by John Bange
1/500 HMS Valiant (Revell/Eastern Express/Kitbash)
Badly damaged in a battle with a pile of clean laundry, I have again tried to build a refitted Queen Elizabeth class battleship using parts from various kits and a cedar hull.
I found a photo of a model of Valiant and used it as my guide. I was able to reuse the main battery from a Royal class battleship. While from the same Revell kit, the bridge is new and modified to resemble(loosely, I know) Valiants. A new funnel replaces the old one which was crushed by the clothing and was too small anyhow. This ship is shown without aircraft and mine were broken, So I equipped her with boats and two new Revell cranes . The AA mounts are from Revell. I think the mounts on top of the turrets should be a UP weapon. I do not know what that is. GMM pe was added along with new anchor chain. I have given up on stretching sprue!!!
