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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Navy - Military - Battleships: => Topic started by: Chuffy on June 20, 2008, 09:27:38 am

Title: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: Chuffy on June 20, 2008, 09:27:38 am

Morning all,

I am sure that I have seen a Flower class corvette painted red and white and being used as some type of service boat. Can anyone help or am I mistaken. If it does exist then I think it would be a good build for a Revell kit.

Paul.

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: DickyD on June 20, 2008, 10:20:03 am

HMCS Sudbury was converted to SS Sudbury, a tug at the end of WW2. Not sure of the colours though.

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: rem2007 on June 20, 2008, 10:30:34 am

Have a look here Paul

 http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6193.20

I thought I saw red as well.
Robert

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: Colin Bishop on June 20, 2008, 10:41:57 am

Appears to be one converted to a lightship so I suppose they would have painted it red. It makes them easier to aim at....

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: cbr900 on June 20, 2008, 02:14:12 pm

Ok Martin,


Can we see some pics of your version of the Corvette, the bit we can see does look spectacular........


Roy

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: DickyD on June 20, 2008, 02:26:28 pm

Martins figment of his imagination.

http://www.cbrnp.com/RNP/Flower/GALLERY/Davis.htm

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: MikeK on June 20, 2008, 03:09:16 pm

Nice model. Wouldn't like to chuck that lifebelt at anybody at full scale, down on the after deck . ::) ::) Think I prefer this version to the grey funnel line model, more unusual

Mike

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 20, 2008, 03:53:52 pm

Good point about the life belt..... they had big fellas on light ships in 'dem days!  {-)

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Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: Chuffy on June 20, 2008, 08:57:03 pm

evening all,

Many thanks for all your contributions and for the links. I think that having seen the light ship I will also be building a 'might have been'. A tug springs to mind or a fisheries protection vessel or even a diving support vessel. I now need to do a bit of research, I don't want to stray too far from reality.

Paul.

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 20, 2008, 09:27:28 pm

"Reality" - I drove past there once!  :D

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: KEMO on June 22, 2008, 10:19:19 am

Hiya Chuffy,
                try these two sites on SS Sudbury,

                www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/sudbury/

                www.cbrnp.com/RNP/Flower/MODELS/Sudbury/Sudbury.htm

Keith.

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: Chuffy on June 25, 2008, 08:50:02 am

Many thanks for that post Keith, unless anything else really catches my eye I have decided to build two kits. One will be a 'might have been' fisheries protection vessel and  the SS Sudbury.

Paul.

Title: Re: Flower Class Corvette in the red.
Post by: Ron1 on June 25, 2008, 09:09:23 am

Try a proper flower,  O0 O0