The first submarine in the Typhoon class, Dmitri Donskoy (TK-208), entered service in 1981. Petersburg’s Rubin Design Bureau to squeeze in such unprecedented perks as a solarium, swimming pool, and sauna. Although most subs are relatively spartan in amenities, the sheer size of the Typhoons made it possible for engineers at St. The Typhoon-class submarines displaced 23,200 tons in order to accommodate a payload of 20 RSM-52 ballistic missiles. The subs (code name: Akula) were designed to be 566 feet long, 76 feet wide, and nearly 38 feet tall. In the 1970s, the Soviet Union embarked upon a new nuclear weapons program (code name: Typhoon) to develop a new missile-firing submarine and nuclear missiles. Just how big are we talking? Each u-boat stretched to nearly 600 feet long and was wider than the average American house-and almost three times as tall, to boot. These Cold War giants still stand as the largest subs ever built. If you’ve ever seen The Hunt for Red October, you’re probably familiar with Russia’s truly massive Typhoon-class submarines. The missile-firing submarines were designed to operate in the Arctic under pack ice.Ī typical Typhoon was more than 1.5 times longer than a football field and three times as tall as the average American house. Russia’s Typhoon-class submarines were true Cold War leviathans. I don't know where you are from - so I don't know if you can get Halfords car sprays wher you are?īut they make building and painting modern submarines very easy.Photo credit: Georges DeKeerle - Getty Images Once the masking was removed, I had a nice thin white waterline mark above the red hull line.Īfter applying the decals, I give it a final coat of satin varnish - again from a spray can. Once they were fixed I sprayed it White Primer for the stripe around the waterline - then I masked this off with very narrow masking tape, then sprayed the Red, then the Dark Grey. When I did my Typhoon, I sprayed it with Grey Primer - to make sure all the joins were OK. I use car sprays for my submarines - 'rattle cans' of Halfords acrylic spray paints.įor the lower hull I use Halfords Red Plastic Primer - and for the top surface I use things like Volvo Dark Grey (almost black) - or Vauxhall Tempest Grey (a bit lighter). Tamiya sprays should be OK AICZ, but I wouldn't use black - I think it is too stark - very dark grey is better in this scale In close time i must give both subs a color coat.But i must say - Whooa a Typhoon is really a Leviathan ! Greenville - uhhh Dallas - looks with compare with him as rhino near blue whale ! I'am happy i have finally have a my own "Red October" submarine !Ĭan you help me with add pictures to forum, please ? I'm not boomers expert - but both kits look good and i'ts build is really fun.
#Red october typhoon class submarine movie
I make it not as real USS Greenville but as movie USS Dallas. And i found in my stack Los Angeles class (668i) (USS Greeneville SSN-772) with ASDS midget submarine (and in Clancy's famous novel - and movie have a midget sub a important role).
I make all hatches (missiles silos and navigating bridge) closed, with retract periscopes and sensor cones. I seen my favorite movie with sir Connery and Alec Baldwin and for two and half hours i have a structural work completed. I go to day in my local shop and my question is simple: "Have you a new "Red October" from Hobby Boss ? (Yes, i know, movie Red October have an caterpillar propulsion system and huge sensor bulge on upper stabilisator). Mikro-Mir is another hard to find brand for enthuiast and Flankerman's Typhoon build from HB here on BM looks really good. Recently released was two Typhoon class kits - a Typhoon from Chinese Hobby Boss and Russian Mikro-Mir. Only available Typhoon class in my favorite scale 1/350 was obsolete DML kit (from Cold War era) and Russian hard to find Alanger kit. Finally ! After one year i made another kit (Yup, i bought 20 - 30 kits for year and build one or two or three -when i have a good year.) I love a brilliant Tom Clancy's techno thriller "Hunt for Red October" and i can a twenty years build a Typhoon class submarine.
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