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Perhaps it is also possible to convert this model to the British Round Table class - I do not know, if this or the "Mini and Beyond" model would be the better starting point:

HMAS Tobruk, 1/700
[url]https://www.shapeways.com/product/E28ZHJ922/hmas-tobruk?optionId=61270963[/url]

There are some resin kits in 1/700 by Atlantic Models:

RFA Mounts Bay LSD
[url]http://mtminiatures.com/epages/48fae323-cc5c-4b59-a126-5de32103e21a.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/48fae323-cc5c-4b59-a126-5de32103e21a/Products/ATL3K[/url]

RFA Wave Knight
[url]http://mtminiatures.com/epages/48fae323-cc5c-4b59-a126-5de32103e21a.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/48fae323-cc5c-4b59-a126-5de32103e21a/Products/ATL8K[/url]

RFA Wave Ruler
[url]http://mtminiatures.com/epages/48fae323-cc5c-4b59-a126-5de32103e21a.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/48fae323-cc5c-4b59-a126-5de32103e21a/Products/ATL9K[/url]

RFA Black Rover
[url]http://mtminiatures.com/epages/48fae323-cc5c-4b59-a126-5de32103e21a.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/48fae323-cc5c-4b59-a126-5de32103e21a/Products/ATL12K[/url]

Hey all,

For those interested in Cold-War-era and modern RFA ships, the Shapeways vendor "Mini and Beyond" now offers a number of RFA vessels of different types:

[url=https://www.shapeways.com/product/J6M3P6JU5/1-700-rfa-resource?optionId=63212556&li=marketplace]1/700 RFA [i]Resource[/i][/url]

[url=https://www.shapeways.com/product/8BW4E65UB/1-700-rfa-bayleaf?optionId=65094063&li=marketplace]1/700 RFA [i]Bayleaf[/i][/url]

[url=https://www.shapeways.com/product/K8E8H6S6F/1-700-rfa-fort-class?optionId=65094065&li=marketplace]1/700 RFA [i]Fort[/i] class[/url]

[url=https://www.shapeways.com/product/2YUJB2369/1-700-rfa-derwentdale-lsg-unloading?optionId=64872713&li=marketplace]1/700 RFA [i]Derwentdale[/i] (unloading version)[/url]

[url=https://www.shapeways.com/product/FX9TS3LSQ/1-700-falklands-conflict-rfa-sir-galahad-lsl?optionId=60308838&li=marketplace]1/700 RFA [i]Sir Galahad[/i][/url]

[url=https://www.shapeways.com/product/EJFRKZ9C6/1-700-falklands-conflict-rfa-sir-lancelot-lsl?optionId=60309486&li=marketplace]1/700 RFA Sir [i]Lancelot[/i][/url]

[url=https://www.shapeways.com/product/54JA4S363/1-700-hms-argus?optionId=64986183&li=marketplace]1/700 RFA [i]Argus[/i][/url]

To the best of my knowledge no one has produced a kit (and I assume you are looking at the "standard scales " of 1/700 or 1/350) of any RFA.

I don't have a range of photos to hand,but here is my Sir Galahad with a bit of extra paint and vehicles,posed in a small,as yet unfinished diorama. As stated it is 1/1250th and everything you see is scratch built .

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n140/seanpritchard/pompey1.jpg

There are some very poor examples of other RFA vessels in 1/1200 scale made ,made in resin and possibly white metal if this is what you are looking for.

This is my Regent model "razzing" the CVA-01 in a small diorama,again in 1/1250....

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n140/seanpritchard/DSC_0373.jpg

HTH

All

I spent from four years from 1988 to 1992 sailing on Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Vessels

(RFAs RESOURCE, BLACK ROVER, OLNA, OLMEDA, SIR GALAHAD and ORANGELEAF)

I would be particularly interested in knowing if fellow board members have come across kit models, or models of any kind of RFA vessels on their travels.

I would be particluarly fond of modelling [u]RFA Sir Galahad [/u]where I served for 6 months during the first Gulf War (Operation Granby, better known by the US pseudonyms Operation Desert Shield then Desert Storm), and [u]RFA Orangeleaf [/u]where I served as Third Navigating Officer, during duties as West Indies Guardship (WIGS) Tanker along with HMS Cardiff (WIGS), and my first Vessel as a fully qualified Deck Officer.

Thanks