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Good afternoon. If someone is interested, the microdesign company in March released this photo-etched .... Peter the Great at TARK :thumbs_up_1:
https://microdisign.ru/ssl/u/pic/5d/1e67ce469911ea819198d860e31518/-/IMG_3415.jpg
https://microdisign.ru/products/flot/tark-pyotr-velikiy-trumpeter

Yep, I like this better, also.

here is the Atlant Class Marshal Ustinov as commissioned,with the Top Steer and the Top Sail/Big Net radars which BTW is my favorite configuration
[img]http://combrig-models.com/images/stories/covers/bs70327_Marshal_Ustinov.jpg[/img]

[url]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/MarshalUstinov1989radar.jpg[/url]

Not sure this is definitive but...
I have been unable to find any photos of Varyag with the rotating curved screen radar, which was installed on the first two Slava class cruisers. All the pictures I have seen of the Varyag--the third Slava--show her with the two plate system.

The answer is ....?

Phil

You can ignore the above question as I have looked up the answer.

Cheers,
Chuck

Good morning gents. I have new a question today...

Was Varyag ever equipped with the curved/ribbed "Air Search radar" screens atop her forward superstructure? Or did she always have the "Top Plate radar" which looks like two pizza boxes?

TIA,
Chuck

Aha. Yes, I see the other one now. The one on the forward superstructure looks like the one I have a closeup of. Thanks for the clarification! :smallsmile:

Hi Chuck, if you look at Tim's first link you will also see a second bell, located on the starboard aft signal deck (rear of the foremast)

The bell located on one deck, near the gangway, is the ceremonial ship's bell and is only shipped when the vessel is in harbour, at anchor or at a buoy etc.

Andrew

Excellent. Many thanks Tim!

It can be seen at least here on the starboard side amidships: https://i.imgur.com/jDWaj.jpg

Closer-up: https://i.imgur.com/XVfqn.jpg

If this has been asked before in the duration of this thread I apologize:
Where was the ship's bell located on the Varyag? I have seen a photo of it on line but can't tell where it was mounted.
TIA,
Chuck

Does any one know where a person can obtain the Kirov plan book, and how accurate is it?

Duane

Testing some flickr image posting.
Pics of Varyag in Vancouver, B.C. Nov. 2011.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/X6P6vv][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4315/36165393515_11fefb14b4_b.jpg[/img][/url]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/WveMuL][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4319/35774133360_011f9443ec_b.jpg[/img][/url]

For the waterliners, the Danish navy took a great shot of Peter the Great as she passed through the Danish Straits on her way to St. Petersburg earlier this week - the camera orientation and calm waters make her wake pattern very clear to discern and replicate:

[quote="Littorio"]Guy's I've had a look through this thread but not seen what I'm after although I may have missed it but can anyone confirm the hanger interior colour, deck, deck head and walls. I'm building the Trumpeter 1/350 Moskva and would like to show the hanger open.[/quote]

A little late, but either cream or grey.

[img]http://www.resinshipyard.com/pictures/Hangar-%20Cream.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.resinshipyard.com/pictures/Hangar-%20Grey.jpg[/img]

In case anyone was curious, the recently-released 1/700 Peter the Great from Revell is the Dragon molds: https://www.revell.de/produkte/modellbau/schiffe/militaer-schiffe/id/05151.html

The great big circle cutout in the bottom of the upper hull is the biggest giveaway.

[quote="Littorio"]Guy's I've had a look through this thread but not seen what I'm after although I may have missed it but can anyone confirm the hanger interior colour, deck, deck head and walls. I'm building the Trumpeter 1/350 Moskva and would like to show the hanger open.

Question two, what's the best acrylic paint match to the deck 'red' colour [u]NOT[/u] Tamiya or Gunze

Thanks for any help.[/quote]

For your question 2, my trumpeter 1/700 Moskva I built, I used floquil railroad colors oxide red (F110186) for the upper decking and same brand weathered black (F110017) for the main decking. I would upload a photo of the ship, but it won't let me from my phone. Hopefully that helps and is to your preference

Thanks Bob that was going to be my best guess, I have a photo of a Kirov hanger so that will help.

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