Ok started building, found a Revell / Matchbox Duke of York but not a Nelson or Rodney to be seen, didn't really feel like doing a US turret so the 16" Batch 2 is out. Lots of spare bits from various modern Dragon warship kits.
My current thinking:
- Mk6 twin 4.5" in P&S 1&4
- Mk13 Tartar in P&S 2
- Mk10 Terrier in P&S 3 (missile magazines in deck house over old aircraft catapult)
- or Ikara (if I can find the HMS Perth DDG kit I know I have somewhere) in P&S 3(missile magazines in deck house over old aircraft catapult)
- Seacat in super structure somewhere
I also have Phalanx, Goalkeeper, Seawolf, Sea Sparrow, Breda Bofors twins Harpoon, Exocet and Tomahawk. Trying to work out the best place for helo facilities.
All those left over 5.25" twins, what to do?
I do have a 1/600 MPC(Airfix) County Class DLG, Scalorama 158.53m becomes 184.9m in 1/700.
1950's notional Cruiser/Destroyer was designed to kill Sverdlovs with 5"/70 rapid fire guns. These guns were evolved from the 5.25" twin, the twin was too heavy for the Cruiser/Destroyer so a single was developed, this design was never built but elements of it found their way onto the County, i.e. the COSAG propulsion and possibly hull form.......
About the same time France had Degrasse and Colbert with multiple 5"L54 twins......
UK builds a class of 10000ton gun/missile cruisers with multiple 5"L70 and ? missiles, type 984 radar etc.....Batch 1 have Tartar and Seacat, Batch 2 built in the early 70s have Sea Dart and Sea Wolf.