operated in the Far East.

Eskimo was reduced to an accommodation and headquarters ship for minesweepers, wreck-disposal vessels, and salvage craft clearing the Thames and Medway estuaries in 1946. She was used as a target ship in the Gareloch, sold for scrap on 27 June 1949 and finally broken up at Troon.

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Got hull and two deck all together, started adding some off the smaller pices as you can see.
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Thank you for looking as always.

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Hi Pete
Always fancied a 1/350 ship. Done a couple of 1/700 ones. I'll follow along with interest and pick up tips along the way.
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Good luck Pete. Looking forward to seeing this one come together. Nice to see it on a stand rather than in the water
 
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Hi Pete
Always fancied a 1/350 ship. Done a couple of 1/700 ones. I'll follow along with interest and pick up tips along the way.
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Hi Jim as you have already built HMS Rodney in 1/700 scale, 1/350 would be a walk in the park for you as for tip I was going to come to you.
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Good luck Pete. Looking forward to seeing this one come together. Nice to see it on a stand rather than in the water
Hi Steve good job it come's with a stand you must have seen my attempt at sea/water it was at best :poop:.
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Hi got all of the four gun houses built.

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On to the PE made the rear depth charge cage.
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Built the mid !8" torpedo tube lanchers as you can see the carpet monster eat two of the firing mechanism.
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Added the anchor chains.
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Thank you for looking in
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Piped on board Pete

Really liked the history, brings the ship to life.

Very nice work as well !!!

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Piped on board Pete

Really liked the history, brings the ship to life.

Very nice work as well !!!

Bob
Welcome board Bob and thank you, I do like my history more than the build, I thnk you should know at least something about what you building that's just me.
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Totally agree Pete, good job !!
 

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Nice update Pete. The bling certainly adds another level of detail. Great stuff
 
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Hi got back to this one now.

Went back to the hull and drilled out all he portholes ( quite a few )
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Add some more bling to the bridge.
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Added some deck fitting, as you know I got this at War & Peace for £5.00 theres a sprue missing
so had to scratch build one tower and one mast.
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Thank you for looking in.

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