ShipCraft 7 - British Battlecruisers of the Second World War (Paperback)
Revised edition
Series: Ship Craft
Pages: 64
Illustrations: 130 colour & mono photographs and lines drawings
ISBN: 9781036153144
Published: 19th February 2026
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This book is one of a series that aims to provide modellers with all they need to know about a famous class of warship and associated model kits.
This newly updated volume covers the Royal Navy’s last three battlecruisers, Hood, Repulse and Renown, ships of the First World War era which survived to fight in the Second. Still the fastest capital ships in the world in 1939, their protection was not up to contemporary standards and two were famously lost in action, Hood in an old fashioned gunnery duel, but Repulse became the first capital ship to be sunk at sea by air attack. The one modernised ship, Renown, survived an adventurous wartime career.
This edition has been revised to cover new kits and accessories released since the first publication of this book in 2007 and also includes new models built from these kits in Modelmakers’ Showcase.
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"In conclusion, for the newcomer to warship modelling, this is definitely a good reference to have in your library..."
Dreadnaught - The Newsletter of the IPMS Battleship Special Interest Group: No. 233 April 2026
"For those with an interest in the RN battlecruisers of the Second World War who do not already have a copy of the original 2007 edition I have no hesitation in recommending the revised, 2026 edition highly... if you are interested in warship modelling and want to see what today’s model kit and enhancement manufacturers can provide you with, then I would advise that the revised edition falls into the ‘must-have’ category."
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About Steve Backer
STEVE BACKER is the editor of the respected SteelNavy web site for ship modellers and the author of two other titles, Japanese Heavy Cruisers and Bismarck and Tirpitz, in this ShipCraft series.
About Les Brown
LES BROWN spent his working life at the specialist warship builder Vosper Thornycroft so is particularly well-equipped to write this book. In addition, he is a leading light in the Small Warships Group of the IPMS and the editor of their newsletter. He is the author of a number of titles in the ShipCraft series, and also wrote the volume on Black Swan Class Sloops in Seaforth’s ‘Original Builders’ Plans’ series.
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