An extensive guide to crafting models of Royal Navy escort destroyers used during World War II.
The โShipCraftโ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject, highlighting differences between ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the subjects, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research referencesโbooks, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites.
This volume covers the many variations of Royal Navy wartime escort destroyers, both the purpose-built โHuntโ class and the conversions from older fleet destroyers. The โHuntsโ were built in four groups (Types I to IV), while the old โV&Wโ classes were modified to Long Range Escort, Short Range Escort and โWairโ (anti-aircraft) variants. Also included are the fifty ex-US โflush-deckersโ that became the โTownโ class.
With its unparalleled level of visual informationโpaint schemes, models, line drawings and photographsโthis book is simply the best reference for any modelmaker setting out to build any of these numerous escort types.
Praise for British Escort Destroyers of the Second World War
โAnother excellent addition to the ShipCraft series. I enjoy building the occasional model warship and have a few destroyers. Not only did I find plenty of inspiration in here but a number of model producers that I wasnโt aware of before. There is also a bibliography at the back, which provides plenty of good reference books, along with a list of useful website. Another very nice addition to the series.โ โMilitary Model Scene