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I've been busy for a while with this one, mostly cleaning up parts, and now I'm almost at the point that I can apply some primer.

This is a Tupolev g-5 in which Tupolev (the aircraft designer) had a big hand. This is an aluminium torpedo boat which could reach about 117km/h on water, so it was pretty fast and small... Torpedo's were launched is a special way that best can be explained with a video:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In8deQTpu5U&t=3s[/youtube]

This was pretty dangerous because one needed to keep the vessel aimed at the wannabee victim till after the release of the torpedo. It's speed and small silhouette were it's greatest advantages. The aluminium hull was a different story, because salt water and aluminium gave corrosion, so after every 10 hours in the water it needed an overhaul...

It's armament consisted of 1 or 2 heavy MG's, 2 torpedo's or an array of mines or a combination, and later versions got a Katyusha launcher fitted to deal a bigger punch.

It was mostly used to lay mines

one solid resin hull:




a resin bridge:


small details in resin




some PE


I must admit that the resin is nicey casted...

I've been playing a bit with the torpedo's to remove the flatness of the PE:




the hull with most details mounted:


the strengthening for the torpedoguides


details for the grabhandles on the hull:


1 of the 2 heavy MG's. these are made of 4 parts, 2 resin and 2 PE... very tiny and not so easy to photograph:


First paint:




Wasn't satisfied with that, so I made it more grey




shaped the PE screws:


painted the MG's completely


torpedo's have also received their colors:


decals placed, to bad they don't provide the flag for the stern:


Then i tried to replicate some rust on the exhaust, mostly where the saltwater could stand still or was covered with saltspray.






still need to add some areas with the original paint and...