Hobby Boss 1/350 Russian Akula Attack Sub

Very nice paint job on that boat. I looks like it's bigger than 1/350 due to your excellent finishing skills.

I now know how diminutive 1/350 subs are since I just received the only sub kit I'll probably ever build - Revell's 1/350 U-Boat Type VIIC which I plan to display next to the Trumpeter 1/350 Graf Spee when I get around to building them.

Excellent job!  The only suggestion is to add a little darkness to the limber holes. Other than that, impressive work!

Bill

Thanks Bill. I wasn't sure what those were.

BTW, I didn't go with as nasty of a hull as I could have.

Great job!  I've always believed that the Soviets/Russians made good-looking submarines, but they also always seem to be a generation behind U.S. technolgies.  The Akula class boats were built while we were fielding Los Angeles class boats; the Akula was roughly equivalent to the American Sturgeon class.  Good boats all . . .

Bill

The real name for the Akula class is Typhoon. Funny isn't it.

warshipguy

Great job!  I've always believed that the Soviets/Russians made good-looking submarines, but they also always seem to be a generation behind U.S. technolgies.  The Akula class boats were built while we were fielding Los Angeles class boats; the Akula was roughly equivalent to the American Sturgeon class.  Good boats all . . .

Bill

 

It's interesting that, while NATO refers to the largets SSBN's ever built as "Typhoon," the Soviets named it "Akula".  The NATO code name for the titanium-hulled Akula class SSN is actually the Soviet "Shchuka-B," or Pike.

Bill