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[tassie48]

Any one built a r/c model of the ww2 monitors HMS ROBERTS F40 looking for details on the pompom guns and the 4"guns currently chasing plans and photos for detail looks like a good model to build.tassie48

[Bob K]

Fascinating ships.  For some time I have been collecting information on HMS Abercrombie.  White Ensign Models used to sell the small scale very well detailed Kombrig model of this and HMS Roberts, but I understand both are currently not in production by Kombrig.  There are also plans, including section profiles, available online.  eg www.worldnavalships.com and www.the-blueprints.com 

HMS Abercrombie was involved in the shore bombardments of the Sicily and Salerno landings in which my Father took part.  My Father-In-Law served on her untill she was mined in the Mediteranean, and survived.  The damaged ship was towed to Malta but by the time it was repaired hostilities were close to ending.

[Bob K]

For 12 detail photos of superb model of HMS Ambercrombie by Ian Ruscoe see
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/misc/hms/abercrombie-350-ir/ir-index.html
Hope this helps 

[tassie48]

thanks bobk will file these away just like her cause she is so different chasing plans from NMM so here goes tassie48

[gingyer]

Profile morskie do a plan and book on the Roberts
http://profilemorskie.home.pl/Bookshop_3.htm

[DannyL]

Hi,
Some  information  here  and  a  couple  of  photos  of  the  HMS  Roberts  model  that  is  on  board  HMS  Belfast  are  here  http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=18790&start=20

Regards

Danny

[Sandy]

All you ever wanted to know.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Gun-Monitors-Construction-Operations/dp/1848321244/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333927506&sr=1-1

[tassie48]

thanks Sandy will get a copy keen to do this model because she is so different tassie48

[Sandy]

Hi Tassie,

That book is, at least at that price with free UK delivery, fantastic value and a quite excellent book. One of the best books on warships I have read. Detailed, interesting and 'readable'.

Great photos too.

Several things to bear in mind. Being a John Brown ship plans should be available from either the Mitchell Library or Strathclyde University here in Glasgow. But also, being a John Brown ship, there will be shedloads of builders photos (of exceptional quality) available from the National Archives of Scotland. While actually ploughing your way through the NAS website is a chore, a fellow club member here got about 100 John Brown builders photos of HMS Southampton and they are superb. They are copyrighted. Cost was £3 for the CD, 50p per image and £2 postage. Bill actually arranged to go to NAS and select the photos he wanted.

The above book has some photos of what you are looking for. Interesting to note that the HA directors are staggered fore and aft very slightly.

This will be the sort of image you will get from NAS (scanned from the book and credited to John Brown)

[Sandy]

Sorry about the double photo. Everytime I post Mayhem goes in to meltdown so I never know whether my post has posted or not.

[tassie48]

wholly heck look at all that detail that book is so on my wish list many thanks for the heads up so keen on this build have other professional jobs to do now so this is going to be a sweet build currently working out the r/c fuctions another 24 channel build coming up Sandy again my friend thank you so much tassie48