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Hi ;
Anyone know where I can find these little beasties in 1/700 ?
This comes to mind, though from memory the helos were a bit ordinary.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/246559-aoshima-01522-russian-naval-plane
Tanker - Builder Anyone know where I can find these little beasties in 1/700 ?
Ka-25 Hormones are included in the DML/Dragon USS Ohio vs Soviet Alfa dual kit in 1:700.
The kit has been re-issued under the Testors and Italieri labels
Trumpeter also have a 6 pack of 1/700 KA-27 Helix's
http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=2362&l=en
The Storozhevoi was a Krivak I. Neither those nor Krivak IIs had a flight deck. No helo onboard or facilities.
In case you are planning a diorama with a helo hovering nearby, it would need to be a Ka-25 Hormone at the time of the Storozhevoi mutiny. The mutiny occurred in 1975 and the Ka-27 Helix didn't enter service until 1982.
If you are building the Krivak from the Skywave Orange box #M-4, watch out - the helicopter on the generic equipment sprue in this kit (as well as the Equipment Set #58 for Soviet warships) is a Helix. (The Helix has a longer fuselage than the Hormone (37' as opposed to the Hormone's 32'). Helix looks like a rectangle and Hormone is closer to square when viewed from the side.
As mentioned above, the Dragon/ Italeri kit of USS Ohio with an Alfa has a Hormone - not bad.
Aoshima made an aircraft set of vtol Forgers and Hormones for their Minsk/ Kiev kits, but they weren't as nice as the Dragon/ Italeri piece.
Rick
Surface_Line The Storozhevoi was a Krivak I. Neither those nor Krivak IIs had a flight deck. No helo onboard or facilities.
IIRC the KIII, which was helo capable, was used by the KGB Border Protection service.
Shouldn't be too difficult to kit-mangle a KI/KII into a KIII.
But I thought TB was asking about the Storozhevoi? That ship is a Krivak I. And it is only noteworthy for an event that occurred in 1975. Therefore I replied with Krivak I info.
And by the way, as for Krivak III, Larrt Gertner once pointed out to me how the bridge on the Krivak III was a deck and a half higher than on the I and II. I saw the difference, but have not been able to nail down the specific deck plans that would effect the change. I agree that the flight deck and moved guns would be fairly straightforward. Do you have any references that talk about modifying the superstructure to get a Krivak III?
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