The Renown class was a class of two battlecruisers of the Royal Navy. They were originally going to be the last ships of the Revenge class of battleships. The initial expectation of a short war led to their construction being suspended on the grounds that they would not be ready in time. Admiral Fisher restarted the building as a battlecruiser that could be built and enter service quickly. Eustace Tennyson-D'Eyncourt, Director of Naval Construction, had designed the Revenges, and the Renowns were produced by lengthening the hull, reducing the number of turrets from four to three, and providing thinner armor. As a result, build time was reduced and they were delivered not long after the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Both ships served in World War I and World War II. Repulse was sunk on December 10, 1941, in the South China Sea off Kuantan, Pahang, by Japanese aircraft. Renown survived the war, only to be scrapped in 1948.
- Scale: 1/700
- Item Type: Static Kit
- Model Brief:
- Length: 346mm
- Beam: 44.6mm
- Total Parts: 297pcs
- Total Sprues: 10 sprues, upper hull, lower hull, water line plate and stand
- Paint Schemes: HMS Renown 1945
- Released Date: 2010-05
- More Features:
- Hull
- One-piece slide-molded upper hull
- Lower hull made from two-directional slide molds
- Sponsons are represented on lower hull by slide-mold
- One-piece slide-molded upper hull
- Hull