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John James

HMCS Snowberry

The Ship

The Ship

The Ship

HMCS Snowberry was a Flower-class corvette that was originally built for the Royal Navy, but spent most of the war in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. She fought primarily as a convoy escort during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic

The Kit

The Ship

The Ship

6 months in the making.. the sea is made from Styrofoam. Revell 1:144 scale kit with Eduard photo etch in too many places to list!


The base is 60cm long and 22 cm wide.  Snowberry herself is 44cm long and 7 cm wide. At the bridge rail from the sea she is 6cm high. To the top of the mast from the sea 17cm high.  

HMCS Snowberry

"Peter Roger"

Peter Roger

The story as told to me by the Pilot, now aged 87.


"The Harvard in which I flew most was KF665 Its identity was ‘Peter Roger’ with the usual letters either side of the fuselage roundel.


On the 17th September 1954, I was flying Peter Roger when the engine blew up on me and I had no option other than to force land it on Magdalen Fen near Downham Market. The aircraft was basically undamaged apart from a twisted prop and U/S engine - a cylinder head had failed and split open. But Harvard were being phased out and poor old PR was taken away and reduced to scrap..


A long lost tale from youth - I was 20 at the time.”

Kit Details

1/48 Scale Tamiya - North American Harvard (T6 Texan) - Aside from the custom decals, this kit is made straight from the box.

Photo Gallery

McDonnell Douglas Phantom F-4K/M - XV426

XV426 ‘P’ as she was around 1991. 56 Sqn F4 FGR2.


My best buddy was (at the time) Flt Lt Cal Pout AKA ‘Poutie’, who was Weapon's Officer / Navigator is stood with my youngest daughter on Armistice day a few years ago.


Revell 1:48 scale kit and was upgraded with Eduard PE, a new Radar and Sidewinders made from scratch.

McDonnell Douglas Phantom - XV426

1/48 Hawker SeaHawk FGA6 - WV918 810 Sqn HMS Albion 1956

Trumpeter 1:48 SeaHawk kit representing WV918 810 Sqn HMS Albion 1956 during the Suez affair. Upgraded with some Eduard PE in the cockpit and seat.

Hawker Sea Hawk FGA6

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