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Posted by Terry Pottle on November 29, 2025, 1:14:58, in reply to "DoY refits"
I had completely forgotten Buxton & Johnston Battleship DoY.
There on pages 214-215, they state that the conversions began in 12.43 with Howe, followed by KGV in 02.44, Anson in 06.44 and lastly DoY.
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according to www.naval-history.net, the large conversion of the catapult to boat deck took place between 10.44 and 02.45.
It lists the changes for the 12.42 to 03.43 refit as well.
I checked the site wanting to verify the possible changes to the FlyHawk model.
The site lists all of the KGV class
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Hi:
I plan to build all 5 ships of this class in 1:400 using the Heller kit as a base. Since Heller only modelled them with the centre catapult section, I need to know if any AM company has bothered to create a conversion set for this area? Depending on when the DoY received this mod I would need 2 or 3 sets. I understand that Model Monkey has released a couple of 1945 mods for the DoY & Anson,but since I'm hoping to build the DoY for Dec. 1943 so I'm not sure if the parts for her will work for my build and I'm also unsure whether or not the Anson mods would apply to the Howe as well? Yes, I will have to update the AAA & radar,but these parts seem to be available.
If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
Regards
Peter M the WWII Task Force 400 Shipguy.
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