by Mathew Tuck
1/600 Leander Triplets (Airfix)
The Leander Class Frigate was the first ship kit that I ever built-and the first one still plods along in my fleet as the F55. I have since gone on to build 12 examples of one of the RN’s finest GP Frigates, of which the three I’m showing today show a cross-section of them. These Airfix kits are easy to build and make good projects for beginners. As you will see the more I built the more Airfix parts I replaced, even entire parts of the superstructure on Almirante Lynch, and have made extensive use of parts from Skywave/Dragon Models.
As Built Specifications:
Displacement: 3300tons full load
Speed: 27 Knots
Complement:260
Weapons:1 Mk 64.5 inch gun, 2 20mm AA guns, 1 Seacat Launcher, Limbo ASW mortar.
Aviation: 1 Wasp Helicopter.
My ships:
