Modelling R.C.N.
Tribal Class Destroyers
by Ian Moore
IPMS Canada C#0018
xxxxxxxx, Nova Scotia
With the release by Trumpeter of HMS Eskimo and
HMCS Huron the opportunity exists to build any of the
RCN's WW II and postwar Tribal class destroyers. The
Trumpeter kits are not perfect, in either 1/700 or 1/350, and
require a number of modifications to correctly represent
any of the RCN's Tribals. They do, however, represent a
much more affordable alternative to the venerable Iron
Shipwrights resin kit of HMS Zulu, which lacks detail
and requires many of the same changes needed for an
RCN ship. The Resin Shipyard 1/350 HMCS Haida is
a beautiful but expensive postwar Tribal version with all
the modifications included. There was also the out of
production and expensive Ultracast 1/700 HMCS Haida
The RCN's Tribals
The eight RCN Tribals and their pennant numbers were:
British-built Wartime Postwar
HMCS Athabascan G07 (sunk) ---
HMCS Haida G63 215
HMCS Huron G24 216
HMCS Iroquois G89 217
Halifax-built Wartime Postwar
HMCS Athabascan II R79 219
HMCS Cayuga R04 218
HMCS Micmac R10 214
HMCS Nootka II R96 213
This accounts for some of the differences between the
sister ships. The fact that they were a later continuation of
the original British design permitted the inevitable design
evolution. The Canadian changes included the one-foot
wider beam, fewer scuttles, better stability, better anti-
aircraft (AA) armament and arcs of fire, radar and lattice
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Above: The HMCS Haida (G63) and HMCS Iroquois (G89)
1/350 conversions from Trumpeter and Iron Shipwright
masts on later ships found in this ship class.
RCN Tribals served with distinction in the English
Channel and European waters, as well as during the
Korean War. They steamed on from Canada's east and
west coasts with additional modifications up until the
mid-1960s. HMCS Athabascan was the only was loss of
the group. All the remaining ships except HMCS Micmac
served in the Korean War. HMCS Micmac had been in a
collision with a merchant ship, preventing her deployment
during this period.
Today, HMCS Haida is a museum in Hamilton, Ontario,
and is the sole survivor of her class. Of course, the best
reference for the modelling of RCN ships is to check
pictures of the specific ship and time period you wish to
model.
Tribal Armament
The Tribals were powerfully-armed ship for their day.
They had four, twin 4" gun turrets located as follows:
'A' gun was forward on the forward deck,
'B' gun was on the raised deck before the bridge,
'X' gun was on the upper deck of the after island and
'Y' gun was on the after quarterdeck.
During the war 'A', 'B', and 'Y' guns were 4.7". 'X' gun
was a high angle (HA) 4.5" weapon primarily intended for
anti-aircraft work. Postwar Tribals had all turrets replaced
by 4.5" turrets, until the 'X' gun was replaced with the semi-
automatic radar-directed 3.5" US anti-aircraft mount.
The smaller calibre anti-aircraft mounts were in four basic
positions. There was one forward on either side and below
the bridge, one on either side between the funnels on the
raised gun deck, and one on either side of the forward
end of the after island. Wartime ships had the quadruple
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'pompom' on a raised platform in the middle of the after a. Cut away the too-small bridge wings. These are
island, located in front of the 'X' gun position. halfway up the bridge side, level with the top of the first
superstructure deck. Replace the bridge wings at the level
Modifications to Trumpeter's Tribals of B deck; widen the wing on each side out to the main
deck hull edge. As indicated in Photo 2 the forward edge of
the wing at approx 45 degrees angled aft and the after end
1. HULL WIDTH
has an angled outboard corner.
Purists may wish to widen the hull by one scale foot.
As this is all of 1/29" (or less than 1 mm), most will not Cut down Replace mast 2
consider this an essential change. after funnel with brass rod
Mast
Midship gun struts Bridge wing
2. FORECASTLE DECK deck gundeck
As the hull is assembled do NOT glue the deck at the
bow right away. The bow deck should have a very slight
upturn (known as 'flare') from the breakwater forward.
Trumpeter's kit has no bow flare at all and consequently
looks too flat. Putty in or styrene strip the ledge for the deck
on the hull forward of the breakwater, or use a plasticard
shim. Then glue down the forecastle deck and square off
the edges.
Add anchor chain sourced from model railroad supplies.
Start of bridge AA gun deck and the midship AA gun
decks, and replacement brass tripod mast, the cut-down
3. SCUTTLES after funnel.
RCN Tribals had about half as many scuttles
(portholes) in the hull as the RN’s Tribals. Check photos – b. Add 0.15 X 3.0 mm strip styrene bulwarks on this
approximately every second scuttle on the Trumpeter's hull bridge AA gun wingdeck edges. Note the forward and aft
bulwarks are normal rail height while the outboard edge is
half of the normal rail height. Only the outside edge of the
Bridge gun deck Slope bridge
roof front ‘B’ gun, 4.7” ‘A’ gun, 4.7” gundeck shield is half-height.
c. drill out all remaining scuttles on the superstructure.
Bow flare added
The Vanguard Haida plans give exact locations. However
if an RCN Tribal plan is not available, the positions
indicated on the kit are reasonably accurate for the upper
superstructures. Most of the scuttle differences with
RCN Tribals was in the reduced number of hull scuttles
previously mentioned. See Photo 1.
1 Fill unneeded scuttles d. The bridge deck wings armament depended on the
Trumpeter Eskimo with bow flare, ‘A’ and ‘B’ Guns fitted, era. Initially it was a single manual-operated 20 mm gun on
filled portholes each side, per HMCS Athabascan. Later, powered twin-20
mm Oerlikon turret mounts were used to replace the single-
gun Oerlikons on the remaining ships.
must be filled in and sanded smooth
(Photo 1). The remaining scuttles 3 Pompom deck
should be drilled out. The porthole Type 281
Bridge wing radar tower
count should be 13 aft, 13 lower deck gundeck Searchlight
forward, and 20 upper deck forward. Carley raft
support
4. FORWARD
SUPERSTRUCTURE
Assemble the bridge and 'B' gun
deck. 'B' gun deck is forward of the
bridge and behind the prominent Aft island ‘A’ gun
Midship gun deck
forward blast shield that protected deck
the crew of 'A' gun from the blast
Positions of all three AA gun deck
concussion of the second higher turret modifications, radar and pompom platform
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 Postwar, all of them had powered single-mount 40 mm
Bofors. Later, in the 1960s, this area was left vacant except
for inflatable life raft bundles.
e. Add 0.25 mm strip styrene wind baffle vents along the
outside edges of the bridge sides and edges of lookout/
signalling platforms.
f. Add the reinforcement cross bracing to each of the
secondary anti aircraft gun decks, under the platform
edges to the main deck, the midship gun deck and the
forward after gun deck. These were braces from the
corners of each elevated deck to the main deck. They had
an X-shaped cross brace from corner to corner. The longer
forward platform had two or three cross braces with one or
two central vertical support poles.
g. Sand down the triangular forward bridge roof so that
it slopes more to the forward end. The front bridge roof top
should slope 25 degrees downward from the back to the
front edge.
h. Modify the U-shaped bridge searchlight signalling
platforms on the rear outside edge of the upper bridge
below the prominent gun director. Elongate and extend
the positions further aft along the aft quarter of the upper
bridge. They should be about 4 mm in length.
i. Add a gun crew shelter for 'A' gun under the forward
gunshield. This shelter (like a bus shelter) on the forward
end of the superstructure had a forward wall with each
side joining the forward structure. The sides had an arched
opening next to the superstructure to permit rapid travel to
and from the gun
5. ARMAMENT
HMCS Haida & HMCS Huron did NOT have the forward
fire control rangefinder on the bridge. They did have the fire
control radar aerials (for Fire Control Mk.III) on the second
(higher) bridge. These are the two large circular structures
on the back half of the upper bridge deck. The front one is
the one to be omitted for Haida and Huron. On them the
forward facing V-shaped multi-vaned six upper and six
lower arms radar aerials may be placed from the photo-
etch gun control radars from any British
P-E set such as HMS King George V or Bow flare, completed AA gun
HMS Prince of Wales P-E sets. single decks, bridge signal platforms,
40 mm Bofors. See Photos 4, 5 and 6. boats and Carley floats forward
a. Postwar Tribals had a variety
of Fire control directors. HMCS
Athabascan II and HMCS Cayuga
Bow flare
had the large USN-style. This was a added
windowed hexagonal housing atop the
director pedestal. It was flanked with
semi-spherical fibreglass USN radar
pods on the front corners, looking
somewhat like a set of frog eyes.
b. As mentioned above, wartime
Tribals had 4.7" guns in the 'A', 'B', 'Y'
positions, secondary twin-20 mm on the 4
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three wings - bridge, mid and aft deckhouse, and a four-
barrel 2-pounder 'pompom' on the high aft platform.
c. Most postwar Tribals after 1947 had 4.5" High Angle
(HA) guns in 'A', 'B', 'X', 'Y' positions with either four or six,
single-40 mm powered Bofors in the wing positions with no
pompom.
d. Postwar, the HMCS Nootka & HMCS Athabascan II
had two, twin-40 mm open gun mounts in the modified
upper pompom position on the aft island. For a brief time
HMCS Micmac had a quad-40 mm open mount USN-style
in the forward upper gun 'B' position.
e. After 1954 until early in the 1960s the remaining
Tribals had an open mount twin 3.7” USN radar directed
semi-automatic gun on the modified upper deck of the after
deckhouse in 'X' position, and 40 mm Bofors only in the
mid and aft gun deck wings.
f. For wartime ships replace the 4.7" gun barrels on 'A',
'B', 'Y' mounts with metal replacements or gently sand off
the ugly and incorrect counterweights on the kit-supplied
barrel ends.
g. In the late 1950s, once reclassified as Designated
Destroyer Escorts (DDE), all ships were converted to
carry two, triple-barrel Squid mortars in place of the 'Y'
gun mount on the quarterdeck. The depth charges were
removed. The Squid mortars were squat three-barrelled
tubes that projected a series of up to six modified depth
charges over the mast and ahead of the ship They would
land in a pattern, bracketing a submarine contact while
it was still forward of the ship, It prevented ASDIC/sonar
contact with the sub being lost by the ship's wake or other
evasion as the ship passed overhead. The Hamilton,
Ontario museum ship, HMCS Haida, still remains in the
postwar DDE configuration with the 4.5" primary guns, the
3.7" AA mount, and the after pair of Squid mortars on the
quarterdeck.
replace
expand bridge motorboats
signal platforms
midship gun deck
bulwarks
Carley raft
support
fill unneeded
scuttles
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 model railroad kits, P-E for Russian
5 USN-style 3.5” Squat lattice destroyers, or carrier cranes etc. The
AA guns Funnel caps mast shape however is very pyramidal with a
wide base and narrow upper platform.
Squid three-
barrel mortars One can only wish that Resin Shipyard
produced separate photo-etch sets for
all their offerings.
Their kit is the best source for a postwar
350 RCN Tribal.
Twin 4.5” guns
Single 40 mm Bofors 7 MIDSHIP AA PLATFORM
Cut off the hexagonal sides to the
1/350 Resin Shipyard HMCS Haida as HMCS Micmac in its DDE post-1954
configuration.
midship platform between the funnels,
and replace with a styrene deck on
each side of the central platform. The
6. MAST
wider extended side platform is angled 45 degrees aft from
For early war Tribals with a tripod mast, replace the kit
mast with 0.020" brass rod and yardarms and support the centre to the main deck edge on forward side. Photo 7.
struts with two angled-back struts of
0.010" brass rod. There are also two
horizontal braces from the mast to the Shape of bridge and midship AA gun Fire control tower(remove) on
brace support arms. One strut is below decks, and the cut-down after funnel Huron and Haida
the bridge level and the other one is
above the fire director level. Cut-down
after funnel
a. late war and postwar Tribals had
lattice masts of two basic designs.
Initially the British slim lattice design
photo-etch from White Ensign is ideal
for these the HMS Eskimo Set 1/350
PE 35169.
b. Korean war-era wide squat lattice Remove and enlarge
mast and later upgraded masts to hold signal platforms
larger radar arrays. These are well Midship gun deck Bridge wing gundeck 7
represented in the Resin Shipyard
Haida kit, but regrettably these items
are not available separately, nor are good drawings a. Again add styrene bulwarks of full rail height (3 mm)
available. It might be possible, but difficult, to recreate on the fore and aft edges with a half-height bulwark on the
them from any lattice photo-etch which might be found in outboard edge.
b. Add corner support posts and X cross-
Bow view of Resin Shipyard bracing below the platform to main deck edge.
kit with 4.5" guns in 'A' and 'B'
positions
c. Add armament consistent with the era
and the remaining AA platforms. The choice of
Twin 4.5” guns of either six single-20 mm Oerlikons, six twin-
20 mm Oerlikons, or six single-40 mm Bofors
should be added to the six secondary AA gun
positions in the bridge, midship and after island
gun deck positions.
d. Add or replace the ammo storage lockers.
There were usually two ready-use ammo
lockers for each gun. These are normally
located toward the centre (inboard) of the ship,
with one forward and one aft of each gun.
They would be approximately 4 mm by 2 mm
by 2 mm.
e. For wartime Tribals, add a three-sided and
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roofed gun crew shelter to the forward edge of the centre
midship platform.
f. For postwar Tribals, a gangway ran fore and aft from
the midship platform to the forecastle deck on the port side
and aft to the after deckhouse on the starboard side.
8 remove the forward end of the after
Type 281 radar
AA gun decks tower
Searchlight
Positions of AA gun decks, revised pompom, searchlight, radar and HA 4.5” gun
on 'X' position
8 FUNNELS
The after funnel of all RCN Tribals was reduced in height
compared to their RN counterparts. Cut the after funnel
top off at approximately 2 mm from the top on the line
etched on it. This helped offset the weight of the increased
armament. Drill open the funnel tops and add P-E spider
cover supports for WW II ships.
a. Postwar RCN Tribals after 1954 had funnel caps on
both fore and aft funnels. These prevented funnel smoke
blowback to the bridge and provided a rakish appearance
for RCN ships.
b. Add a green maple leaf to both sides of the aft
funnel for wartime ships and a red maple leaf for postwar
ships. These are available as Hawk graphic decals 1/350
Canadian flag set from Resin Shipyard.
9. AFTER DECKHOUSE
a. assemble using the large square upper searchlight
deckhouse per the kit instructions. Photo 9
9 Pompom deck Aft gun decks
‘X’ gun 4.5” HA
Depth charge throwers
Overhead of pompom deck, aft AA gun deck, radar and 'X' gun 4.5" HA
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a. remove and shorten the under aft gunshield side
supports crew shelter.
b. shorten the forward end of the upper aft deckhouse by
1 cm and replace the forward bulkhead with plastic card.
c. to enlarge the AA gun deck on the
forward after superstructure, you first
deckhouse upper deck, about 2 cm
Pompom deck forward from the first door on the after
superstructure forward. Replace this
deck portion with plastic card of same
thickness in a six-sided shape with a
length of 2 cm and a width of 2.5 cm
each side.
‘X’ gun 4.5” high angle d. extend the two mushroom vents
from the forward end of aft deckhouse
underhang to project out in front of the
AA gun platform above the torpedo
tubes.
e. Relocate the searchlight by placing it atop a 15 mm
pedestal. Place the pedestal with the searchlight on the
forward edge - centred on the aft deckhouse above the
vents and torpedo tubes. Enclose the top of the pedestal
with a canvas covered rail (called a 'dodger').
f. add secondary AA mounts on each wing on the forward
end of the after deckhouse. These are same mount types
as the other four positions in the bridge and midships
AA wings. These would be the same type guns in all six
positions: single 20 mm, twin 20 mm or single 40 mm.
g. add under-wing corner supports and cross bracing
below the deck wing corners to to the main deck.
h. add a 1.75 cm by1.5 cm six-sided rectangle pompom
deck atop the upper aft deckhouse. The shape is a
rectangle with the four corners clipped off at 45 degree
angles.
i. add a four-barrel two-pounder pompom on the raised
platform. Note the kit-supplied eight-barrel version is
incorrect and is in the RN position, not the RCN position.
White Ensign makes a great four-barrel pompom
replacement (item pro3508).
Type 281 radar tower j. add a 4.5" HA gun in 'X' position
on top of after deckhouse for all
wartime RCN ships. Train or align
the gun barrels to be facing forward
and upward. The 4.5” HA guns may
be robbed from a HMS Belfast or any
Resin Tribal or other British DD kit in
1/350. The Trumpeter Tribal kit has only
the four 4.7" turrets which are correct
for ONLY as first fitted on the original
British Tribals. Photo 10
Mushroom vents k. for wartime HMCS Haida and
HMCS Huron ONLY, add a Type
271 radar between the searchlight
and pompom platform on the after
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deckhouse. Site a square 5 mm by 15 mm Searchlight
Type 281 radar
high radar pedestal tower. Top it with a tower
round radar lantern dowel 5 mm high atop a X gun 4.5” HA
narrow rail ledge walk around. Depth charges
l. for HMCS Haida and HMCS Huron
only, add a high frequency direction finding
(HFDF) lattice radio mast behind the radar.
It is a very thin lattice mast (sourced from an
aircraft carrier kit P-E set) about 4 cm high
with a diamond-shaped P-E antennae. This
Mushroom vents
was used to triangulate on a U-boat's high
frequency radio transmissions and to plot Pompom deck
Fill unwanted scuttles Depth charge throwers 10
the position for an interception attack.
Replaced 'X' position HA gun, radar tower, searchlight and the relocated
main deck depth charge throwers
10. MAIN DECK
Relocate the depth charge throwers to the
main deck on either side just aft of the after Searchlight Type 281 radar 11
tower Pompom deck
deckhouse AA wings and forward of the ‘X’ gun 4.5” HA
after main deck Carley floats (abreast the
pompom) Photo 11

a. add a single depth charge rack aft of 'Y'

gun on the centre line of the quarterdeck,
just aft on the stern. Add a loading davit
near the inner end of the depth charge rack.
Photo 12
b. add smoke floats which are like small
perforated garbage cans near the propeller Mushroom vents Depth charge throwers Carley raft support
guards on quarterdeck edge. These
generated chemical smoke screens to Revisions to after island with Carley float braces
obscure an enemy's visual range-finding.
c. add scramble nets to the deckhouse
sides aft. These were open wire racks Type 281 radar tower
containing rope nets and cork floats to be HFDF mast/aerial
lowered over the side to assist survivors Four-barrel Searchlight
to scramble or climb up or down the ship's pompom gun
sides. These may be stolen from any USN ‘X’ gun 4.5” HA
kit or photo-etch set as they were very
common on US ships.

11. BOATS
Replace both the port and starboard motor Mushroom
Depth
boats with British pattern 25’ motor boats. charges vents
The kit-supplied motor boats are of a
German pattern and are incorrect. White Carley raft
Ensign makes an excellent replacement Depth charges supports 12
set. (part number PRO3534) Added Carley floats, aft depth charge chute, White Ensign Models
Pompom, HFDF aerial , radar and searchlight
b. replace the kit-supplied rowboat with
a 27’ British whaler – again from White situated against the bulkhead superstructure side on the
Ensign PRO3534, or a spare from the Zvezda 1/350 kit main deck.
of the WW I cruiser Varyag, which is an excellent source ii. two floats stacked on a cross-braced ('X-shaped')
for whaleboats. Use the WEM PRO 23534 motorboats support rack on the '2' deck level forward of the bridge AA
on the aft starboard boat and forward port boat positions gun wing.
Photo 13 iii. a single float on the outboard side of the aft
c. add Carley floats to the following positions: deckhouse AA gun wing. The wing has corner supports
i. a single float on the forecastle deck below 'B' gun – with a cross-braced support.

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 13 Expand bridge General Notes
Fire control
signal platforms
tower (remove)
Camouflage is a separate and fascinating
subject . The brief notes below on RCN
Tribals are culled from numerous sources,
including: Almark British Warship
Replace
motorboats Camouflage, Almark Tribal Destroyers,
Midship 27’ Whaler
gun deck Raven - Warships Perspectives British
Venturi wind baffles on Bridge wing Camouflage Vol. 1 to 4, and Shipcraft
bridge edges (styrene strips) gundeck British Destroyers A-I and Tribals
Ship's boats (WEM) bridge searchlight platform changes and removed classes.
forward gun director from bridge
Numerous black and white pictures of the
iv. two floats stacked on a cross-braced ('X-shaped') schemes and ships may be found in any of
support rack on after deckhouse abreast 'X' gun. Photo 14 the three editions of the Ships of Canada's Naval Forces
by Kenneth MacPherson. Web searches of the Naval
Finally replace the incorrect kit four-blade props with Museum of Manitoba, Canadian War Museum among
correct three-bladed props. Three blades may be removed
others.
and two of them reglued at 120 degree increments. Or you
can use correct three-bladed props from a Resin Shipyard
or Iron Shipwright Tribal, or find something suitable from
BRITISH-BUILT SHIPS
your spares box. HMCS ATHABASCAN - Wartime pennant
# G07 - had Western Approach camouflage
14 expand bridge scheme of colours B55, (Humbrol 28),
signal platforms Four-barrel
pompom deck White, with mid-light sea grey decks. She
fire control Searchlight
had a tripod mast and six, single-20mm
tower(remove) replace AA gun decks
secondary AA guns. No radar carried. She
motorboats
had a lattice mast mounted post-June 1943.

HMCS IROQUOIS - Wartime pennant

# G89 – Postwar # 217 - tripod mast.
Six, single-20mm AA guns. No radar.
Camouflage was initially the Western
venturi wind baffles
Approaches scheme. Then later an
on bridge edges Cut down Admiralty Intermediate scheme in 1942,
after funnel with colours 507A, B5, 507C. The deck was
Bridge director and searchlight platform changes, boats added to the gun medium green-grey. Humbrol numbers 27,
deck bulwarks 144, 147, and 128. Photo 15

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1/350 Iron Shipwright HMS Zulu converted

to HMCS Iroquois in disruptive scheme

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 1/700 Trumpeter HMS Eskimo converted
to HMCS Iroquois. Note that this ship
does not have the aft Type 281 radar
tower and HFDF mast.
HMCS HAIDA - Wartime pennant # G63, postwar # 215
HMCS HURON - Wartime pennant # G24, postwar # 216
Type 271 radar mounted aft. Carried tripod masts until
1945. Six, single-20mm AA guns. No director control tower.
(the first tower on bridge deck) Photo18
Special home fleet emergency scheme in colours G20,
G45, white with mid-grey decks. Humbrol numbers 7, 90,
33, 128 respectively.
CANADIAN-BUILT SHIPS
HMCS MICMAC - Wartime pennant # R10, postwar #
214, Photo 19
HMCS CAYUGA, - Wartime pennant # RO4, postwar
# 218; HMCS NOOTKA II - Wartime pennant # R96,
postwar # 213; and HMCS ATHABASCAN II Wartime
pennant # R79, postwar # 219
1/700 Trumpeter Eskimo with all changes
to become HMCS Iroquois
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were Canadian-built ships.
There are lattice masts on all three ships. They had
various fits postwar, and all had 4.5” guns with 40 mm
Bofors secondary armament. They were initially painted
Light Sea Grey overall with a B20 hull panel along the
centre two-thirds of the lower hull. Later they had the two
tone dark/light grey scheme as shown modelled in Photo
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By the Korea War in 1951, all RCN ships' hulls were
Dark Grey, essentially very similar to British Extra Dark
Sea Grey (1-GP-12b colour 1-9, later renamed under
the revised 1-GP-12c standard as colour Grey 501-102.
Today, the US FS595 colour standard is used in Canada,
and Grey 501-102 is now substituted with FS16099), with
Light Sea Grey (1-GP-12b Grey 1-6, 1-GP-12c Grey 501-
105, now substituted by FS26329) upperworks and decks.
Pennant numbers 213-218 were painted in white. Carley
floats were painted light grey.
Many minor postwar changes
occurred as ships were refitted
during the Korean conflict. The
Tribals were not consistent in
appearance until post-1954 when all
the DDE changes were complete.
Conversions to DDE included:
funnel caps; twin, 3.5" AA guns in
'X' gun position; two, triple-Squid
launchers mounted on the stern
after 1954. Hydrostatic life raft
bundles were replaced by Carley
floats at that time. The rafts were
dull mustard colour.
By 1960, the remaining Tribals
were painted overall Canadian
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1/350 Trumpeter Eskimo converted to HMCS
Haida in Special Emergency fleet scheme.

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Resin Shipyard 1/350 HMCS Haida kit as HMCS Micmac in post-

1954 destroyer escort configuration with 3.5” AA in 'X' position,
twin Squid mortars in 'Y' position and four x 40 mm Bofors
midships and aft only. Note squat lattice mast.

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1/700 Trumpeter Eskimo converted to HMCS

Micmac in post-1954 DDE configuration -
Unfortunately the topmast behind the radar
was broken off during the photoshoot and
was not noticed at that time.

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Shipside Grey, 1-GP-12b Grey 1-2, later Grey 501-109.
White Ensign Models produces RCN Grey 501-109
and is currently the only pre-mixed source for this unique
colour. This colour was and is used ONLY by the RCN,
RCAF and today's CAF. For those who don't have access
to WEM paints, the Resin Shipyard website recommends
trying Tamiya XF12 (plus a touch of white). Pennant
numbers 213-218 are painted in black. Carley floats are
pale yellow, the lattice masts are black, and the canvas
dodgers are white.
All RCN Tribals had a maple leaf painted on the aft
funnel. In WW II they were green and they were later
painted in red on all post-war schemes.
For the ships' boats, the hull bottoms and open interiors
were white for most of the above schemes.
Parts List
♦ Trumpeter 1/700 HMS Huron 1944, kit 05759
♦ White Ensign Models 1/700 Tribal class destroyer, kit
P-E793
♦ White Ensign Models 1/350 Eskimo Photo-etch, PE
35169
♦ Trumpeter 1/350 HMS Eskimo 1941, kit 05331
♦ Iron Shipwrights HMS Zulu, 4-032
♦ Resin Shipyard HMCS Haida, part C-01
♦ Resin Shipyards Hawk decals RN RCN hull Numbers
decals, part D3505, and maple leaf decals, D3525
The HMCS Haida (G63) and HMCS Iroquois (G89)
1/350 conversions from Trumpeter and Iron
Shipwright
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♦ White Ensign Models Eskimo Ships Boats 25’ motor
boat, 27’ whaler, part PRO 3534
♦ White Ensign Models four-barrelled Pom Pom, part
PRO 3508
♦ White Ensign Models Gun Barrels 4.5", 4.7”, Pro 3533
and 3535
♦ A Line black chain 27 lpi and 40 lpi, # 29220
Paints
♦ Humbrol 7, 27, 33, 90,128,144,147
♦ White Ensign Models WEM RN 507A, 507C, B5, B20,
G20, G45, White, Deck grey-green. RCN shipside grey
501-109
About the author:
Ian Moore has been a member of
IPMS member almost 50 years. He
is an avid builder of Canadian military
aircraft & armour with special interest
in RCN ships & RCNAS. Naval
interests developed as a Sea cadet
and naval reserve Sub-Lieutenant.
Kit building started during a career in
the pharmacy business with extensive
travel throughout Atlantic Canada.
Ian is retired & devoted to research,
modelling and travel. He is a 15-year member of the Halifax
Military Modelers Group. This is his first article for RT.
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