Flagman (ex-zvezda) November Class 1/350

[The_Lancaster]

Hey Guys,

 

This is the old(ish) Zvezda offering boxed under Flagman, which also have their Hotel Class K-19. The kit is not necessarily basic, but its one one sprue and most of the parts go into the various masts on the sail. The kit is curiously designed in the way that the two hull halves go together to leave a gap on the top, where the decks are later fitted. Even more curiously is how they give you a flat deck piece thats meant to bend down over the bow. Furthermore the conning tower was left separate in two halves. Two towers were provided so that you could either produce the Project. 627 or the Project. 627A which was a later (and more common) variant with a different sonar set up including a German-esque chin sonar bulb. The rest of the kit was simple enough but I must say the fit was poor. The bow hydroplanes and the various stern planes locating pins were oversized when compared to the holes they were designed for. and where the hydroplanes aft of the propellers were, they seemed to be too far forward and had to be adjusted to allow the fitting of the propeller. The model was painted with colourcoats (ex-White Ensign) Hull red and NATO Black from Tamiya. Then using oil paints I streaked from all of the major inlet valves for both the main and trim ballast tanks finishing with a coat of Xtracolour Matte Varnish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here she is with some of her contemporaries as well as successors

 

 

 

As you may have/haven't seen my photo set up is pretty rough so hopefully you'll be able to at least see the outline!

Thanks for looking

 

Sam  

[Courageous]

Nice group shot .

[dolphin38]

Nice work, some good looking submarines there 

[F-32]

That's an interesting looking boat, nice work - and a great collection