Lot Essay
This model won the Earl Mountbatten Cup for best warship at the Model Engineer Exhibition, 1986.
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Details
An exhibition standard 1:192 scale waterline model of the Fletcher Class Destroyer USS Kidd Pennant Number DD661 (1943)
modelled by E.R. Dyke with signal mast and aerials, halyards, navigation lights, ladders, anchors, capstan, fairleads, bollards, deck rails, companionways, main, secondary and anti-aircraft armament, missile launcher, superstructure with bridge, fire control range finder and aerials, searchlights, whip aerials, life rafts, lockers, helicopter hanger and pad, aft mounted towed sonar, winch and gear and many other fine details, finished in light and dark grey and mounted on a painted seascape with perspex cover. Measurements overall -- 9 x 24½in. (23 x 62cm.)
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modelled by E.R. Dyke with signal mast and aerials, halyards, navigation lights, ladders, anchors, capstan, fairleads, bollards, deck rails, companionways, main, secondary and anti-aircraft armament, missile launcher, superstructure with bridge, fire control range finder and aerials, searchlights, whip aerials, life rafts, lockers, helicopter hanger and pad, aft mounted towed sonar, winch and gear and many other fine details, finished in light and dark grey and mounted on a painted seascape with perspex cover. Measurements overall -- 9 x 24½in. (23 x 62cm.)
See illustration
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis