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Does anyone have any pictures of the Slava helicopter hanger open with the helicopter entering or exiting? I’ve seen a few on here. I’m planning on modeling this on my 1/100 scale ship and making it functional. Thanks.

Here are some photos, but not much help.

I have collected a lot of pictures of the Skavas from the Internet. I think the ship has very nice lines and I find it interesting how the Russian/Soviet ships are designed for much colder operating conditions that our ships.

One thing that really interested me was the Bazalt (Sandbox) missile launcher tubes on the forward part of the ship. I wonder if there is any armor on those things? The cruiser I was on had 45 ramjet Talos missiles and solid propellant boosters on the main deck, but inside a missile house with 1.5 inch thick armor plating around them. Still, it wouldn't take a very large cannon round to punch through that and set off 180,000 pounds of class B explosives (boosters), 13,500 pounds of class A explosives and about 3,600 gallons of JP-4 fuel. I was stationed in the missile house during General Quarters and that thought crossed my mind every now and then.

The Slavas had a lot of explosives and fuel sitting out there just waiting for someone to take a shot at them. I suspect that is what sank the Moskva - a Ukranian missile hitting one of the Bazalts. There is a low resolution photo of the ship before it sank showing the side of the forward superstructure blackened right where the Bazalts were.

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A few more. These may be more useful.

Phil

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Oops! Looks like I sent one twice. Here is what should have been sent.

Phil

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Thanks!

I think I have seen it somewhere on this thread, but does anyone have images of the crane on the foredeck loading SA-N-6 missiles on the Kirov?

SA-N-6 on the fo'c'sle?

I have many photos of a crane alongside loading SS-N-12 Bazalt missiles.

Phil

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some rich photo source

https://forums.airbase.ru/2006/09/t6020 ... tr-ve.html

The crane stowed on the left in this picture.

Here is the Kashtan firing at night on my 1/100 Kirov.

https://youtube.com/shorts/PUW9fidwxzs?feature=shared