HMS Daring D32

[dyhw2000]

Finally found some time to take pictures of my latest ship.
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[dyhw2000]

What a big ship!

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Not much special modification here

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[dyhw2000]

The bridge was rebuilt with transparent plastic cards.
I don't normally bother with this but the T45 have such large bridge windows
that I felt necessary to do this the first time.

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[dyhw2000]

The Dragon kit has the mountings for Harpoon missiles in front of the bridge. These need to be removed as while the ship was designed for this installation, there are no plans to fit harpoon missiles in the near future.

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[dyhw2000]

The kit's PE are too thick. All the yardarms were scratch built


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[dyhw2000]

Some modifications to the 30mm guns and ship's fittings here

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Some scratch built details on the main mast

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[dyhw2000]

On one side I decided to leave the RHIB bay door open. Some modifications were made to the mounting and the RHIB itself.


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[dyhw2000]

Excellent decals from the kit

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The door was made closed on the other side

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[dyhw2000]

This angle really captures the unique look of this class of warship

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[dyhw2000]

This is a nice kit. Relatively easy to build and does not require a lot of modifications (except the transparent bridge windows). WEM is making a special PE fret fot this kit. However I was able to complete it with some spare PE parts.
Highly recommended!!

[sek]

Thanks a lot. Very detail for us to follow up early next year.:D

[kazec]

very good!!

[epolehoga]

Good Ship, Good modeler, & Good explanation