This is the old Airfix HMS Leander kit that I have messed around with in order to build her near sister ship, HMS Diomede, which was the first warship I ever set foot on, aged 9 at Portsmouth Navy Days, 1979. Luckily, this kit came in a set called "Falklands Warships", so I got a lot of spare decals for Minerva, Penelope and Sirius, that I was able to get creative with a pair of scissors with...
The F16 pennant number came from Leander's F109...
The "2" on the funnel should really be a "3" for 3rd Frigate Squadron, but these were cut from the decal serial number, I had to make do with what there was...
The D M on the flight deck came from the decal sheet for Penelope (P, turned into a D) and Minerva
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