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Models in Task Force 72 come in all shapes and sizes, the one thing they all have in common is that they are all built to the same scale, 1:72, or 1 inch on the model equals 6 feet (72 inches) on the real thing.

That means that some models are quite large (Yamato) and some are quite small, such as this Soviet Osa class missile boat.

That said, built properly, they can handle rough weather just fine, and replicate the real things high speed. ...

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Task Force 72

2 days ago

The start of a busy weekend at the Our Town Hobby Show in Newcastle. Great crowd this morning. Plenty to see. Open until 5pm today. 9 until 4 tomorrow ...

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Task Force 72

3 days ago

Frigate Friday - HMS Leander was the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name, and was the lead ship of the 26 ship Leander class of Anti-Submarine frigates, built during the 1960s and 70s.

The ships became famous as several of the class stood in for the fictional HMS Hero in the 1970s BBC television series Warship.

This model of HMS Leander by Task Force 72 member Geoff depicts Leander after her conversion from general purpose frigate to a specialist anti-submarine hunter fitted with the Ikara ASW missile.

Leander commissioned in 1963 and paid off in 1987, having given a quarter century of service. She was expended as a target in 1989 ...

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Task Force 72

5 days ago

Warship Wednesday!

HMCS Annapolis was an Annapolis-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later, the Canadian Forces.

Named for the Annapolis River that flows through Nova Scotia, the ship entered service in 1964, and served throughout the Cold War.

Annapolis was decommissioned in 1998 and was scuttled as an artificial reef in 2015 off the coast of British Columbia. ...

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Adam Osborne

6 days ago

HMS hood hull design ...

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