


I remember thinking way back then that the Aurora version was the better of the two models.

When Airfix made the Graf Spee at about the same time as their HMS Ajax I made it and always hoped Airfix would get around to the HMS Exeter to complete the trio. I do remember enjoying that build and since then I seem to have an affinity with the ship. As I’d always liked the Graf Spee and it was one of my earliest memories of model building having made the Aurora version ( see my modelling memories posting) way before Airfix produced the 600 scale series of models. When I was photographing the Airfix “E: (S) boat I used the assembled hull of the Airfix Graf Spee as a size comparison, and thought this needs to be completed.
