Aurora Russian Guided Missile Submarine
Nov 16, 2019 13:52:57 GMT -6
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Post by Ernie on Nov 16, 2019 13:52:57 GMT -6
This is the mid 1960's vintage Aurora Russian Guided Missile Submarine. While not an accurate representation of the Soviet Golf class submarine, it was a contemporary attempt by Aurora to produce a model of what they though the latest underwater nuclear threat from the Russians looked like. So, from that stand point it is kind of interesting, and accuracy aside these old original Aurora kits are getting harder and harder to find, so it was a real treat for me to get one of these to build. As it was a mostly a nostalgia build I went after it just like it had been depicted on the box art; overall sinister black. The only thing I added were a couple scratch built aerials for the top of the sail to give it a more submarineish look. The kit decals were unusable so replacements in the same style were sourced, a small red star added to front to the sail and a scaled down copy of the original box are was printed on white decal paper and affixed to the kit supplied base..... And that was it, a really fun build of an old kit I never built as a kid!
