She was refitted twice to make her more suitable for convoy escort work, and I'll be doing her as she appeared after the second refit. She escorted many convoys, rescued the crews of a number of sunken ships, and in February sank the Italian submarine Marcello , the first 'Town' class destroyer to do so. Montgomery also spent time in the Canadian Navy. Later in the war, as more and more corvettes and frigates became available the Town class destroyers began being withdrawn from service.
HMS Montgomery was paid off in early and sold for scrap in March To start, here is a photo of one of these models I did OOB many years ago. It might help to see it as I list my planned alterations. Starting from the bows the front, or "sharp end" I plan to remove some lockers from the deck in front of the bridge, possibly add a hedgehog anti-submarine launcher there not sure yet , alter the bridge, replace the bridge range-finder with a type radar lantern the one that looks like a lighthouse , replace the bulwarks between the bridge structure and midships deckhouse, raise the height of no.
Plus redo the foremast. I find the easiest way to do this is to use a bit of rod slightly larger than the hole, drill out the hole, glue in the rod and when the glue is set trim and file down flush. This is easier on this build than the last due to the lack of scribed deck planking here. I've also painted the upper hull. Usually the first thing I do is glue the two hull halves together. But not this time. Due to the rather complex camo pattern, and the rounded shape of the hull, I've decided to paint the hull first.
Here's where I'm up to:. It looks too dark to me, almost black in this photo. The tin has a clear metal lid with a sticker "Matt 27", not a painted lid. I think it has the incorrect number, but I could be wrong.
You'll notice the top sprue has been test painted. The paint on the left end is Hu34 - matt white, but it looks creamy to me. I had this trouble with a few Hu34 tins hence my switch to Revell for the white paint.
