1/700 SLAVA (Borodino)

[En-TACT]

This is KomBrig's 1/700 Slava. It came with a photo-etched set by Star Model (China). Anyone know if there is a pre-cut wooden deck for this?
At the same time I working on Tamiya's 1/700 Yamato: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=161768

Thanks!

[Pieter]

Looks very sharp so far. As Kombrig decks usually have very fine planking why don you mask and paint the decks?

[DariusP]

I really hate to say that En-TACT because you have done such a nice job on this kit. Unfortunately, both Kombrig and Star Model didn't...

This is how Slava's forward bridge should look like:

[SilverGhost]

photo of Slava's forward bridge
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... ngfors.jpg
http://navsource.narod.ru/photos/01/031/01031022.jpg
http://navsource.narod.ru/photos/01/031/01031014.jpg

more Slava's photos
http://navsource.narod.ru/photos/01/031/index.html

[En-TACT]

Thank you for the replies and links to Slava imgs! DariusP that's a beautiful model you have there! Do you have more for me to download as a template for detail and accuracy? After seeing the Russian movie "Admiral" (2008), http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1101026/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2. I was curious if to find the Slava in 1/700 and came across one by Kombrig. I find the detail acceptable. The PE decks are very challenging, one alone can take me 4-6 hours to get it done right!

[DariusP]

This is 1:100 model of Slava made by Sergiej Karpik from Bia?orus. You can find more photos of his model here: http://karopka.ru/forum/forum263/topic6699/?PAGEN_1=26
If you PM me your email address I will send you plan and side view of her. Just remember that this is how Slava looked in 1905 and not during the WWI.

[JIM BAUMANN]

Ahoi Darius

that is a very very sharp model indeed...

most inspirational!

JB

[DariusP]

Hi Jim! Beautiful isn't it?

[En-TACT]

After the completion of Tamiya's IJN Battleship Yamato, viewtopic.php?f=59&t=161768&start=100v (I'll post final pics soon), be it my first 1/700 model, I've learned a lot working with that scale and PE parts. I will resume the Slava project with a plan of a docking scene and attention to much of the ship's detail - to start off, correcting that horrendous forward bridge.

[marijn van gils]

Great!
I'm looking forward to following your progress!

[En-TACT]

After reviewing the detailed schematics of the Slava (provided in the Russian book), I started to remove the casted bollards (boxed in red). The correct places are in green; will be placed with Shelf Oddity's bollards.

I'm finding many inaccurancies with this Combrig's Slava - I have a feeling this mold was meant to be another Borodino battleship??