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Figure 11 and Figure 12 (inset).


tive decks. Figure 7 illustrates the color demarcation derived from this process. Another example of this color demarcation is shown in Figure 8. In some cases, a lot of puttying and sanding was required to get discrete edges of diff erent colors. (Figure 9) Aſt er gluing these painted structures to the hull, the shape of the ship was starting to form. (Figure 10)


While I was building these structures, I began work on some of the key subassemblies. T e fi rst of these were the two SS-N-22 “Sunburn” missile launchers. I decided to make one with open ends, which to my knowledge had not been done before on an Udaloy model in this scale. My research revealed that these launchers housed diff erent types of missiles in adja- cent tubes. So I made up some drawings and repli- cated what I saw in the reference photographs. (Fig- ure 11) T e scratch-built missiles, metal hinges, and numbered hatches are seen in detail in Figure 12.


At logical points in the build I added photo-etched ladders, which replaced the “stairway” plastic pieces supplied in the kit. Figure 13 is a photograph of a ladder aſt er having been cut from its fret. Side rails were folded as shown in Figure 14. T e steps were then rotated to an angle that made them parallel with


Figure 13. Figure 14.


Figure 15.


the decks at the top and bottom ends of the ladder. (Figure 15) T e diff erence between the kit part and the photo-etched piece is clearly visible in Figure 16. T e fi nished ladder was then painted and attached to the model. (Figure 17)


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