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Just received the latest in Mikro-Mir's growing range of 1/30 scale submarines - HMS M.1 The M-Class were conceived and built after WWI as gun-armed Monitor submarines - fitted with a massive 12in gun. This new kit from Mikro-Mir is welll executed with injection-moulded hull and superstructure, an etched-brass fret of smaller parts and a small decal sheet with markings for HMS M.1 in two different colour schemes. The box art shows her in the earlier 1920 disruptive scheme..... The kit contents..... Instruction Sheet..... .... and colour scheme/ marking options....... As I have already built a resin M.1 in the disruptive camouflage, I will be painting this new model in her 1921 scheme.... Mikro-Mir are planning to kit all 3 of the M-Class - HMS M.2 as converted into an aircraft carrier and M.3 when she was a Minelayer. Mikro-Mir seems to be ploughing a lone furrow with their continuing release of early British submarines - more power to their elbow. Ken
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To add to my collection of US Navy early cruise missile subs....... USS Tunny.... .... USS Grayback.... .... and USS Halibut.... I decided to have a go at making the first of the breed - the USS Cusk. This was a Balao Class wartime sub converted to launch a US-built copy of the German V1 flying bomb - called the KGW-1 Loon. AFV Club to a range of Gato class submarine kits - so I selected the 1943 boxing - with its cut-down conning tower - as the nearest thing to a late-war Balao......... Apart from the upper hull, this sprue is common across all versions.... This lower sprue is unique to the 1943 boxing...... AFV Club include an etched brass fret for the propeller guards, railings etc.... and a 'generic' decal sheet...(but no 'USS Cusk' title for the rear decking) They even include a pressure hull inside - totally hidden from view.. All I need do now is build the model more-or-less as kitted, then add the hangar, launch rail and scratch-built Loon!! Watch this space.... Ken PS - The rest of my 1/350 scale submarine builds (including the US Navy Ballistic Missile subs) is here
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Another one to add to the collection - Mikro-Mir's Project 673 design study for a small SSN.... It was never actually built - just one of a series of experiments.... Note the lack of a separate conning tower. A few more photos of the parts here Ken- 12 replies
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The latest in Mikro-Mirs growing range of 1/350 scale submarines is this 'Project 673' design. This weird-looking sub was never actually built - it was a design study for a small high-speed nuclear sub - although a lot of its features were later used in the Project 705 'Alfa' sub.... There are few parts - a hull in two halves, diving planes and masts...... The assembly diagram shows the simple build.... .... and the instruction sheet gives a potted history and colour scheme..... Finishing off the package is the decal sheet, an acetate 'windscreen' and an etched-brass fret - with five separate propeller blades I can't wait to get started. Ken
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The release by Mikro-Mir of their 1/350 scale K-Class submarine kit opens up lots of conversion possibility's. The same basic hull shape is used on quite a few RN subs - albeit with longer or shorter hulls and differences in beam. One such sub is the mysterious HMS X.1 - a Cruiser Sub armed with two turrets each packing a pair of 5.2 inch Quick Fire guns. At 110m in length, she is 7m longer than HMS K4 and her beam is .09m wider - so all that is needed is to lengthen and widen the hull and scratch-build the superstructure and gun turrets - what could be simpler??? Having purchased the book I scanned and re-sized the drawings to 1/350 scale - unfortunately they are printed across the binding, hence the dartk line. I cut a piece of 3mm thick plastic card to the outline shape...... The thickness of the card takes care of the increase in beam. Now to lengthen the hull... Mikro-Mir K4 hull compared to the outline of X.1 The K4 hull had the upper casing and keel removed - and it was then chopped in half at the widest point - and strips of plastic card were used to bridge the gap to lengthen it... (this is just a test fit, the front section isn't glued in place yet).... The rear of the K4 hull was then cemented onto the X.1 outline - and the front attached in the same way...... I removed a section from the X.1 outline at the bows - because the K4 bow needs to be 'pinched in' to make a sharp prow. It's all a bit crude and I'm making it up as I go along - but I'm having fun so far. I need to add the other half of the hull (the port side) - then its out with the Milliput to fashion the bulged bows. Ken
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Just finished... I rushed it because I'm going to a model show on Sunday..... This has to be the best submarine kit yet from Mikro-Mir - delicate engraved injection moulding, with etched brass detail parts and a great decal sheet. :thumbsup: The only thing I changed are the two funnels - I replaced the two-part kit iems with ones I made from plastic tubing. Note the etched-brass propellers. I like to add crew figures to lend scale - these are 'converted' from a Fujimi Japanese crew set.... Note the decals for the bridge windows and waterline marks and the superbly moulded guns. The model was built in a hurry - 36 hours start to finish - but it has turned out OK. Go out and buy millions of them - to encourage Mikro-Mir to make more British Subs. Ken
