Two stunning dioramas from a modelling friend Ramir Durá and his dioramas of HMS Royal Oak and the U-47 and its Commander Gunther Prien proved that the impossible actually proved possible! On the night of Friday 13th October 1939, HMS Royal Oak, a 600-foot-long 29,000-ton Dreadnought battleship was sunk by torpedoes from a German U-boat that had penetrated the British Navy’s main anchorage at Scapa Flow in Orkney. 833 men died, and the 2nd World War was just six weeks old.
Adie Roberts continues his series of inspirations to help inspire modellers of all abilities to work out of their comfort zone building dioramas or just trying new builds.
HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow Friday 13th day time
Kriegsmarine Commander Günther Prien on board U-47 on their way back to Germany as Heroes after the sinking of the HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow just six weeks into World War II