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HMS King George V

"MSW crew-mate Kostas Katseas continues his series of fine quality build submissions with Tamiya Models, King George V, in this "On Display" Feature!"

The vessel...

The King George V class battleships (KGV) were completed for the Royal Navy early in World War Two. Five ships of the class were built: King George V (1940), Prince of Wales (1941), Duke of York (1941), Howe (1942), and Anson (1942).

They carried one quadruple and one high "super-firing" twin turret forward and one quadruple turret aft. In this unique layout, she carried ten 14-inch guns. Her secondary armament consisted of sixteen 5.25 inch guns clustered amidships in eight double turrets.

Class overview
Name: King George V
Operators: Royal Navy
Preceded by: Nelson class
Succeeded by: Lion class (planned)
Completed: Five
Lost: One

General characteristics
Class and type: battleship
Displacement: 36,727 tons
Length: 745 ft (227 m)
Beam: 103 ft (31 m)
Draught: 32.6 ft (9.9 m)
Propulsion: Eight Admiralty three-drum small-tube boilers with superheaters
Four Parsons single-reduction geared turbines
Four three-bladed propellers, 14 ft 6 in diameter (4.42 m) 125,000 shp
Speed: 28.0 knots (1941 trials)
Range: 5,400+ nm at 18 knots (11.9 tons/hour fuel burn)
Complement: 1,314 to 1,631
Armament: 10 × BL 14-inch (360 mm) Mk VII guns
16 × QF 5.25-inch (133 mm) Mk I guns
64 × QF 2 pounder "pom-pom" (40 mm)
Armour: Main belt: 14.7 in (374 mm)
lower belt: 5.4 in (137 mm)
deck: up to 5.38 in (136 mm)
main turrets: 12.75 in (324 mm)
barbettes: 12.75 in (324 mm)
Aircraft carried: Four Supermarine Walrus seaplanes
Aviation facilities: one double-ended catapult

Information compiled from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_V_class_battleship_(1939)
http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-01BB-KGV.htm
http://www.acepilots.com/ships/king-george-v.html

the model...

Base Kit-Tamiya 1/700 HMS King George V WW2 Battleship Waterline Series (77525)

This is again, a kit that I had built back in 2000....My references back then were almost non-existent, so there are a few mistakes as far as it goes about the painting... mainly of the horizontal surfaces.

As with my Kirishima, I had to replace masts/rigging, add new Pom-Poms from photo- etch, as well as few more extra details that I could come up with to create a busy feeling in the build. As this kit was allready built up from before, I couldn't intervene too much in the re-painting/detailing department, apart from creating a neat and crisp as possible model by todays standards.