The ship left Singapore on 26 March 1962 for the UK, sailing east via Hong Kong, Guam and Pearl Harbor, San Francisco, Seattle, British Columbia, Panama and Trinidad. She arrived at Portsmouth on 19 June 1962. Mis apart from the battalions, Trumpeter also made models of warships and miniature vehicles. To perfect them, the brand offers a varied catalog of accessories. What are Trumpeter's models and their specificities? With its team of engineers and its high-performance machines, Trumpeter makes war battalions in miniature. His models are appreciated by their priceless quality and attention to detail. In addition, the brand continues to innovate its creations.

a b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p.146. ISBN 978-0-75248-861-5. After many years, there is finally a WW2 Royal Navy cruiser in 1/350! This HMS Belfast is a welcome addition to Trumpeter's lineup, and to the available kits on the market. While an earlier Town-class cruiser would require a different hull and 6" turrets, it is hopeful that Belfast is the introduction to the great bounty of Royal Navy cruiser subjects from this time period. However, like many Trumpeter kits, Belfast also suffers from inconsistent research. While the kit is marketed as a "1942", it is closer to a 1943 fit. Certainly, it can be argued this kit is very similar to Belfast's appearance and fit at the sinking of Scharnhorst during the Battle of the North Cape. While HMS Belfast is Trumpeter's most expensive cruiser to date, costing 40% more than the 1/350 USS Indianapolis, but having a smaller parts count, the amount of errors is greater than expected.HMS Belfast is a British warship launched in 1938 and spent 24 years in active service. At the time of her construction she was the largest warship ever built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. official 1936 Admiralty "10,000 ton Cruisers, 1936 Programme" drawing for HMS Belfast and HMS Edinburgh.

official Admiralty General Arrangement Profile “as fitted” series MCD AIO979 plans for HMS Belfast dated 16 November 1942 Shirley Williams, Secretary of State for Education and Science (19 January 1978). "HMS Belfast". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. col.301W. Young, David (27 September 2017). "New Royal Navy warship to be named HMS Belfast". The Irish Times. Press Association . Retrieved 27 September 2017. Waters, Conrad (2019). "Warship Notes: The Helicopter Cruiser HMS Belfast". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2019. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-3595-6.Watton, Ross (1985). The Cruiser Belfast . Anatomy of the Ship. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-328-1. Our new Model Monkey Belfast funnels are original CAD designs, benefitting from the precision and detail that comes from computer-based design work and 3D-printing technology. Our CAD design was in turn based on the very latest information we could compile from the best available sources we could access today, including measurements made of the bases of the actual funnels. Below are few renderings and photos of our funnels to help demonstrate the detail we included. as long as the guns are not posed elevated (due to Trumpeter molding all three barrels on the same axis). Also, these barrels are not slide molded, and thus do not have open muzzles. The turret shapes look ok, but the sides have some irregularities, along with some flash. Allen, Felix (19 October 2010). "The new HMS Belfast, from Russia with love". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 16 November 2010 . Retrieved 22 October 2010.

Belfast departed for Portsmouth on 3 August 1939, and was commissioned on 5 August 1939, less than a month before the outbreak of the Second World War. Her first captain was Captain G A Scott with a crew of 761, and her first assignment was to the Home Fleet's 2nd Cruiser Squadron. On 14 August, Belfast took part in her first exercise, Operation Hipper, in which she played the role of a German commerce raider attempting to escape into the Atlantic. By navigating the hazardous Pentland Firth, Belfast successfully evaded the Home Fleet. [18]This model is inspired by the Ford GT40, one of the most popular sports cars of the American manufacturer Ford. With its assembly options with bolted parts, it wins the auto competition lasting 24 hours on 4 successive occasions. From 1964 to 1968, only 126 copies were marketed by Trumpeter. This model consists of 300 pieces, including chrome, photo-engraved, metallic and decal parts. Her radar fit now included a Type 277 radar set to replace her Type 273 for surface warning. Her Type 281 air warning set was replaced by a single-antenna Type 281B set, while a Type 293Q was fitted for close-range height-finding and surface warning. A Type 274 set was fitted for main armament fire direction. [42] [31] On 17 June 1945, with the war in Europe at an end, Belfast sailed for the Far East via Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Port Said, Aden, Colombo and Sydney. By the time she arrived in Sydney on 7 August Belfast had been made flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of the British Pacific Fleet. While in Sydney Belfast underwent another short refit, supplementing her close-range armament with five 40mm Bofors guns. Belfast had been expected to join in Operation Downfall, but this was forestalled by the Japanese surrender on 15 August 1945. [4] Post-war service 1945–1950 [ edit ] Belfast arriving at Kure, Japan, in May 1950. Howard, Philip (16 October 1971). "Navy waives the rules for last big gun ship". The Times. No.58300. London. col A, p.3.