So the clue is in the title. What if the Daring class Destroyers were modernised in the 1960's?

What I am planning on doing is based on this Shipbucket drawing



I am using the 1961 Airfix kit which means it's slightly younger than me 

I have ordered a Starling Models HMS Devonshire upgrade set to provide a lot of the necessary parts that will be replaced. I also have some etched brass from Atlantic Models for a few other items and there will be some scratch-building as well.
The idea being that I have about eleven months to finish this so I can take it to Telford, well there's nothing like a target to aim for, if it's realistic or not we shall see 

Gondor

Nice one.

The other "popular" Daring upgrade is Tartar, as per the French T47 destroyers.

Realistic is overrated. Go for it no matter what!

Because the back end is based on the Leander fit I was thinking of using the rear two-thirds of a Leander deck on top of the rear of the Daring.



But as I am going to be scratch-building most of the superstructure I may as well scratch the Limbo well, just as I am doing in my Leander builds. I shall use one of my as-yet unbuilt Leanders as a guide for the scratch building. One question I will have to think about now rather than later is the viewing windows for the VDS which are in the room in the Port Rear of the ship, with one window to aft and another looking back up towards the winch for the VDS. The question is do I do the same for this build or move the windows to Starboard?

Gondor

Liking this a lot! 

Even though I only started this thread over the weekend, I have a small update.



This picture shows the modifications I have made so far. The waste part was sawn off to allow room for the Limbo to be fitted, a moulding depression for shrinkage needs to be attended to, no rush for that to happen yet. A hole in the rear of the deck has been plugged with an offcut, a little filler is required there too. The forward superstructure that is under the bridge and the B turret has had it's various lumps and bumps removed and filed flat.

The hope is to replicate the areas I have scratched build so far for Dido in the picture below



Who knows, this build might even prompt me to finish Dido 

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on November 18, 2024, 01:29:07 PMWho knows, this build might even prompt me to finish Dido 

Stranger things happen at sea... and yes, I saw that one coming and decided to run with it anyway. 

That'll be a fine project, looking forward to the result.