 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
July 2020 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom's Modelworks has released of photo-etch detail set for the Royal Navy's Colossus-class carriers in 1/700, Set 7101 Colossus Class Carriers. Happily, IHP recently released a 1/700 kit of HMS Colossus, and has another version on the way. The instructions say that this photo-etch set was "based on the 1/400 set designed by Peter Hall. Adapted by and original designs by Ben Druel". | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Click to enlarge images |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| COLOSSUS CLASS PHOTO-ETCH | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| There are two frets in the packages.
The largest is set 7101, designed for Colossus-class carriers. The
second, much smaller set, #7104, consists of only Type 282 radars.
The headline fret, #7101, contains railings (2 and 3 bar), single and twin 20mm guns (only the singles have PE pedestals), name plates, boarding ladders, safety nets, two types of catwalks, two different cranes, jack and flagstaffs, crash barriers, radio antennas and masts, small davits and a funnel cap. Everything is finely etched. There is some terrific relief etching on the name plates - you get two names plates each, for eight different ships - and on the full-width stern catwalk. There are two options for the stern catwalk - a full width one and a smaller one, which was carried by several ships in the class, including Colossus. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| CONCLUSIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| This is a well done set of photo-etch, which will help modelers dress up an the already nice IHP Colussus kit, or it's forthcoming sister ships. The set retails for $14.00 USD, and is available directly from Tom's Modelworks, who'd I'd like to thank for this review sample. Highly recommended. |  |
||||||||||||||||||||||
