Here's another update on the work I've done:
The model is looking a lot better now with the hull, deck + superstructure fully painted and various small details like ladders, cable reels and radar domes added or replaced. However, it's looking distinctly incomplete without any weapons, so I've started work on putting the main armament back in place, with added detail and a new coat of paint.
The main anti-ship armament of the Sovremenny, and one of the most distinctive features of its appearance, is the SS-N-22 Moskit (Mosquito) surface-to-surface missile, NATO codename "Sunburn". Eight missiles are carried in two quadruple launchers either side of the bridge.
These needed the least work of all the armament parts on the model. I just dismantled the launchers, cleaned up the parts, and re-assembled them. The only additions were the support posts/cable ducts? in the centre and the strips at the base of the main support posts.
The SA-N-7 "Gadfly" surface to air missile is the Sovremenny class's main air defence weapon, two launchers are fitted, fore and aft, which carry one missile each - the reloads are stored in a magazine below (the missile hatches can be seen in the deck)
The launchers supplied with the model are actually upside-down, the missile should be on the underside of the pivoting "arm" not the top. Other than this, they're not too bad.
The completed and painted launchers, with a figure to show scale - cleaned up and re-assembled (with the missile removed and glued back in the right place) with etched brass ladder + railings added.
The main gun armament consists of two AK-130 130mm twin turret mounts, one forward, one aft. The "Smasher"'s turrets are based on those in the Trumpeter kit and hence are inaccurate in shape (the turret shape is the kit's only major error) - they should be rounded in shape rather than a straightforward hemisphere. White Ensign Models make a set of accurate replacement turrets moulded in resin, but for a working model the original turrets still look good enough. They can still be improved with some cleanup and extra detailing to the hatches, barrels and other areas.
The gun barrels are so misshapen and badly moulded as to be virtually rectangular in section, so rather than attempt to improve them I scratchbuilt new barrels from metal + plastic tube, retaining the breech/pivot part of the original barrel. The main part of the barrel is stainless steel tube salvaged from old Revell Contacta glue tubes! I also added the cooling hoses using fine brass wire.
The turret gunhouse was sanded smooth and new hatches + other surface detail added from styrene, along with the vision port/rangefinder on top.
The finished and painted turrets. The barrels still elevate, but with the screws removed, there is nothing to hold the turrets to the deck, so they'll have to be glued in place to stop them falling off. Rotating turrets probably aren't much use on a working model anyway unless they're actually motorised and remote-controlled!