MikroMir's SSBN Typhoon in 1:350 scale

Bart Goesaert
Looking good, it's a pretty large one in this scale... certainly compared to WWII subs...

Treehugger
Yes. It measures a little under 50 cm length wise. This model fits inside my cabinet. 🙂

I think the most imporant goal here is to make the seams and the shape of the hull as flush as possible to get that solid look when finishing painting.

It might be an idea to detail the hull, but I honestly haven't thought that far. Not sure how I can even add tiling to the hull surface.

What I can do, is making the hull skin look stressed, I think that is something I can do. Edit: On second thought, I guess if this ship has tiles on it, there woudln't be any stressed hull to be seen.

Bart Goesaert
Adding the tiles can be done by simply scribing (luckily these are added in the Hobby Boss kit, but these are very pronounced) On the ship you can distinguish some variations in color ([img1]) , to make the hull looking stressed, take a look here to avoid a lot of scraping, but I don't think it is a necessity:

shipmodels.info/mws_..amp;start=40#p742983

Treehugger
Ah, yes, painting a patterns seems like a good idea. As long as there is this contrasting effect showing indivisual tile, I think doing that will look good. I am thinking airbrush on black, then maske off and airbrush on some lighter color, then remove masking and carefully airbrushing a thin layer of black again.

Bart Goesaert
thinking more about nato-black, RLM 66, dark grey, rubber black... you know the fifty shades of dark grey.. then you can still do a panel wash with black to make things pop a bit...

Treehugger
Good idea with black wash over nato black, as black wash on a black surface probably isn't very interesting. 🙂

Clifford Keesler
That is going to be a monster. Watching. I got the Kilo all done except for adding the screw. I will try and get some pictures soon.