Here we have stunning scratch built model of HMS Prince of Wales fitted with twin M60  electric motors and servos , just add a battery receiver and speed controller and she is ready to sail. Being scratch built with marine ply her hull is much lighter than a fibreglass hull and she has a great turn of speed.

She is 1.86 M or 73" long.

HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that was built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead. Despite being sunk less than a year after she was commissioned, Prince of Wales had an extensive battle history, first seeing action in August 1940 while still being outfitted in her dry-dock, when she was attacked and damaged by German aircraft. In her brief career, she was involved in several key actions of the Second World War, including the May 1941 Battle of the Denmark Strait, where she scored three hits on the German battleship Bismarck, forcing Bismarck to abandon her raiding mission and head to port for repairs. Prince of Wales later escorted one of the Malta convoys in the Mediterranean, during which she was attacked by Italian aircraft. In her final action, she attempted to intercept Japanese troop convoys off the coast of Malaya as part of Force Z when she was sunk by Japanese aircraft on 10 December 1941, two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

She was sunk alongside her consort, the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, in an attack by 85 Mitsubishi G3M and G4M bombers of the Japanese navy air service. Prince of Wales and Repulse became the first capital ships to be sunk solely by air power on the open sea, a harbinger of the diminishing role this class of ships was subsequently to play in naval warfare. The wreck of Prince of Wales lies upside down in 223 feet (68 m) of water, near Kuantan, in the South China Sea

£699

HMS Hood (Pg1 Model Ship 1)

Here is a superb fully functioning scratch built model of HMS Hood in marine ply. She is 1.75m or 69" long powered by two 12 volt M60 motors will out perform any stock fibreglass hull on the lake both in speed for less power and agility.

Just needs battery, receiver and speed controller and she's ready to sail.

HMS Hood was a battle cruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battle cruisers to be built during the First World War. She was already under construction when the Battle of Jutland occurred in mid-1916, and that battle revealed serious flaws in her design; with drastic revisions, she was completed four years later. Despite the appearance of newer and more modern ships, Hood remained the largest warship in the world for 20 years after her commissioning, and her prestige was reflected in her nickname, "The Mighty Hood".

When war with Germany was declared, Hood was operating in the area around Iceland, and she spent the next several months hunting for German commerce raiders and blockade runners between Iceland and the Norwegian Sea. After a brief overhaul of her propulsion system, she sailed as the flagship of Force H, and participated in the destruction of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir. Transferred to the Home Fleet shortly afterwards, Hood was dispatched to Scapa Flow, and operated in the area as a convoy escort and later as a defence against a potential German invasion fleet. In May 1941, Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to intercept the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which were en route to the Atlantic, where they were to attack convoys. On 24 May 1941, early in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, Hood was struck by several German shells, exploded, and sank with the loss of all but 3 of her crew of 1,418.

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£599

This superb model of HMS Kelly is powered by a powerful twin cylinder live steam engine. Both throttle and reversing gear are control by servos.

1.68m or 66 " long

She does come with a boiler but it is not fitted or connected as I found the engine two hungry for this little boiler and I think she would perform much better with another boiler.

 A gas torch and fitting for a standard gas bottle are included along with a battery powered feed pump for the boiler.

This would make a great project for someone who likes to tinker, there is nothing quite like live steam and with her lightweight scratch built hull and powerful engine she will have a realistic turn of speed as befits a K class Destroyer. With a feed pump fitted and using a readily available source of gas bottle she could potentially run for hours easily out lasting a battery powered boat.

HMS Kelly was a K-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, and flotilla leader of her class. She served through the early years of the Second World War; in Home Waters, off Norway and in the Mediterranean. Throughout her service, Kelly was commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten, as commander (Captain (D)) of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla. She was lost in action in 1941 during the Battle of Crete.

Kelly was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company at Hebburn on the River Tyne. She was laid down on 26 August 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 23 August 1939, just 11 days before commencement of hostilities. She was named after Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Kelly.

Engine is fitted with throttle and reversing controls.

The stains are from oil not rust this engine has been run.

Beautiful little brass gearbox driving twin screw props

Boiler included but in my opinion a better bigger boiler is required.

£899