No airbrushes were harmed in the making of this model. and a final coat of Games Workshop 'Purity Seal' to matt it all down. I think the white line is maybe a bit too wide ? - I should have used narrower masking tape. This is what it looks like after removing all the masking.
I think black is too stark in this scale - so I used another rattle can - Halfords Rover Tempest Grey, followed by random patches of Halfords Volvo Dark Grey for some contrast. The completed model was given a spray of Halfords White Plastic Primer - just along the centreline - then narrow masking tape was used to mask out the white waterline.Ī rattle can of Halfords Red Plastic Primer was used for the anti-fouling red on the bottom of the hull, which was then masked off. I managed to get the incorrect props out of the ducts - so the etched brass ones will now be fitted at the end - hopefully rotating the right way!! There is one slight error in the HB instruction sheet at Step 2 - where they refer to the lower hull part as the Upper Hull - the mistake is obvious. I decided just to use the injection moulded props. HB also supply etched props - they have to be bent to the correct pitch and the boss from the plastic version has to be cut off and used with the etched props. I also glued the dive planes in place - slightly angled down for effect - but no working gimmicks on this build. Note that the props are handed - so fit them the right way round - the HB instructions are correct in this regard. Luckily I discovered in time that you can't do this - 'cos the 'working' diving planes are in the way - so the props were painted gold and fitted at this stage. I was planning to fit the large scimitar-shaped props at the end of the build by push-fitting them inside the ducts - I even thought ahead and painted the insides of the ducts. It also stops them falling through - and provides a greater surface area for the liquid poly when they are glued in place from the inside! The hatches fit OK - but can be a bit recessed, so to make the closed ones sit flush with the upper hull, I added some plastic card inside. If I were to do it again, I would fit the front and rear two sets of tubes, line them up with the upper hull - and when solidly in place, use those as markers to line up the rest of them by eye.
The fit is sloppy and they can lean all over the place - so I fitted a few, then put the upper hull temporarily in place to make sure they lined up with the apertures at the top.Īs you can see - a couple need adjusting before the glue sets. The 24 missile tubes are each in two halves (48 parts in total) - I don't intend to have all of them open, but I glued them all together, painted the interiors and started to fit them in place inside the lower hull. I also 'blanked off' the inside of the slot with plastic card.
#Typhoon class submarine scale model plus#
The retractable bow planes are designed to work - a bit like a Tornado swing wing.īut they are too flimsy and you need three hands and the patience of Job to get the spigots all lined up - plus there is a huge gap in the hull when they are deployed.Īs I don't intend to play with them (accompanied by the appropriate man-noise), I have modified them so that I can slot them in place at the end of the build. I chose this HB kit over the Micro-Mir version because I wanted to have the missiles on display - I'm not sure what the MM version is like ? Some photos show the hull completely smooth - other pictures show the tiles - maybe a trick of the light ? I'm not sure about the acoustic tile detail - is it overdone ? This sprue is repeated 4 times - to provide the 24 missiles and tubes etc.įinal sprue with sail (with alternate top) plus the propellers and diving planes (the front ones work!!).
It's a huge model - 50cm long and 6.5cm wide! The most numerous parts are the missiles - 24 tubes each in two halves, with 24 X 2-part missiles - plus all the caps and hatches.Īlternate etched-brass propellers are provided and the small decal sheet gives markings for the depth numbers and escape hatches - but not the prominent white waterline markings around the whole hull.
I ordered it from Hobby Easy on 15 November and it was delivered today (22nd) - 7 days door-to-door - excellent serviceĭespite its size, it is quite a simple kit - the hull is in upper and lower halves with a separate 'sail'. Just when I thought I had enough submarine kits (see :- )to be getting on with, up pops the postman with this new kit from Hobby Boss.
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