HMS King George V

[Andy3E]

Hey ALl, ive taken a bit of a break from HOOD, (the rigging was kicking my ass) and in the mentime i made this, 1/350 tamiya HMS KGV, couple of minor touch ups to do, and i need to add the flag decals etc, but yeh, pretty much done

I wanna get a little plaque made up to bolt on the side.

First ship ive ever completed, first attempt at water, first go at rigging, fist go at Dazzle camo, all in all i really enjoyed this build (part of the Pacific War Group Build over at Britmodeller)

Hopefully i can get Back to HOOD now, this was a really fun build and i learnt a lot especially about Rigging ;)

cheers

Andy

[M. A. Rozon]

Very Nice. Give's me some ideas and hints for the 1/1200 ships in this scale that I want to do in the future.

Thanks for posting them!

:cool:

[eskimosailor]

Wow! There looks to be months, if not years of work there. Very well done, and many thanks for posting the pictures.
Steve

[Richtea]

That's a superb model of a fine looking ship.
For a first time effort it blows my mind.
Well done, if the saying " practice makes perfect" is true, I can't wait to see
your next builds
Regards
Richard

[Andy3E]

Thanks chaps!

Eskimosailor - i actually started it in August for a "Group Build" over at Britmodeller This (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=75720) is the build thread if anyone is interested, it kinda documents the progress

many thanks for the kind words :)

[Mitch Hinde]

Hi

I can't even imagine where one would start on a task like that.
Great stuff.

Mitch Hinde

[lesdiane]

Hi to you all,
I am a new member, and a very keen modeller on ww11 ships,
could any one know where I could get a good plan and info for
HMS King George V Battelship.

Many thanks Les.........

[astraltrader]

Les we have a designated section for Modelling here and in it is much info about KGV as there is throughout the forum.

http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=68

Also there is a 3D modelling piece on KGV which you might find interesting....

http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7128

Also I include this plan [I do have others but it will take me a while to find them!!]

[lesdiane]

Hi everbody.
I am building a model of KGV in 1/100 scale, could any one help with the size of electric motors that will do the job 4 in all.
either 1/96 - 1/128, I think these sizes are nearer to scale.
Many thanks Les............

[TCC]

I have 4 '385's in a 4½ft model and she sails at about scale speed. You could go the size bigger and get the 540s or I believe 545s are the low drain variety.

Youn don't want it too fast as they look stupid, imho. There's several clips on utube of a model of a fletcher class destroyer razzing round like a speedboat! As the tiller is put over, the ship wobbles about.

I'll bet the owner is about 15yrs old!

[Destroyerman]

Hi everbody.
I am building a model of KGV in 1/100 scale, could any one help with the size of electric motors that will do the job 4 in all.
either 1/96 - 1/128, I think these sizes are nearer to scale.
Many thanks Les............

May I suggest that four Graupner (brushed) 600's should be adequate considering you have four shafts.

We have a 1:72 scale HMS HOWE that trundles happily around on two 12V car heater blower motors, (also a 1:72 scale HMS RODNEY and HMS BARHAM) but the four 600's should be just as good. They are more readily obtainable and easier to locate/change if and when necessary.

I use two 350's in my 1:72 scale Destroyers and they are more than adequate for the job, even giving more power when needed to escape potential waterborne 'incidents'.

Sandy.

[lesdiane]

KGV.
Many thanks lads for the info about the motors some think to think
about.
All the best & Merry Xmas. Les.........

[Aidan]

Hi guys, I'm trying to find the origional design plans for the KGV's, the 12x14 inch gun version, I've turned the web upside down but no luck as yet. I'm in the middle of building a model of the KGV with 3 quad turrets as opposed to the 2 quad and 1 twin turret version. I'm trying to find out how the quad turret at "B" was fitted, as on the 10 gun version there is insufficient room to fit a quad turret at "B". Was "A" turret moved forward, or was the superstructure cut back/moved back to allow room for a quad at "B"? Any reference to the 10 gun version only mentions that a twin was fitted instead of a quad (to save weight) I've found no mention of any hull lenght alteration, and I've noticed that the main armour belt extends quite a bit forward of "A" barbette, so theoretically "A" turret could have been further forward to allow a quad at "B",,, equally there is more than sufficient room on the aircraft deck to allow the superstructure to be moved back, again allowing room for a quad at "B", any ideas would be greatfully appreciated, thanks.

[Don Boyer]

When I built my 1/350 King Georg V I had four articles by Robert Dumas that appeared in the Warship issues 9 - 12 but I cannot remember if those articles included any "background" on the design planning prior to construction of the ships. Might be worth checking.

In Oscar Parkes' "British Battleships" p. 663, the statement is made that:

'To get as many big guns as possible into the dimensions both triple
and quadruple turrets were considered, and at length a design with
three quadruple turrets was approved. Later when proof range firings
with improved shells showed that further magazine protection would be
required, it was decided to provide for this extra weight by altering
"B" [to a twin turret]....'

There is no discussion of the necessary structural details for the quad turret placement in B position, however. It should be noted that the armor scheme for the KG V class was based on resistance to a 15" shell, not the 14" which the ships were equipped with.

[Gwyrosydd]

According to Raven and Roberts, “British Battleships of World War Two” pp. 280-282, the 12-gun sketch design and the 10-gun sketch design were debated by the Admiralty board on 3rd April 1936, when the later was chosen; the 12 gun design never reached the stage of detailed design, and all the ships were ordered with 10 guns.

Raven and Roberts don’t have drawings for the 12-gun design. They do give design particulars for the final 10-gun design (“14P”) and for the 12-gun design with 4.5inch secondary armament (“14L”). The hull lengths for both designs were identical; the 12 gun variant had a slightly broader beam (104 ft as opposed to 103ft).

The following passage (p.282) might be useful for you:
“The twin mounting involved a new design of mounting, re-designing the supports for “B” turret and re-calculating the ship’s trim. The later meant moving the citadel four to six feet forward to compensate for the reduced weight of the twin mountings.”