Pin Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Can you imagine a ship with cruise speed of 65 Km/H? Enter PAKETA - Rocket - the first production hydrofoil commercial vessel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raketa_(hydrofoil) PAS Models is producing a lovely replica kit of this elegant ship in 1/144 that could be made into a real eye catcher http://pas-decals.ru/forum/suda-na-podvodnykh-krylyakh/6183-spk-raketa-1-144-pas-decals-avtor-d-vostrikov There was a nice article in M-Hobby magazine with a lot of nice hints provided that you read Russian Okay - let's get started Mould quality is OK but far from immaculate. Mr. Resin Surfacer to rescue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 What a great choice and the kit looks pretty tasty too (bubbles excepted!). Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Very nice subject, bit off the beaten track, I like this, nice mouldings. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Hi Pin, welcome along with a floating spaceship!! Wow that is something most unusual, but looks super cool! Mmm the moulding doesn't look too great but nothing that can't be fixed.....you should have seen the stuff I've been working with on my Arado!!! Well good luck with the build, hopefully it will be a trouble free one and look forward to seeing the floating spaceship at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Its always good to see something different from the usual military stuff, even if it is made out of an Aero chocolate bar! Still it isn't injection moulded chocolate!. Looking forward to seeing this progress. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Thanks chaps. What I did not know was that at least one Raketa was operated on Thames between 1973-1976 So I'm thinking - should I perhaps make a little conversion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 One of the issues with the kit - propeller blades are way too thick Tried to sort it out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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