These two scales are primarily intended for wargames, allowing the players to re-enact naval battles at realistic ‘scale’ ranges without requiring enormous playing areas.
The Davco (Skytrex) models at 1:3000 scale are very robust and hence ideal for wargaming, the models being just a single-piece white metal casting. The models are quite crude and unpainted and do not have masts. The level of detail is such as to enable the class of ship to be easily recognisable, although identifying individual ships, unless completely rebuilt to a unique appearance such as HMS London, is difficult. However, Davco do offer models of individual cruisers – HMS Dorsetshire, HMS Sussex, HMS Kent, HMS Berwick and HMS Cornwall. There are no instructions, just a small sheet of paper containing basic technical details of the vessel.