by Vlad » Mon Oct 14, 2013 12:14 pm
She was Kirov from commission until 1992 then Admiral Ushakov after that (although she was already out of service by 1990 due to a reactor accident so how meaningful it would be building a model of the "Ushakov" is up to you).
It would seem from the older pictures of members of the class that the missile hatches were red during the 1980s, although recent pictures of Pyotr Velikiy have them grey (which would imply that configuration is a recent development).
I would say your best bet is to make her in her "glory days" as it were, so Soviet flags, Kirov name plate, 181 hull numbers and forward missile hatches in red. As far as I know all decks are red and everything else is grey, although Russian/Soviet naval grey is quite dark and comes up distinctly bluish in many photos so is hard to match. Similarly the deck red is kind of orange. I would recommend the WEM colourcoats for the paints.
She was Kirov from commission until 1992 then Admiral Ushakov after that (although she was already out of service by 1990 due to a reactor accident so how meaningful it would be building a model of the "Ushakov" is up to you).
It would seem from the older pictures of members of the class that the missile hatches were red during the 1980s, although recent pictures of Pyotr Velikiy have them grey (which would imply that configuration is a recent development).
I would say your best bet is to make her in her "glory days" as it were, so Soviet flags, Kirov name plate, 181 hull numbers and forward missile hatches in red. As far as I know all decks are red and everything else is grey, although Russian/Soviet naval grey is quite dark and comes up distinctly bluish in many photos so is hard to match. Similarly the deck red is kind of orange. I would recommend the WEM colourcoats for the paints.