Scale indicates the size of the model relative to the size of the reproduced original. This principle is valid for miniature vehicles, models and figurines. Trumpeter's catalogue consists of a variety of models available in different scales, including:

HMS Belfast Press Desk (19 October 2010). "HMS Belfast Masts from Russia with Love". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 . Retrieved 8 April 2013. Although they differ, both the WEM funnels and our Model Monkey funnels will provide the modeler with very noticeable improvements over the plastic Trumpeter kits' parts. Nigel Steel: “Admiral Robert Burnett found himself in Russia waiting to return to Britain when word came to him that the Scharnhorst was out and would be available to draw to battle. Now Burnett was very excited by this prospect. He was a true fighting admiral, and he relished the prospect of finally being able to bring the Scharnhorst to battle.” Watton, Ross (1985). The Cruiser Belfast . Anatomy of the Ship. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-328-1. Adams, Bernard (10 February 2006). "All Aboard". Times Educational Supplement. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011 . Retrieved 16 August 2011.Senior Staff List". Imperial War Museum. 2010. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011 . Retrieved 16 August 2011. Diprose, Graham; Craig, Charles & Seaborne, Mike (2009). London's Changing Riverscape. Francis Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-2941-9. Howard, Philip (16 October 1971). "Navy waives the rules for last big gun ship". The Times. No.58300. London. col A, p.3.

Sprue B also has two parts which make up the catapult. These parts are solid grey styrene, and builds up to a very simplified version of the catapult in the retracted position. New masts for HMS Belfast made in Russian shipyard". London SE1. 9 May 2010 . Retrieved 8 July 2010. accurate door shape, position and detailing. The door on the forward funnel is on the starboard side, the door on the aft funnel is on the port side. Pitcher, Greg (27 October 2011). "CPMG wins planning for HMS Belfast visitor centre". Architects' Journal. EMAP . Retrieved 25 March 2012. This model is inspired by the Ford GT40, one of the most popular sports cars of the American manufacturer Ford. With its assembly options with bolted parts, it wins the auto competition lasting 24 hours on 4 successive occasions. From 1964 to 1968, only 126 copies were marketed by Trumpeter. This model consists of 300 pieces, including chrome, photo-engraved, metallic and decal parts.Her Majesty The Queen names THV Galatea". Trinity House. 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009 . Retrieved 22 September 2009. Arthur (Larry) Fursland: “And the first broadside of the Belfast fired, the vibration of the ship and the guns, not the two circulating pumps out of action. I'd seen the temperatures rising up I thought ‘Oh Christ’, I hadn’t got a tool to do it, I had to do it with my hands. And I circulated water from the salt water pump, the mains, through that engine for eight, for 12 hours, like that. Twelve hours I was there. The formidable part about it was that you could hear all the repercussions of the shell fire and torpedoes and everything striking the cell of the ship and I was right down, down the bottom right you know.” After North Cape, Belfast refuelled at Kola Inlet before sailing for the United Kingdom, arriving at Scapa to replenish her fuel, ammunition and stores on New Year's Day 1944. Belfast sailed to Rosyth on 10 January, where her crew received a period of leave. February 1944 saw Belfast resume her Arctic convoy duties, and on 30 March 1944 Belfast sailed with the covering force of Operation Tungsten, a large carrier-launched Fleet Air Arm airstrike against the German battleship Tirpitz. [34] Moored in Altafjord in northern Norway, Tirpitz was the German navy's last surviving capital ship. [35] Forty-two Fairey Barracuda dive-bombers from HMS Victorious and HMS Furious made up the strike force; escorted by eighty fighters. Launched on 3 April, the bombers scored fourteen hits, immobilising Tirpitz for two months, with one Barracuda shot down. [34] [35] Belfast underwent minor repairs at Rosyth from 23 April to 8 May, while her crew received a period of leave. On 8 May Belfast returned to Scapa Flow and carried the King during his pre-invasion visit to the Home Fleet. [36] HMS Belfast 's 4-inch guns bombarding German positions in Normandy at night.

Belfast departed for Portsmouth on 3 August 1939, and was commissioned on 5 August 1939, less than a month before the outbreak of the Second World War. Her first captain was Captain G A Scott with a crew of 761, and her first assignment was to the Home Fleet's 2nd Cruiser Squadron. On 14 August, Belfast took part in her first exercise, Operation Hipper, in which she played the role of a German commerce raider attempting to escape into the Atlantic. By navigating the hazardous Pentland Firth, Belfast successfully evaded the Home Fleet. [18]Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Reviseded.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2. The H sprue in this kit did have a few smears of machine grease and a bit of flash on the parts, so cleaning with a warm rise of soapy water would not be amiss. Wenzel, Jon (April 1997). "Diminishing Shipyard Resources". Third International Conference on the Technical Aspects of the Preservation of Historic Vessels . Retrieved 16 August 2011.