The Flower class Corvette HMS Anchusa K186

[Jack Jäger]

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Two things in particular attracted me to this little model by Mirage Hobby. Firstly, like HMS Picotee, Anchusa was built by Harland and Wolff, about a year on, and if the kit makers have got it right she shows a squared off stern, giving me hope that Picotee's stern could also have been squared off. The second is her colour; Mountbatten Pink.
Allegedly, Louis devised the colour after watching a flock pink flamingos disappear into the morning mists of Lake Victoria! Mind you, some would say, the only thing pink that the bold Lord ever watched disappear came in a gin glass, I of course would not be one of them.
Any way the wee boat was quite nice to build with just a little fiddling about with a few miss shaped parts and, given her size , quite detailed. Here are some pics and a couple showing her relative size beside a capital ship in the same scale, the other showing difference in scale.

Picotee and Mini-Me

JJ..​

 

[Namabiiru]

It would seem Lord Mountbatten preceded Operation Petticoat by several decades.

That’s a lovely little piece you’ve created there, and all the more impressive alongside her big sister.

 

[ChrisP]

When I lived in Oman I was surprised to find the camouflage colour for trucks, oil storage tanks and other military hardware was "desert pink". It was introduced by the British Long Range Desert Group (later known as the SAS).

 

[Jack Jäger]

That's right Chris, The nickname "Pink Panther" for military vehicles used by the British Special Air Service (SAS)—was coined in the late 1960s, But Lord Louis got there first, bless him.

Cheers JJ..