WORLDWIDE SHIPPING!  OPENING HOURS: MON - SAT 0930 to 1700 / 1000 to 1600 SUN & Bank Holidays

Choose a category...
Welcome to Kernow Model Rail Centre  /   Call our team on 01209 714099 for all enquiries & orders  /   Post Free UK Orders over £250. More details >>>

0 x item(s)

23 selected products
  • 97418.S0189 WSL ESU LokSound V5 21 Pin Decoder Class 158 DMU
  • TT4008A Hornby LMS 57' Corridor Third, 1573 - Era 3
  • 46224 WSL Bachmann Operating Gandy Dancer - Christmas
  • PKAY13288 Academy Normandy 70th Anniversary M10 GMC
  • R40432 Hornby GNER Mk3 Trailer First Disabled (TFD) 41043
  • 97417.S0175 WSL ESU LokSound V5 8 Pin Decoder Class 31 Diesel
  • 31-265A WSL Bachmann Class 419 MLV S68002 BR (SR) Green
  • 94352 Bachmann Right Hand Steel Alloy Track Manual Switch
  • 7F-043-009 Dapol YCV Turbot Bogie Ballast Wagon DB978339 Dutch
  • R7274 Hornby DCC Decoder for use with Sentinel or Peckett
  • ATD13035 ATD Models Red Brick Texture Pack
  • E99612 Exclusive First Editions Milk Churns (Pack of 3 sets)
  • 97418.S0167 WSL ESU LokSound V5 21 Pin Digital Decoder Jubilee
  • 94653 Bachmann 4ft Diameter Curved Brass Track - Pack of 12
  • 58741BE Bachmann Thomas and Friends Thomas
  • 8623 Heljan Class 86/2 Electric Loco - 86 204 City of Carlisle
  • 5118 model scene RAF Personnel
  • C8201 Scalextric Radius 1 Hairpin Curve 90° x 2
  • 15478 Noch Pedestrians (6) Figure Set
  • M0053 Metcalfe Engineers Blue Brick Sheets
  • 35-780SFX Bachmann Class 69 69005 Eastleigh BR Green Late Crest
  • PN158 Metcalfe Gardener's Cottage kit
  • AIP15002 AIP HMS Belfast 1942 Royal Navy Cruiser
AIP15002 AIP HMS Belfast 1942 Royal Navey Cruiser
Click an image to enlarge.

AIP15002 AIP HMS Belfast 1942 Royal Navy Cruiser

Add To Comparison

AIP15002 AIP HMS Belfast 1942 Royal Navy Cruiser 

HMS Belfast, an improved Southampton-class cruiser, was ordered from Harland & Wolff in 1936, laid down in December that year, and launched on St. Patrick's Day 1938. Commissioned into the Royal Navy on 5 August 1939, the ship played key roles in major conflicts and peacekeeping over 24 years of service. Shortly after joining the fleet, HMS Belfast struck a German magnetic mine in November 1939, which caused significant damage, keeping her out of service for three years.

Rejoining the fleet in 1942 as the Royal Navy's largest cruiser, HMS Belfast helped protect Arctic convoys to Russia and participated in the sinking of the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst in 1943. In 1944, as flagship of Bombardment Force E, she supported the D-Day landings. After World War II, HMS Belfast saw action in the Korean War from 1950 to 1952 before being decommissioned in 1963, ending her active career.

Saved from scrapping by a preservation campaign led by Rear-Admiral Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles MP, HMS Belfast was turned into a museum ship and opened to the public on 21 October 1971. Moored on the River Thames, she remains a part of the Imperial War Museum, as the last surviving vessel of its type. Since 1994 HMS Belfast has worn Admiralty Disruptive Pattern Camouflage, representing the ship’s WW2 period from late 1942 to mid 1944. Colour references are provided in the kit painting guide.

11 sprues and decks, metal chain, photo-etch. Two-piece hull. Two Walrus seaplanes and display stand included.

L: 534.3 mm, W: 60 mm, Total parts 520+

1:350 scale model kit from AiP, requires paint and glue.
Name:
AIP15002 AIP HMS Belfast 1942 Royal Navy Cruiser
Scale:
1:350
Price:
£ 80.99 Saving £9.00 (10.00%) on RRP (£89.99)
Product Code:
MXG013
Availability:
In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
Stock Level:
3
Brands
None Deliverable