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No, if I thought he should use gray then I would have said so.

This is incredibly good work--with your permission, Hood, I'd like to take the County-class here and modify her to represent the reconstructed condition of Almirante Cochrane/ex-Antrim in the Chilean service.

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Just a quick question,
I'm a instructor with the Sea Cadets and my units affliated ship is HMS Glamorgan D19,

With the type 965 radar, what does AKE stand for in the AKE-1 and AKE-1?

any info much appreciated

cheers
rob

AKE-1 is the single 'bedstead' antena, while AKE-2 is the double 'bedstead' antena.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Hi
I know that, single bedstead on batch 1's and batch 2's have double bedstead

But what does the 'AKE' word stand for?

been bugging me for years
Cheers
Rob

I've dug through my library and have discovered nothing. Now I'm curious too.

This being the Royal Navy we're talking about, of course, it might mean not a damned thing at all.

lol,
it's been bugging me for ages, just can't think of what.

AKE is the aerial shape and configuration, the exact nature of each letter is a mystery. I do know that each radar aerial and other electronics in use by the RN had a three letter code denoting the shape and other characteristics. All outfits began with the letter A (see the RN radar sheet the counter-measures are good example). Known examples of aerials are ANU for Type 277 and AKU for Type 293Q.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

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Updated Counties with new kit from the updated RN Parts Sheets.




Edit: Stabilisers added, thanks to Bezo's input and CoA thanks to Kim. Made a good job even better!

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