Red Storm Rising 25th Anniversary GB

Okay, I'm done with my two-seat Frisbee.  Have a look.  Chris

Ha haaa, sweet! Going to a couple of shows this month...need to see if I can score one.

Almost done with my RSR read-through. Been taking notes the whole way - man there's a lot of modeling potential in there!

Kg- Frisbee looks good! Congrats on the finish.

Buff – nice job on the Oscar; those HB kits not too bad and can be had cheap from overseas vendors like LuckyModels.

The idea of RSR actually came from a huge Harpoon scenario from Larry Bond, IIRC. Hans – you are right..amazing how many younglings do not even recall the Cold War.  I do hope RSR makes it into a movie, or a mini-series. Larry Bond wrote his own books, the first 2-3 as good as RSR.

Nice work Kg4! I really like how you added the rear seat for the WSO. Did you arm it also?

Stikpusher - compared my notes to yours on page 2...you got a couple I missed! Assuming the Ka-25 was inferred at some point (vs specifically mentioned)? Same with a couple of others: the M109 and AH-64.

To be added to the list:

USS Prevail (the minesweeper), MiG-31, Su-27, and ZSU-23.

Interesting that he calls the MiG-25 the "Foxfire" vs Foxbat...also changed Eastport, Maine to Eastpoint, for some reason.

So I am thinking about jumping in. I have.... a 1:48 mig 21PF revell. Mig 23S 1/72 Thinking about making a dio with this one. Then 1:350 typhoon, akula, delta IV, Kilo, Alpha. So I am thinking about it. I just finished up a p-51 mustang 1/32. Not too bad for hand painting. Still need to fine tune my approach to model making. Off too decaling. When I get done this will be my first in depth model I have ever made.... Only took 3 years to build. School, job and marriage seems to occupy ones life. 

I did manage to score a Testors F-19 this weekend (cheeeaaaaap) - no luck on the Monogram Stealth offering, though. Rare Plane Detective was at the show and everything...thought he'd have one for sure.

Looking at picking up some aftermarket for the RoG/Zvezda/DML T-80UD I've got. Thinking it would be pretty appropriate for this GB.

Anyone else still around?

I am still breathing. Sitting in park... I just got the book but I am reading Hunt for Red October at the moment had too. Lol. Then I am thinking about getting an airbrush, compressor and booth. so I am taking my time. I almost bought that model of the 80TU Should of. At the moment I am thinking 1/72 Mig but I might do a Mig 21 in Foil. Start big I guess. 

The keel was laid on USS Chicago today. I built the hull before work. Next up is seam filling and clean up. I will take and post pics on that tomorrow...

Major seams cleaned up and recribed lost hull detail. I still need some filler in a few spots but overall the worst is gone...

and a close up of the area that sets Chicago apart from my last Los Angeles Class SSN, USS Dallas- the VLS tubes in the bow

More to follow soon...(eventually)

, I'm away for a bit and thought I'd check in and someone else has done the Frisbee I had in mind for this!  Oh, well.

Good job on the 19.  Were the crew names from the book or decals that came with the kit?  ( Just want to know what to expect on the sheet when I do get around to building one, even if it's not for this GB )

I'll try to think of something else to build and come back later.  Too bad that the Russians in the book didn't have a counterpart for the Frisbees ( that I remember, anyway ).  I have the MiG "Ferret" in the stash somewhere that would've worked.

nice start Stik; you are a building machine!

I am still a few weeks (and WIPs) from starting this one...

Does anyone know if the

*spolier alert*

....  sub Tomahawk attack was done sub-surfaced, surfaced or submerged? I dont have the book anymore... I am talking the scene in which the handful of attack subs bombard a Soviet base with crusie missiles... I want to (attempt to)replicate that scene with a LA class sub, cracking thru some ice... but cannot remember the scene!

That part of the book is done submerged. The subs did not fire thru the ice, but from an open water area at perisccope depth. USS Chicago is one of them. Remember the war was in summertime

I have just been on a build kick on my days off lately... between all the family duties and obligations... Today was some minor progress. Did some more seam sanding and added putty to fill the low areas on the hull and sail. Tomorrow will get that sanded smooth, attach the sail, some other parts, and probably be ready for initial  painting on Thrusday.

Here is Chicago with all parts attached except masts/scopes and screw. Now all ready for painting.  And of course once painted I need to add a load of SLCMs in the open hatches.

I sprayed on a coat of hull red on the lower hull today. Getting there...

Here is USS Chicago's current state:

and how she looks as of this afternoon with a base coat of Polly Scale Grimy Black

Still have a bit more painting to go on the bow sonar dome before the decals can be applied...

That is looking good!  I really like the Polly S Grimy Black.  It answers so many questions for rubber and faded black.

Jim

Yes, I do love those Polly scale colors. My last few subs I used Scale Black which has a bit more bluish hue to it. I just applied some MM Acryl Marine Colors Dark Gray 5D for the fading on the bow sonar dome. Have to do a bit of regular black on the upper portion and she will be ready for gloss coat then decals.

And here is USS Chicago as of this afternoon. All basic colors applied to the hull. Overall hull is Polly Scale Grimy Black and Model Master Acryl Marine Colors Anti Fouling Red. Lighter "faded" area on bow is MM Acryl Marine Colors Dark Gray 5D, and fresh black area is Tamiya Semi Gloss Black

I added the Chicago Bulls logo to the bow. Unfortunately  even with me using Solvaset I was not able to properly center it. I will try to float the log with some Micro Set alter and hopefully be able to center it properly...

For real? They threw a Bulls logo on there? How'd they pull that off?

Also, how big a logo was that? I imagine pretty large.

Nice build!

I dont know the "how" of it, but yes, it was for real...

I read it somewhere. I am not sure where though. When it was in dry dock when the bulls were amazing in 89 and 90's in the Jordan era. One of the workers drew this on the bow with chalk. To so homage to Chicago and there Bulls. 

Here are the 1/72 tanks that I finally got finished.  I started building them last March and just finished dirtying up the last one Friday night.  I hope you like them.  I still need to build a T-62 and a BMP.  I'd better get to work!

Oh those are nice! memories!!!

Woohoo! There are some great builds going on. Thanks for keeping the thread moving.

HMS Trafalgar (and she will be Trafalgar, not Torbay) has a fully assembled hull (photos to follow soon) and will be built with all the scopes, antennae and planes sticking out.

Hey folks, don't forget that FSM has put up the workbench review for the Academy Reuben James. Looks like it's a great kit.

HMS Battleaxe to USS Reuben James: "What the devil is a Reuben James?"

USS Reuben James to HMS Battleaxe: "At least we don't name ships after our mothers-in-law."

I know that this GB fizzled out quite some time ago, but... I have pulled my USS Chicago off the sidelines and will be finishing her up in the next few weeks... better late than never I suppose.