Hello and a happy new year!
So, here is my building report from my model.
The original report can you find here
http://forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php/topic,839.0.html, but he is in German language.
For this report I used to 50 percent an translator, so please forgive me for the bad grammar.
Let's start!
It concerns a Russian (Soviet) frigate of the KRIVAK I class with the project No.: 1135 and carries the name: SWIREPY.
What so much should be called like " Animal Furiously " (this is a direct translation from an old dictionary).
This unit was built on the shipyard Yantar Zavod 820 in Kaliningrad. She owned (meanwhile it has been broken) in the original a displacement of 3420 - 3700 tons full loaded and reached a speed of 30 - 32 knots. Their masses were 123.1 - 123.5 m long and 14.1 - 14.2 m wide in addition a draught of 4.6 - 7.3 m.
An COGAG with 2 cruise gas turbines with 24,000-24,200 HP and 2 boost gas turbines with 36,000-48,600 HP on 2 waves.
The was 2 OSA-MA SAM's with 40 SA-N-4 rockets and a rocket container URK-5 with 4 SS-N-14 rockets for sea purposes and to the U-boat fight (comparably with the ASROC system) also 2*4 21 inch torpedo thrower, 2 dual Guns 76.2 mms and 2 RBU 6000 ASW rocket launcher and now the last, 12 - 20 mines.
But how did I come to this ship?
Now this moment dates back already very long. Namely I discovered in 1993 in the school library an issue of the “ModellBau Heute” 10/1992 (short MBH) at whose back a model of the “Wachschiff” Drushny was illustrated. After short search I had found a mini model plan in 1/250 of Bernd Loose and also fallen in love in the silhouette of the ship. But as a small boy of 14 years I did not trust to myself to start the model. But if I am "big I will build it … and therefore it fell into oblivion. With the cleaning out in 2004 I have got the plan again in the fingers and have found thanks of the WWW 2005 a model plan of the Krivak class in 1/100. Unfortunately, I had to find out during my search that the model ships and model plans "of our big brother" - the Soviet Union at that time - anyhow goods in short supply are and also have been forgotten!
Here a picture of the class:
As the first I started to copy the plan on 1/72, and have practiced myself in the processing of silicone and Resin, because I must make not many parts individually, but only one prototype.
At the moment I have soldered both Air and Sea radar ready and now I am to build the chimney. The most important - the Hull - I have not started yet, because I have no Room to do this work. I hope that I find a room by a good friend. Then pictures of the body construction follow later.
Here now the first part of my construction report of the Sea and Air control radar on the ships of the Krivak-I class (project 1135).
Here I soldered the vertical antenna construction. At this moment there are 30 INDIVIDUAL PARTS!!!
Then the rear horizontal braces were soldered, and then followed the front braces! Now these are 34 parts.
It went on with the front diagonal braces, what work (I would sometimes have wished more than the third hand). I have protected the near soldered places
against the soldering iron with wet loo paper.
The same play from the back, only in another direction.
I arrived now 66 individuals parts (Slowly the work wears out the nerves)!
Yes the work approaches the end, I attached the exterior frame.
Before the last but one step, the insert of the vertical braces in front (marked with arrow).
Then the real vertical holders of the aerial mirror were soldered and the struts were appropriated for the aerial emitter. Unfortunately, I have forgotten there to do a photo from And in the end a piece of aviation grids what has retired stuck.
Then the actual vertical holders of the antenna mirror were soldered on and the braces
made for the antenna exciter.
I forgot to make a photo.
And to the end, a piece of aviation grids glued on.
I must cut off only with sharp scissors the edges and move a thin wire therefore used as an end. All in all, these are now 114 individual parts for an antenna, the second will attach 30 ° tilted behind it.
Oh, the complete assembly of an antenna lasted 30 working hours!!
To the measures:
In 1/72 10.45 cm is the antenna along,
at the thickest place 2.2 cm wide
and 4 cm depression.
The pedestal where the two antennae are attached is unfortunately only 0.8 cm in the diameter.
I wanted to make actually the antenna rotatable, for tips concerning that I would be thankful.
to be continued .......