OrangeHobby-1/350 Russian Corvette "Steregushchy"

[OrangeHobby]

[johndon]

Now that looks very nice indeed, especially the open doors...

John

[Atma]

Love it
When this will be available ?

[Joe Ellias]

Looks great. Is this kit plastic or resin?

[Atma]

Resin of course. And it seems good for a moderate experience modeler with resin XD

[Timmy C]

Looks great. Is this kit plastic or resin?

Resin, as with all their other kits.


This is so beautiful! Very impressed with all the turned-brass parts.

[Heavy Melder]

Where does one buy these kits?

[Timmy C]

Once it's been released, it'll be available from shops that currently sell the other Orange Hobby kits - e.g. Pacific Front, WEM, etc.

[OrangeHobby]

Freetime...Hobbyeasy...

[Heavy Melder]

Any ideas on price and when it'll be available?

[USS California BB44]

In accords with a post in the main forum, Pacific Front already has it in stock.

[FreeTimeHobbies]

We got them in today... $59.95.... they are awesome looking kits! They are going quick, but, we have another shipment of them coming in soon.

[drdoom1337]

Any chance of a Pacific Front video review?

[navydavesof]

That's what I'm talking about. Excellent model.

Unfortunately the real ship is the LCS killer.

[FreeTimeHobbies]

Any chance of a Pacific Front video review?

Working on it

[Heavy Melder]

Ah crap. Wasn't expecting it to be so soon. Gonna have to wait a month or two and get some room on the card first....

[navydavesof]

Got mine ordered! If you want one, get on it! There are only 14 left.

[AllianceModelWorks]

This is a really nice kit. Subject choice a little odd, but good overall composition of resin, etch and machined metal parts.
Haven said that, I have a few suggestions.

Since 2083 ships from Boiky (2083.2) onward are supposed to have VLS instead of Kashtan CIWS, they probably should be provided as an option, hopefully this can be addressed as an update in the future.
These screencaps came from an advertisement video while ago.


Then, subsequent ships under 2083.5 will have the AK-630 replaced by these
One would think there will be updates to radar and guidance systems too.
However, since there will be changes to the overall dimensions, I guess those will not be representable by this kit, but the kit could allow 2083.2

I also thought the way this bottom was detailed could benefit from some adjustments. The rudder should be given in a separate piece perhaps, and the 2 long side-fins, looked very thin on the real ship, those are probably better off in PE?
I am, however, a little intrigued by the way Orange Hobby machined the propeller shaft. Since the shaft was tapered, this can be one piece, with tips modeled more like the real thing perhaps.

There are more pictures here, of the first 2083.2 ship.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/sh ... 9/page2856

That's enough of picking in the egg. This is a very nice kit overall, not an easy job to cast 30cm long kits with this amount of details.
Hopefully we'll see a 22350 in near future. Not much bigger a ship, but IMHO a much better looking one

[Simon_Hwood]

Looks a great kit, I am sorely tempted.

Any chance of some RN frigates in 1/350th?

Si

[Heavy Melder]

Ah nuts. Looks like Pacific Front is sold out. I wonder if/when there'll be a re-stock?