1/700 SLP06 IHP HMS St Andrew Battleship 1922 (N3) Great Britain - Hull Plus Large Parts Only - Imperial Hobby Productions
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
This kit consist of a beautiful high-definition resin cast waterline hull and large parts cast metal and resin. The large parts include the main turrets, secondary turrets, main superstructure and funnel. Like all IHP 'hull + large parts' models, you will need another kit to completely detail it - the 1/700 Tamiya Rodney or Nelson will do perfectly and is recommended. In some cases the Pit Road/Skywave sets of "Equipment For Navy Ships" works well for even finer details. Never started. The hull is in mint condition. The small parts are still factory sealed. Includes instructions with excellent drawings and references. The N3 class was a dreadnought battleship class designed for the Royal Navy after World War I, incorporating lessons learned from that conflict. They were similar in design to the G3-class battlecruiser, but had larger guns and thicker armour. They were never ordered due to signing of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922, which limited the size and armament of battleships to 35,000 long tons (36,000 t) and no gun bigger than 16 inches. Most noticeable of the N3 design was the concentration of the main battery forward of the bridge and machinery spaces. A related feature of the design was the tower bridge structure behind the first two gun turrets. This provided a better and more stable foundation for fire-control equipment, greatly improved accommodation and protection from the weather. The N3 battleships were significantly larger than their predecessors of the Revenge class. They had an overall length of 820 feet (249.9 m), a beam of 106 feet (32.3 m), and a draught of 33 feet (10.1 m) at deep load. They would have displaced about 48,500 long tons (49,300 t), nearly double the displacement of the older ships. They had a complete double bottom 7 feet (2.1 m) deep. The N3 design mounted nine 45-calibre BL 18-inch guns in three triple-gun turrets, designated 'A', 'B', and 'X' from front to rear. The guns had a maximum elevation of 40 degrees.
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