Glorious was paid off after the war, but was rebuilt as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s. She could carry 30 per cent more aircraft than her half-sister Furious which had a similar tonnage. After re-commissioning in 1930, she spent most of her career operating in the Mediterranean Sea. After the start of the Second World War in 1939, Glorious spent the rest of the year hunting for the commerce-raiding German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee in the Indian Ocean before returning to the Mediterranean. She was recalled home in April 1940 to support operations in Norway. While evacuating British aircraft from Norway in June, the ship was sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the North Sea with the loss of over 1,200 lives.

For more on Glorious, visit her Wikipedia page here, which is where this abridged history was pulled from.

Triumph Model, in conjunction with Ostrich Hobby, has released a 1/700 HMS Glorious, circa June 1940, at the time of her sinking.  The kit comes in a white flip-top cardboard box with artwork showing Glorious under steam on the box top.  Inside the box is the hull, flight deck and multiple small plastic bags with the different runners, all in resin.  Also included are decals, photo-etch and instructions. 

When I received the kit, my hull was badly warped.  The eBay seller asked me to try straightening it at first.  I did, and failed, so he (somewhat reluctantly) sent me a replacement hull.  The second hull came attached to a large casting block, which helped keep it straight.  I'll leave it on there until I get around to building the kit.

On both hulls, some of the platforms were broken off, but in the box,  Curiously, the instructions show most of these platforms as separate items.  That would have been better, as to avoid breakage.

According to feedback I saw on the Modelwarships forums, when this kit was first released, the quarterdeck area is incorrect for Glorious, but correct for Courageous.  I don't know enough about these ships to know if that statement is correct (but I respect the person who posted it).  However, this area will be mostly hidden under the flight deck, and most people won't know the difference, except for some contest judge with nothing better to do. 

The underside of the flight deck (the hangar overhead) is well detailed, but again, you'll never see it.  The underside of the round down also had nice cast detail, which will be difficult, or impossible, to see.  The biggest problem with the flight deck is where it fits into the aft end of the hanger - there is a large gap on both sides between the flight deck and the hull, that is going to be a real pain to fill. 

On a separate sprue are the two flight deck hangars, and a roller door for the aft end of the hangar. Again, nice detail on the undersides of the elevators, but why? 

The island, however, is nicely cast with pretty good details. 

Another resin sprue has a variety of parts - supports for the aft end of the flight deck, cranes, directors, searchlights and bridge equipment.  Detail is generally good on these parts. 

Unfortunately, it appears that this is just one giant decal, so everything will need to be cut out individually, which is going to be tedious, and not to mention difficult when separating the roundels and fin flashes. 

On the other hand, the hull plating is probably overstated (though I think I'll be able to live with it); there are some noticeable fit issues (aft end of hangar to flight deck, flying off platform insert to hull); the aircraft provided are generally abysmal;  the decals sheet is pedestrian, at best, and the kit is not cheap.  I bought this because of my desire to (someday, if I live long enough) do a diorama of Glorious and Ark Royal together, as seen in the photo above.  Overall, I really can't recommend this kit, expect to hardcore aircraft carrier and/or Royal Navy fans, who just have to have a model of HMS Glorious in their collection.

This is Triumph’s 1/700 HMS Glorious, kit number TM70001. The kit is currently selling online for about $150.00 USD, but you may be able to find it cheaper.  I purchased mine off eBay.