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HMS King George V

a photo feature by Louis Carabott
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MSW Crewmember Louis Carabott [loucar] shares with us one of his first ship builds, Tamiya’s 1/350 scale HMS King George V.

HMS King George V…

This model of the King George V is a Tamiya 1/350 scale kit. It was built straight from the box. Being one of my earliest kits detail was added using plastic bits and bobs and piping from the spares box. The only photoetch used was the railings which I got from a friend of mine.

The vessel was finished in enamels and shadowed and weathered in oils. No figurines can be seen on this model….didn’t know they existed at that time JJ I was quite new when I made this build. It’s still one of my favorite models. This ship has character.

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About the Author

About louis carabott (loucar)
FROM: MALTA

I am 61 and have been doing scale modelling since I was 12 years old. I had a go at practically everything in this beautiful hobby, namely aviation, figurines, AFV 's ,aviation dioramas in 1/72 scale always with wartime Malta as a setting and finally Shipbuilding which has given me the most enjoym...


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