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"Underway on Steam Power" ! My model of HMS K26 - the last of the class of steam powered submarines launched during WWI. I converted it from the Mikro-Mir 1/350 scale kit of HMS K4 - by lengthening the hull by 11.4mm and scratch-building a new raised casing and bridge....... The bow was also altered to make it taller - using Milliput to get the basic shape. The WIP is here More photos of the finished model...... Comparison between the kit (K4) at top and my conversion (K26) below - note that K26 is longer by 11.4mm. Now - anyone got any plans of HMS X.1 ?? Ken
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The last few of the K-Class subs had their hulls lengthened by 4m - from 103 to 107 metres - that's 114mm in 1/350 scale. I only have a small side profile drawing to work from - but I'd like to have a go at making HMS K26 - the only lengthened K to enter service. As well as a lengthened hull, she also has a raised, longer casing with a taller bridge and a raised bow (different from the 'Swan Bows' fitted to her shorter sisters) with six torpedo tubes and will look very distinctive next to Mikro-Mir's K4. Using the outline drawing as a guide, I cut the hull into front and rear halves - just in front of the beam torpedo tubes.... This does unfortunately mean that there will be a parallel section on the curving hull - but I wanted to preserve the torpedo mouldings, which are in the same place on both hulls. I also removed the casing - it will be replaced with a taller scratch-built version. I re-joined the hull halves using strips of plastic card glued inside the hull - the gaps on the outside will be filled with further strips of card. This photo shows the plastic card strips inside the hull..... This is progress so far - all very Heath-Robinsonish - but nothing that Milliput can't put right...... I'm sure that Mikro-Mir will re-issue the kit as a short-hull K with a Swan Bow - but I'm not sure if they will go so far as to make a K26. Anyway, I'm enjoying my conversion...... making it up as I go along....... Ken
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This is the Mikro-Mir 1/350 scale Sturgeon Long Hull model re-issued with a new sprue containing a Dry Deck Shelter for putting ashore Special Ops teams in covert ops. I scratched a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC) and modified a couple of Fujimi 1/350 scale Japanese Naval figures into US Navy SEALS to show it 'in action'...... Another view of the CRR..... the photos make them look worse - honest! Ken
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Another one to add to the collection - this time the Mikro-Mir 1/350 scale 'Foxtrot' Class diesel submarine - finished as the Ukrainian submarine 'Zaporozhzhia'....... Ken
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I'm on a submarine kick at the moment - just started another one in 1/350 scale. This is the Soviet Project 641 Foxtrot Class diesel sub - kitted by Mikro-Mir as the Ukrainian Submarine named after the city of 'Zaporizhzhia'.... The box art.... The hull is in two vertically split injection moulded halves with neat detail...... The conning tower, dive planes etc are all injection moulded in MM's usual style - with etched brass for the decking detail, props, guard rails etc... The instruction sheet is easy to follow - and the decal sheet provides for 5 options.... I have cemented the hull halves and added the rear dive planes and conning tower - and am in the process of adding the etched decking.... More later..... Ken
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Just finished this simple build - HMS Meteorite was a captured Type XVIIB U-boat (U-1407) - used by the Royal Navy to test the Walter High Test Peroxide closed-cycle engine that required no external air.... This is the Mikro-Mir box art.... The kit is the same as the existing MM Type XVIIB - with the addition of a new sprue for the revised conning tower and a set of RN decals...... The build is very simple....... here's the finished model ...... all of 12 cm long! I put a crew member on deck for size comparison.... It isn't the best 1/350 scale sub I have ever made - but it fills a gap in the collection. Ken
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Just finished......... Note the two crew members aft of the missile tubes...... Battle of the Big Boomers...... Typhoon and USS Maryland - with the new Russian Borei class at the front.... Ken
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This superb resin kit originates in the Czech Republic - made by ROP o.s. The hull and superstructure are cast in one piece - with the dive planes, gun, masts etc cast separately. A small etched-brass fret provides the propellers guard rails etc.... Decals are provided for HMS M1 - plus a small ensign..... That bilge keel is moulded in-situ and is extremely delicate - i've nearly broken it off on two occasions. I've made a start by adding the rear diving planes - with their etched-brass guards, plus the rudder and prop shafts. Trying to hold the hull whilst avoiding damage to those keels is proving very difficult.... I have also drilled out the dozens of free-flood holes in the superstructure - they are present in the casting, but need enhancing. More later. Ken PS - Does anyone have any input on the colours she was painted?? I want to do her in the 'disruptive' camo pattern seen on the box top - but can't decide on the colours used. It looks like very light grey / off-white on the hull and vertical surfaces - with blue-grey for the camo and all horizontal surfaces. Any input welcome
