Trumpeter’s USSR Navy Sovremenny Class Project 956 Destroyer 1:350 - by “Niphon”
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It looks good,I also have this kit still in the box,tell us more about the build,ease of assembly,parts fit,any heads up with painting and so forth.
thanks
I didn’t build this thing myself, but as far as I know late models from Trumpeter are good ones which fit together very well. For this ship, Trumpeter does not provide PE rails like its 1:200 Sovremenny.
So I’d suggest you buy aftermarket PE rails from some manufacturers (I used local made ones), it sure makes the ship look better.
The ship looks great! [tup] Now I want one of those Sovremenny’s to add to my growing ship stash.
Scott
Many thanks for your kind words, Scott! Do you limit your ship stash to 1/350 only? If not, I’d suggest Sovremenny 1:200 (also from Trumpeter) because it comes with PE rails & masts at a little bit higher price. So far I’ve seen no other ship provides as much value for money as this one. I love it so much that I have both types (956 and 956E) built and still another one in box.
I just recently got back into building ship kits again. I had a 1/200 Shinano Carrier a few years back but sold it off when I was trying to reduce my rising stash of kits, silly me wish I had it still. My largest scale ship is the Accurate Armor 1/35th VIIC U-boat with the Quay set, that’s my retirement project whenever that comes around?? I like the 1/350 scale ships and just bought all the WEM PE sets for the Bismark which I will start on before too long. I have 2 of the Revell’s 1/72 U-boats and one, the VIIC/41 is nearly ready for painting now, that’s if I can ever pull myself away from the forum here to work on it. I got the interior sets for the other VIIC and will do a cutaway of that one. I also have the Gato and I figure that interior sets should be hitting the market shortly. At the current rate that I’m completing a kit, I figure I should be around 140 yrs old before I complete the last model I have. If I were to buy the Sovremenny, make that 142 yrs old!
How I envy your stash! I don’t have the Shinano 1/200 or 1/35 U-Boat (have only 1/32 tower), or the VIIC/41 or the Gato yet and I don’t think I have space for enormous kit like that. I think the smallest scale for ships you’d go for is 1/350, right?. If so, same here…
I recently built the 1/350 Sovremenny which I received as an Xmas gift from the wifey. It is a great kit, with good fit and great detail. I used Gold Medal models’ PE set, which fit like a glove. The biggest challenge is mixing your deck color- mine was a combination of rust, orange and some grey. Here’s a link to my build:
www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/dd/ru/otchayanny-350-jg/jg-index.html
Sorry I couldn’t get it to be a working link for some reason, just cut and paste.