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Revell Soviet Spy Trawler

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  • Member since
    August 2014
Revell Soviet Spy Trawler
Posted by Ozmac on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 6:43 PM

Hi, I just joined the forum recently, and posted a photo of this recent build in my "Welcome/hello" first posting, but I also thought I'd post it here in the ships section. It's the Revell kit of the Soviet Spy Trawler, which I think is 1/142. There's a very very similar Revell North Sea Trawler which is in that scale, but the Spy Trawler kit box doesn't give a scale.

I've set my trawler into a watery diorama, my first attempt at creating a wake.

I like the way Revell give you two little spies… (er, I mean fishermen) to put somewhere.

As I am a complete newbie to building ships (this is my second one) I felt a bit nervous about adding any ageing or grunge to it, as I don't know how to do that. But I think I might come back to this model one of these days, once I've learned something about weathering, and transform it from the neatest little spy ship in the North Atlantic into a suitably weathered, beaten up old dog of the seas.

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
Posted by seasick on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 11:43 PM

Its the same kit with some add on features. Looks good!

Chasing the ultimate build.

  • Member since
    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:25 AM

You Fink !

   And here I thought you knew nuttin aboot ships . Nice wake, nice ship and stop keeping secrets from this old man. Great stuff !   T.B.           P.S. If you can do wood-grain on a deck you can do weathering.  . Try it ! it's fun ! By the way, did I mention that your builds are very clean and well executed ?

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, August 21, 2014 7:02 PM

VIP Passenger- points to ship and looks at helo crew member curiously

Crewman- "Russian trawler"

VIP- "What's it doing?"

Crewman- "Not doing much fishing"

Nice work on that old kit. Very nicely done on the water base and wake.

 

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  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:52 PM

That kit always worked better as a spy ship--just not enough nets and tires to do a working trawler justice.  Though, the spy version is missing a few antenna & the like.

  • Member since
    July 2009
Posted by Harquebus on Sunday, August 31, 2014 12:58 PM

If you wanted to try an upgrade, the venerable Lindberg/Pyro North Atlantic Fishing Trawler is a larger (17") and more detailed trawler that would readily lend itself to spy or regular fishing duty. It has good rigging instructions, blocks on the gallows and little eyelet holes on the masts, etc., for rigging thread and also suitable for RC conversion on account of its sizable hull.

  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Greenville, NC
Posted by jtilley on Sunday, August 31, 2014 1:35 PM

That Lindberg/Pyro kit is a grand old one from the early fifties. It was copied from the Model Shipways solid-hull wood kit, which represented a trawler named Hildina. The two gents who founded Model Shipways referred to Pyro as "Pirate Plastics." The Pyro Roger B. Taney, Harriet Lane, tuna fisherman, and "brig of war" were also based on Model Shipways kits. The Pyro Gertrude L. Thebaud was pirated from a Marine Models wood kit.

Youth, talent, hard work, and enthusiasm are no match for old age and treachery.

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    June 2013
Posted by RobGroot4 on Sunday, August 31, 2014 2:12 PM

Nicely done!  What did you use for the water, it looks fantastic?

Groot

"Firing flares while dumping fuel may ruin your day" SH-60B NATOPS

  • Member since
    August 2014
Posted by Ozmac on Sunday, August 31, 2014 3:41 PM

Re the water and the wake, it'd be easiest to post links to the YouTube videos of expert modellers showing how they did it, which I followed closely

First, the video on how to make the water (it'd based on a craft glue called Mod Podge)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgWt137zpkQ

Next, the wake (it's based on clear silicone sealer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFOpc8Q6a7M

Both methods were so easy they worked just fine first time. The water for this Spy Trawler diorama was my second go at making water, while the wake was my first attempt, so these methods should work pretty well for anyone who, like me, is completely new to water and wakes.

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    January 2003
Posted by Darren Roberts on Sunday, August 31, 2014 5:05 PM

Ahh, you beat me to it! One of my favorite lines from The Final Countdown.

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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, September 4, 2014 4:49 PM

A good looking model!

Not a criticism, but every russian trawler I ever saw, and most others for that matter, basically look like hell.

Total rust buckets, water slime marks all over them and faded markings.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    August 2014
Posted by Ozmac on Thursday, September 4, 2014 5:35 PM
You're right about the lack of weathering; I mentioned that in my original post. As a newbie to modelling learning how to weather models is on my 'to do' list and I think the Russian Spy Trawler will probably be the first to receive it's well deserved bucket of grunge!
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