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Stormbringer

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Sovremenny
« on: July 28, 2012, 01:37:50 pm »
About a year ior so back i got this cheap rtr Heng Tai destroyer which looked like this


after getting it home and doing a little bit of research on the net i discovered it was a Russian Sovremenny class DD
i took out the toy grade electronics and replaced with a 2.4ghz rx , 2 x 10 amp viper esc's , fitted rudders and a decent micro servo and she ended up looking like this



the strange thing is on the box it said 1/115 scale but the dimensions fit the 1/200 scale trumpeter kit  ?
and i have since replaced the rear mast with a scratchbuilt lattice type
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Re: Sovremenny
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2012, 01:50:30 pm »
Nice job, once you got inside the model I expect :-)
I am fairly sure that the Trumpeter model had something to do with this model, even if only using the general info gained from producing the finer detailed 1/200 scale ( same size ) kit.
We could do with more 'toys' like this to provide a cheap basis for a conversion to a decent RC model. Excellent :-))
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Re: Sovremenny
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2012, 02:00:09 pm »
thx mate much appreciated  :-))
her is a couple of pics showing the new mast , not perfect by any means but does look a lot better than the stock mast



and the real ship

your right that we could do with more of these cheapy rtr's to help folks who dont have the building skills or time to do models as all that took was a bit of a paint job and decent rc kit
if i had saw it on net i prob wouldnt have got it but my lhs had 1 out on display and i thought that looks horrible but it had a lot of detail on it and thought it would paint up well
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Re: Sovremenny
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2012, 01:23:00 pm »
Here's a few photos of my Trumpeter Sovremenny if they help you. I built this a long time ago as a static display model, it came with PE Brass fittings as well.











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Re: Sovremenny
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2012, 01:35:45 pm »
very nice  :-))
im seriously thinking about the white emblem pe parts for my one as they do look really good and set it of nicely  :-)
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Re: Sovremenny
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2012, 10:33:49 pm »
here are some pics of her at our clubs regatta



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Re: Sovremenny
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2012, 04:25:43 am »
Nice looking model. Was there a reason you didn't paint the decks red ?

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Re: Sovremenny
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2012, 05:26:09 pm »
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Re: Sovremenny
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2012, 05:30:40 pm »
Wandering round a Russian Udaloy class destroyer at portsmouth last week, I noticed most decks are now black with the brick red only extending up the lowest 12" of bulkheads, with a white pinstripe between that and the grey of the superstructure. At 1/200 scale I think you could consider leaving the pinstripe off :}
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Re: Sovremenny
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2012, 06:13:56 pm »
here she is with the correct size pennant number and PE brass mast
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