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Another just out of dry dock........ This is the rare Alanger kit of the Russian Delta IV SSBN ........ The real thing has just entered service after a refit - and named after the City of Ekaterinburg..... I have lengthened and reshaped the bow and added keel beams - the kit came without decals, so they are sourced from elsewhere.... (Thanks Sergey!) I think Alanger have got the props the right way round...... Reporting for Duty, Kommander !!.......... Close-up digital photography really shows up the warts !!! - I must give those masts another lick of paint. They look OK 'in the flesh' - at least to my tired old eyes - honest!! Ken
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Starting to build this one..... it's a Japanese resin kit from Seawolf models.... The hull is a one-piece resin casting, with the sail, diving planes, missile 'boxes' etc also in resin... There is one error in the kit - the rear of the recess for each missile launch container is cast as a solid web - when it should be open to allow the exhaust from the missile to be blasted rearwards. I started to fix it by drilling out these openings..... Here's the front unmodified recess.... Fortunately, the resin is quite soft so it is quite easy to carve away with a sharp scalpel blade...... The missile launch tubes are cast to be in the raised position - I wanted one raised and one retracted, so I cut off the triangular wedge on the bottom of the front launcher to allow it to sit flush with the hull. I removed the door on one of the rear tubes and drilled it out to show a missile inside about to be launched - with the nose of the missile made from plastic rod... The rear of the missile tubes also have doors, but the kit just has a flat face at the rear - so the doors have to scratched..... The rear launch tube in the raised position preparing to launch.... (but with the blast door still closed !!) It all needs tidying up - and it doesn't look as bad as in these photos.... honest!! Here's the front missile launch tubes in the retracted position... It still needs a bit of fettling to get it sitting flush....... but I'm quite pleased with the results so far.... Ken
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Another one just finished..... I've been getting my skates on.... This is the 1/350 scale kit from Micro-Mir......... It slots in neatly between Nautilus and Skipjack to complete my lineup of US Navy Nuclear-pwered Attack Subs.. Ken
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Another excellent 1/350 scale submarine from Micro-Mir - the first Polaris ballistic missile submarine, USS George Washington SSBN 598. Box art...... Instruction sheet.... Assembly diagram and parts layout.... Decals sheet and etched brass - note that decals are supplied for all 5 of the class - 598 G. Washington, 599 Patrick Henry, 600 T. Roosevelt, 601 Robert E. Lee and 602 Abraham Lincoln. Two types of etched propeller are also supplied - early and late..... I only have a plastic test shot so far...... (thanks Sergey) The George Washington was made using a lengthened Skipjack hull to accomodate the 16 Polaris missiles - here's the missile decking being test-fitted..... .... and a comparison with Micro-Mir's own Skipjack kit........ I only have the plastic parts - so I downloaded the box art and other images from Micro-Mir's website. That didn't stop me starting the model though.........and it is now ready for painting.... More to come..... This is a very welcome addition of a historic submarine to the collection - kudos to Micro Mir for producing it... Ken
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Alongside the Hobby Boss Typhoon SSBN, I'm also building the Allanger 1/350 scale kit of the Soviet Delta IV sub..... I got it from Japan via a friend (thanks Jon) - without a box nor decal sheet and with photocopied instructions.... The upper and lower halves of the hull are cemented together - with a separate moulding for the box-like missile compartment complete with conning tower / sail. Quite a bit of filler is needed to eliminate the seams...... This is what it looks like after a few sanding/filling sessions...... The upper deck join is prominent - as is the insert for the forward diving planes..... and it is right across the raised/recessed detail A first coat of grey primer reveals that some more work is needed on the upper deck/hull join - plus the four inlet/exhaust baffles.... This is the Allanger Delta IV alongside the Hobby Boss Typhoon showing the sizes ........... I'm happily submersing myself in these kits.......... Ken
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Hello everybody. I present my latest work. This model of the Soviet submarine K-33 (K-19 sistership) Project 658. Built based on a set of "K-19" from Flagman / Zvezda. Basic set has a lot of mistakes in the hull forms, and quite wrong deckhouse. Hull from set had to cut, fine finishing/ and a new deckhouse scratch builded.
