Warship Appreciation Thread

Vargas Fan

Head over heels in love :)
COVID has forced me to go back to a part built Trumpeter Sovremmeny I have. I'm not happy with the way it's turning out, too much fiddly photo etch, but it's my first warship. Needs some touch up paintwork and the rear mast isn't finished yet.

It's the lead ship in the class.

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Vargas Fan

Head over heels in love :)
Another Soviet type I like the look of, the diminutive Krivak Class Frigate. I'd like to get a model of this, it shouldn't be as much of a bother as the Sovremmeny. It's quite 'clean' looking for a vessel of this era

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This particular vessel class was also the scene of a mutiny during the 1970's involving of all things the vessels political officer. A rather interesting story. There is a short documentary on Youtube about it


 

Harlock

I should have expected that really
Another anniversary today beside the loss of the Bismarck, a year earlier this was the official start of the Dunkirk evacuation. While it is probably most famous for all the small civilian boats there was a large naval presence too.

Most ships involved were British but a number of French ships also joined in, several being lost in the process.
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One of the most famous pictures is of the French destroyer L'Adroit beached and blown apart by a magazine explosion

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Fortunately the explosion happened after the ship had been evacuated and no lives were lost. Never the less it is quite a powerful visual for the fall of France and the battles of that summer

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BF110C4

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I really hope they were dodging torpedoes, although the smile on the sailor tells me they are not exactly on the middle of combat.
 

Vargas Fan

Head over heels in love :)
Well I finally finished my Sovremmeny. There might not look much difference, but this is the lead ship of the class. I made sure the hull number and the cyrillic name at the stern matched. The etched metal cage mast at the back was a pain, 16-18 pieces, all involving super glue, and bending. The Fore mast wasn't as bad but involved folding over a flat piece of metal then curving it to form the main radar antennae. Ditto with the smaller one.

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