Article number: 540007152
Product: 1:700 H.M.S. Type 42 Destroyer Batch 1-3
The Royal Navy built 14 separate guided-missile destroyers in its Type
42 class, and the type served from 1975 till 2013. Construction was
actually separated into three batches. The first six destroyers in Batch
1 were commissioned from 1975-79. Batch 2 added four more destroyers
from 1980-83, while the final third batch was also a quartet of ships
commissioned from 1982-85. Each batch featured slight modifications. The
Type 42’s operational peak was during the Falklands War of 1982, where
seven destroyers deployed to the South Atlantic to help recapture the
islands from Argentina. However, two of them – first-of-class HMS
Sheffield, and the fourth vessel HMS Coventry – were hit and sunk by an
Exocet air-to-surface missile and an iron bomb respectively. Another
destroyer, HMS Glasgow, was also disabled by an unexploded bomb that passed through the aft engine room.
Dragon’s latest 1/700 scale ship model represents the entire class of
Royal Navy Type 42 destroyers. Indeed, it can be described as a 3-in-1
kit since either of the three production batches can be built. Ship
modelers can examine each of the batch types in turn, and then build
whichever one catches their fancy. Furthermore, a range of Cartograf
decals allows model-makers to also select which vessel within the class
they want to depict. In addition to the wonderfully well-engineered
plastic parts, there’s an upgraded set of photo-etched components that
elevate this kit to a whole new level of finesse. This 3-in-1 1/700
destroyer kit is superbly specified to give the modeler the widest range of options possible.
Detailed plastic kit
1:700 H.M.S. Type 42 Destroyer Batch 1-3
- Article number: 540007152
- Age recommendation: from 14 years
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