Cruisers, Destroyers and Frigates

Frigates

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2 days ago

The Tribal class destroyers were a legendary class of destroyers that saw hard service in WW2 in service with the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy.

12 of 16 RN Tribals were lost during WW2 as was the Canadian Tribal Athabaskan. Post war the RN Ships, worn out after five years war service, were scrapped, but the Canadian and Australian ships saw service during the Korean War.

Today only one ship, HMCS Haida, remains as a museum ship. ...

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Task Force 72

4 days ago

OTD (5 August 1991) the ships companies of the vessels that had taken part in Operation Damask, the UN sanctioned operations to liberate Iraqi-occupied Kuwait, were honoured by a 'Welcome Home' march through the streets of Sydney.

The RAN participation included six ships and their embarked helicopter detachments, a Clearance Diving Team and medical staff. ...

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Task Force 72

5 days ago

Task Force 72 is not all large scale models, not all Naval vessels and on certain sailing days not all 1/72 scale. The club caters to a wide variety of tastes in maritime modelling.
New members are always welcome, no experience necessary, just an interest and the camaraderie of an enjoyable hobby. ...

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Task Force 72

7 days ago

A bit of information about how some of our members build their models.

This is a model of the Garcia class frigate USS Brumby (FF-1044). The hull was supplied by Christian Capurro of www.mtbhulls.co.uk/. Christian's hulls are excellent and have been the basis of a large number of models built by Task Force 72 members.

The superstructure kit was supplied by Charles Huet of www.cnc-models.com/, supplied as a computer-milled series of 'Sintra' plastic pieces that are assembled to form a superstructure.

Both suppliers are well worth checking out. ...

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Task Force 72

1 week ago

The work horse's of the fleet.
The Frigates and Destroyers. Of various Navies and era's. Known over the years as a FF, FFG, DD, DE and DDG.
Spanning the all gun warship to the missile age. In 1/72 scale they vary from around 5 feet long to over 6 feet.
Manageable hulls. The main stay of the Task Force 72 Fleet. ...

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