Here are a few photos of the model presently at my workbench.

It's Mikro Mir's 1:350 kit of the lone Beluga class submarine, an experimental submarine (project 1710) used to test hull shape and other technologies.






I hope to post another update soon.

Cheers

Marco Preto
http://mpminiatures.wordpress.com

Bom dia Marco,

Very nice work so far!.....looking forward to seeing more.

How is the plastic quality on these MikroMir kits?

Cheers,
Joe

Wow, that's a cool looking sub. It looks like an aircraft drop tank!

Here the latest photo of the model:



Base colors are applied as well as the decals.

Joe, the quality is similar (but a bit better) then a short run plastic kit. There are some tooling marks (from the molds manufacturing - it looks to be made on a cnc, but I can be wrong) but nothing to bad, but the engraved details look very good under some paint. It has been a very enjoyable experience.

Cheers

Marco Preto
http://mpminiatures.wordpress.com

Bom dia Marco,

Now that you have put some paint on the sub, which looks super,
I can see that the hull detail is quite crisp.

Very nice sub!... looking forward to seeing more.

Cheers,
Joe

Here are a few more photos. They show the scratch built sensors (with the exception of the radar type antenna, which is a p.e. part supplied in the kit) and the first steps in weathering.





I hope to complete it soon.

Cheers

Marco Preto
http://mpminiatures.wordpress.com

Looking good!

Cheers,

Here are a few photos of the completed model. It was a joy to build it.

I hope you like it.







Cheers

Marco Preto
http://mpminiatures.wordpress.com

Outstanding work, Marco! It can be hard to make an interesting display from such a simple kit, but you have made the most it. Well done!

Marco,
That sub turned out SUPERB!.....love the subtle weathering.
Cheers,

Yes, this is well turned out. What did you use to create the handrail on the sail?