Desktop model of the Soviet submarine type 949a "Kursk" in 1/96 scale.

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[RCSubGuy]

Amazing work on the missile system, but why go to all that trouble and have no stern?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Amazing work on the missile system, but why go to all that trouble and have no stern?

Likely an 'industrial display'. Ellie and I used to be in that game. A contractor would have us build models that showed off the sub-systems the client was responsible for, not the entire system.

Some other examples of industrial display pieces:
















You build what the client wants. Not what you want.

David

[firma555]

Amazing work on the missile system, but why go to all that trouble and have no stern?

This is what the client wanted