HMS Prince of Wales Battleship Papercraft
As promised, here’s another battleship papercraft.. this time it’s the HMS Prince of Wales, a battleship used during World War II.
The HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, constructed at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead.
HMS Prince of Wales had a short but eventful WWII career.. damaged early on, helped fight the Bismarck, escorted convoys, and was ultimately sunk by Japanese bombers in December 1941. It was one of the first battleships sunk entirely by air power, marking a shift in naval warfare. The wreck now lies off the coast of Malaysia.
This papercraft model requires 22 sheets of paper and includes an instruction guide to help with assembly. The scale is roughly 1:200, with a finished length of about 115 cm. As expected from a build this detailed, I’d classify it under the hard difficulty category.
