November Holiday

[JHapprich]

any idea on the projected type-627 offspring diagram. transporter? cruise-missile?
... took a closer look, could be a variant of the planned proj669 large attack submarine with enhanced sensors, 2 independent Torpedo compartments. That was an unbuild version based on proj627 some sort of transition between 1st and 2nd gen. Soviet ssn's

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Did some more digging. How i do it? use google translator, transcription German(English) -> Russian, type "Projekt 627 Nuclear Submarine" -> lots of treasures :-))))

https://www.google.com/search?q=%D0%90%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82+627&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrgoHY3OXgAhXx6eAKHQclCG0Q_AUICSgA&biw=1280&bih=910&dpr=1

http://armedman.ru/korabli/1946-1960-korabli/atomnyie-podvodnyie-lodki-proekta-627-kit.html

http://otvaga2004.ru/atrina/atrina-atrina/atrina_1_subm/proekt-627/

https://ria.ru/20190117/1549455325.html

Wow! Just ….. wow! Spent the morning clicking and saving those pictures to my hard-drive. Wonderful work, Jorg

David

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Jorg!!! Wow! How timely! Excellent sleuthing, sir.

David

[HardRock]

You are the Master. Can't wait to see those props. Meanwhile the marking out continues. About half the masking out is done. The rest will be scribed once the plug is painted.

[JHapprich]

Jorg!!! Wow! How timely! Excellent sleuthing, sir.

David

Youre welcome...but what do u mean? the propeller pictures?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Youre welcome...but what do u mean? the propeller pictures?

Yes, the propeller picture. Fortunately I had already started the work, and your photos validated how the dunce-cap is shaped as well as the propeller is not of the controlled-pitch type, as reported by one source I read.

David

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David

[HardRock]

I hope that you are wearing some substantial foot wear this time around. Just sayin'

I have been giving the front sonar dome some thought lately. This is the current idea which uses thin tape overlaid with bare metal. Its OK, but the tape is a bit too wide. I'm going to experiment with waxed cotton thread as for formwork and see how that looks. Any other ideas are welcome.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I hope that you are wearing some substantial foot wear this time around. Just sayin'

I have been giving the front sonar dome some thought lately. This is the current idea which uses thin tape overlaid with bare metal. Its OK, but the tape is a bit too wide. I'm going to experiment with waxed cotton thread as for formwork and see how that looks. Any other ideas are welcome.

thin adhesive strips followed by a blast of abrasive grit within the tape matrix. Remove the tape strips and wa, la: dished in GRP sonar window.

David

[HardRock]

That's a good idea. After painting the tape and bare metal looks clunky. I've been experimenting with etched brass. Looks a lot better.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

You're getting giddy on us, pal; like a kid in a candy-store. Seems you are enjoying your transition from hack to real model-maker.

David

[DMTNT]

That's a good idea. After painting the tape and bare metal looks clunky. I've been experimenting with etched brass. Looks a lot better.

I agree with your conclusion, which is a shame because the tape looked so cool pre-primer. Great idea.

On the final hull, will the sonar windows be recessed or slightly raised?


*EDIT* - I'm with Tom on this - the foil look, especially the kind of "wrinkled" texture that those horizontal lines add a ton to the overall texture of the boat. Almost sort of like the skin on a B-52 when you look closely:



I don't know what it is about those silver colored sonar windows, but I've always really dug that look on the vintage Soviet boats. Perhaps you could build up a few layers of primer, then lay out a grid of horizontal & vertical lines made of brass or foil, and then do as David suggested and blast the remaining area with an abrasive?

Either way, keep doing exactly what you're doing. I just get more and more excited every time I open this thread.

[trout]

Those are nice ideas for the sonar. I see the clunky that you are talking about, but having that molded in adds to the look of this sub. At our local craft store, there is a foil (gold, copper, aluminum) maybe that would reduce the bulkiness?

[HardRock]

That's the foil that I used. Was hoping that it would be a little bit stiffer and mute the tape lines but its very thin and conforms almost exactly to the outline of the tape. I've found a better solution, I think. Workimng on that today.