1/700 MTM012 MT Miniatures Ltd HMS Whitby Type 12 Frigate F63
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
Rare and the only 1/700 scale kit of this subject. Features excellent quality, pressure-cast, high definition resin hull and superstructure, finely cast metal details, photoetched brass parts and more. Includes decals. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The Type 12 or Whitby-class frigates were a six-ship class of advanced anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy, which entered service late in the 1950s. They were designed in the early 1950s as first-rate ocean-going convoy escorts, in the light of experience gained during World War II. At this time, the Royal Navy were designing single-role escorts and the Whitbys were designed as fast convoy escorts capable of tackling high-speed submarines. However, this made the Whitbys more expensive and sophisticated to produce in large numbers in the event of a major war, and so the Type 14 'utility' or 'second-rate' anti-submarine frigate was developed to complement the Type 12. Although themselves rapidly outdated, the Type 12 proved to be an excellent basis for a series of frigate designs used by the British and Commonwealth navies for the next 20 years.
$95.00