Two new kits from Trumpeter for April

HMS Naiad

by Trumpeter

: # 05366

Model1/350th scale

HMS Naiad was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy which served in the Second World War. The ship was destroyed in combat on 11th March 1942, south of Crete and in the Mediterranean Sea. She was initially assigned to the Home Fleet for protection of ocean trade. She was part of 15th Cruiser Squadron and took part in the operations to stop German raiders after the sinking in November of the merchant cruiser Jervis Bay. In November 1940, she took part in the destruction off Jan Mayen of the German weather vessel Hinrich Freese. She escorted convoys from Freetown, Sierra Leone in December and January. At the end of the month she was in northern waters and briefly saw the German battleships Scharnhorst und Gneisenau as they prepared to leave Iceland for the Atlantic. Naiad, the flagship of 15th Cruiser Squadron and Force H’s Malta convoy operation was in May 1941. The decals included with the kit

The color profiles that are part of this kit

Naiad took part in Crete operations where German aircraft severely damaged her. In Syria she fought against Vichy French forces, and together with Leander engaged French destroyer Guepard. She spent the rest of her career in the Mediterranean. Her main focus was on the constant attempts to supply Malta. It contains more than 600 pieces. The hull is made of two-directional slides molds. The deck wood pattern has been finely rendered. The XM706E2 had no turret, and an open top center parapet. The USAF XM706E2s were equipped with a wide range of weapons, the most popular being.50 BMG M2HB and 7.62mm NATO M60. The colour profile that comes with this kit. The 3rd Security Police Group of the United States Air Force at Clark Air Base Republic of the Philippines was still operating the “Duck” as a Fire-Team vehicle until it received M1026 HMMWVs in the fall of 1988.

Trumpeter’s in house modellers test shot build….