ORP "Warsaw" II - 1:200 - more that 40 years old :)

[Artoor_K]

Hello,

 

Here is an oldie from me...

 

In 2013 (I guess) I bought scratchbuilt model of polish ORP "Warsaw" II missile destroyer (type 56AE , in Nato: Kotlin SAM) . It's quite old, I guess 40 years at least. It means that it was build when real ship was almost TOP SECRET.  The hull is carved from wood and superstructure is made of soldered cooper plates. I don't know name of the builder, but after examining the model thoroughly, I came to respect his skills. He build "Warsaw" probably from censored drawings and blurred photos, using any available materials like wires, plates, nails, meshes and achieved really nice result.

I tried to rebuilt this model , to make it more like real "Warsaw" but I left it in "Box of doom". This time maybe I'll finish it. I photocopied paper "Warsaw" by Flymodel and I'll use it as a pattern for additional parts. After few years in box and few "do something, put aside" sessions it looks like on photos below. These are photos from these few years.

 

DSCN3710 by Arti Kapi, on Flickr

DSCN3712 by Arti Kapi, on Flickr

DSCN3741 by Arti Kapi, on Flickr

DSCN7429 by Arti Kapi, on Flickr

DSCN7436 by Arti Kapi, on Flickr

DSCN7459 by Arti Kapi, on Flickr

DSCN7462 by Arti Kapi, on Flickr

DSCN7465 by Arti Kapi, on Flickr

DSCN7466 by Arti Kapi, on Flickr

 

By the way...what means KUTA?

Edited January 15, 2018 by Artoor_K

[SleeperService]

1 hour ago, Artoor_K said:

By the way...what means KUTA?

Kick Up The bottom!

 

That looks like a lot of good work has been done. I'd love to see it finished. It's a good looking ship. Possibly the original builder was a crew member?

[Artoor_K]

3 hours ago, SleeperService said:

Possibly the original builder was a crew member?

It's possible but not likely When I bought ths model it had a ORP Warsaw number on the hull side but it had a missile launcher on front deck like Krivak-class frigates. Crew member couldn't make such mistake.