by Peter Fulgoney
1/700 HMS Danae 1942 (Niko)
This build is based on the Niko kit ORP Conrad, a 1/700 scale resin kit with some photoetch.
Essentially I wanted to build a camo version, and the ship was previously RN HMS Danae and so the game begins.
I used the Raven Roberts book on British WW2 Cruisers where there is a good picture of the ship in the camo scheme. I didn’t have a line drawing but referenced HMS Durban in the same book. The camo colours are referenced in the Allan Raven book “Warship Perspectives” however the deck colour is unknown – I chose plain timber as a certain starting point.
The kit is very nice in good quality resin. You will need pe railings as you require but the pe included is satisfactory. I found the lantern radar a bit basic so I replaced it with 1:350 railing also the deck planks are a bit too thick and the instructions need backup information but otherwise simple to build.
Data :
6 x 6 inch main guns
3 x 4 inch AA guns
2 x 2 lb AA guns
29 kts.
450 officers and men.
Built 26/01/1918, and broken up 1948.
On 26/01/1944 was adopted by the Polish Navy at Portsmouth, and became ORP Conrad.
