![]() ![]() Mountford make diecast metal and plastic kits of the two sister ships to 1/1200th scale which can be acquired pre-painted (about £18) or plain (about £15). Two current manufacturers of similar scale models include HMS Achilles and HMS Ajax in their ranges and at these small scales the detail differences within the cruiser class are not very obvious. This has only very limited detail being so small and I have only ever noticed one, badly knocked about example for sale on the internet. Those who attended the inaugural meeting in 2002 may recall my late father's 1/1200th (5½in long) pre-war German die-cast model which was featured in photographs on Norman Walton's finger in The Times and on the cover of Norma Hudson's biography of her father (see our books page). HMS Neptune has been less well served in model form than others of her class, particularly HMS Ajax and HMS (HMNZS after 1 October 1941) Achilles (because of their involvement in the Battle of the River Plate) and, to a lesser extent, HMS Orion (involved in the Battle of Cape Matapan). A number of our contacts have enquired about the availability of HMS Neptune and HMS Kandahar models and what follows is a summary of known models and kits of the ships.
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