Airfix 1/350 Trafalgar Class SSN

[Dads203]

This arrived yesterday, very quick shipping from Airfix indeed.

Box Top, very nice picture of one of the T Boats. I'm sure its HMS Turbulent pre 1993 refit?

Heres the sprues, not many parts and moulded in the same blue gray as their Lusty kit.

You can see that Airfix have provided the names for all he T Class boats in service which is welcome.

They look to be good quality too.

Scopes and ECM/ESM antennas

Some shots of the sail, all looks good in this picture, you get two tops of the Sail

depending on if you want to use the scopes and antennas.

The forward Hull, not alot of detail here, the same as the full size boats,

The rear hull, ballast tank vents, and rear hatch yet again nicely done.

The screw and propulsor bits, the propulsor blades look a bit crude but then you see very little

one the shrowd is fitted.

Its a nice package and great that a mainstream company has started to kit modern RN subjects

I'm looking forward to building and painting this little kit, the challenge will be to render the rubber tiles

that are all over the hull, painting and masking is in order for this.

Cheers

Dan

Edited July 2, 2010 by Dads203

[Mike]

That looks nice... There's an opportunity for someone to do a decal sheet for the tiles on the sail and upper surfaces, a la the old Cutting Edge tiles for the Space Shuttle

[fraxinus]

how many paint scheme options? even I can paint this one!!!!

[Dads203]

how many paint scheme options? even I can paint this one!!!!

Only the one, time to break open the Nato Black, I'll post the pix of the painting guide

in few minutes. The camera battery died

[Dads203]

The painting guide.

Cheers

Dan

[avro683]

That looks good Dan, must get one. I love the name "Tireless"!

Tony

[Irishgreek]

Great class of boats! Thanks for the pictures. Love the cover photo on the kit too with all the rust and missing tiles!

[Paul A H]

Mmmmm, looks very nice indeed. Can't say no at that price either!

[Chris Hewitt]

must get one off them,cheers for the pic,s

[Brad-M]

Hi,

Thanks for showing this. I was under the impression that the T-Boats had a pump-jet system, as oppossed to the regular prop??

Thanks

Brad

[kspriss]

Hi,

Thanks for showing this. I was under the impression that the T-Boats had a pump-jet system, as oppossed to the regular prop??

Thanks

Brad

yes and no...Trafalgar, the lead boat was built with a prop, but was converted to pumpjet during her first refit.

steve

PS..question for dads203...how long is the hull of the boat in 350th?

Edited July 4, 2010 by kspriss

[Don Murphy]

For my nuclear submarines, I use Tamiya Semi-Gloss Black for all metal. Then I use Testor's ModelMaster Aircraft Interior Black for the rubber/non-skid bits.

Cheers,

Don

P.S. Which boat will you build?

[CliffB]

Please excuse my ignorance about these things, but what are the tiles for?

Cliff

[Dads203]

yes and no...Trafalgar, the lead boat was built with a prop, but was converted to pumpjet during her first refit.

steve

PS..question for dads203...how long is the hull of the boat in 350th?

Hi Steve, She's approx 230mm long without the screw/pumpjet

HTH

Dan

[brewerjerry]

Please excuse my ignorance about these things, but what are the tiles for?

Cliff

Hi

Best way I can think of phrasing it is ... for hiding the submarine.

cheers

jerry

Edited July 4, 2010 by brewerjerry

[Troffa]

Please excuse my ignorance about these things, but what are the tiles for?

Cliff

Never read any Tom Clancy eh?

Google anechoic tiles or click:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anechoic_tile

[Blacktjet]

yes and no...Trafalgar, the lead boat was built with a prop, but was converted to pumpjet during her first refit.

steve

PS..question for dads203...how long is the hull of the boat in 350th?

Just started one of these. Not up to scratch on subs but I think as the kit stands, it can only be built as Trafalgar STB. The hull will require modification for all other vessels in the class.

Steve, are you sure Trafalgar had the pump-jet retrofitted?

[Brad-M]

So does the kit include the pump jet back end so a modeller can build the rest of the boats?

Thanks

Brad

yes and no...Trafalgar, the lead boat was built with a prop, but was converted to pumpjet during her first refit.

steve

PS..question for dads203...how long is the hull of the boat in 350th?

[kspriss]

Steve, are you sure Trafalgar had the pump-jet retrofitted?

yes, i have it from the 'horses mouth' you might say!

steve

[CliffB]

Google anechoic tiles or click:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anechoic_tile

Thanks, just like they use on childrens' playgrounds!

Cliff

[Blacktjet]

yes, i have it from the 'horses mouth' you might say!

steve

So contrary to the Airfix instruction sheet, I can build the kit as HMS Trafalgar 2008-2009, with the pump-jet then?

[brewerjerry]

Never read any Tom Clancy eh?

Google anechoic tiles or click:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anechoic_tile

Hi

Amazing what is now on the net in public domian.

cheers

Jerry

[Brad-M]

I am a Sonar Chief in the Canadian Navy, so I may have an idea also

Brad

yes, i have it from the 'horses mouth' you might say!

steve

[Blacktjet]

I am a Sonar Chief in the Canadian Navy, so I may have an idea also

Brad

So, can you confirm that Trafalgar is as quiet as the rest of the class?

[donaldmackenzie]

Might be wrong but i do belive Swiftsure and Trafalgar both had propellers and all other boats in both classes had / have propulsors !!

Working in Faslane im gonna make mine as an 's' boat in particular HMS Splendid a few modifications but shoudnt be to difficult

With the acoustic tiles I was thinking about a slim covering of plasto or similar with delicate and carfully cut scribe lines

Brother was senior officer on board Swiftsure ( ok she had been decommisioned ) and Father was ERA on Oracle, Rouqual and Outside Wrecker on Revenge

Edited July 23, 2010 by donaldmackenzie