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Can someone provide more links/pictures of the RN's Hawkins-class cruisers Hawkins, Raleigh, Effingham, Frobisher and the carrier conversion Vindictive ?

I know of the following resources:

an article in Ship's Monthly, June 2001

http://www.world-war.co.uk/

http://www.vrakdykking.com/effingham.htm (site in norwegian (?), but some good pictures)

http://www.phpbbplanet.com/forum/viewto ... ipprojects

Has any company ever produced a kit for a model larger than in a wargaming scale of these ships ?

If I recall correctly (IIRC), Iron Shipwright is planning to release this a full hull resin kit in 1/350 scale.

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Martin

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If you look in R & R's "British Cruisers ..." you will see a reference to a proposal to re-arm the last two with 5.25-inch guns.

In looking through the Board Memoranda for 1938 there is a summary of modernisations included therein is a confirmation that 12 5.25-inch turrets were on order for the 2 Hawkins class modernisations - i.e. 6 for each.

(Also there were some 4.5-inch twins (no idea which type) for the D-class modernisations).

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it is a polish review (http://www.modelarstwookretowe.pl/index.php?p=19) with plans of hawkins in the issue 11 and 12.
it is also a russian book very well illustrated, if you need i can send more information offline
ciao peppe

HP Models has released 1/700 models of Hawkins and Frobisher in their mid/late WWII fit.

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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Here are a review (in German) of HP's HMS Frobisher kit:
http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3829:hp-models-schwerer-kreuzer-hms-frobisher-1700&catid=28

The kit is in general one of the best kits of this company. Unfortunately it does not include PE parts and the hull sides are probably wrong, because they do not depict the typical shape - but this shape is difficult to see also on most photos of the real ship.

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