HMS Dreadnought
by Martin J. Quinn

1/350 HMS Dreadnought (Rhino Models)

The model represents the Dreadnought in 1907. Built basically "out of the box", with the addition of the following items:

• Steve Nuttal barrels for both the main battery and 12lb guns
• A torpedo net shelf built from plastic card
• A torpedo net fashioned from shoe laces.
• Gun director for the signal tower made from plastic rod
• Replaced all the torpedo net davits and coaling davits with plastic rod.
• Replaced some of the ships boats with boats from Iron Shipwright.
• Masts made from brass rod
• Rigging is a combination of .003 monofillament and .004 nylon quilting thread.

The model is painted above the waterline with Humbrol 64, while WEM paints were used for the dark grey (507A) on the turret tops and corticene for the superstructure decks. The lower hull color is RN Anti-Fouling Red, while the boot topping, and tripod mast is Testors gloss black.

References used: a set of Sambrook plans by John Roberts; AOTS - Dreadnought by John Roberts and "British Battleships in WW1" by RA Burt. A further resource was the many e-mails with Jim Baumann, who I'd like to thank for his patience in answering my questions and supplying additional photos of his stunning model of the Dreadnought.

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