1:144 Piranha Type PR 865 and 1:35 Molch

[southern or]

I'm still waiting on them, but does anyone have any info on the Piranha sub? It's a Russian kit (MikroMir?) so I at least hope it's correct. I said it in another post, but when I take breaks from the big projects I fall back to the little guys for practice.

[southern or]

Re: 1:144 Piranha Type PR 865 and 1:35 Molch

My kits came! The Piranha is a pretty cool little sub.

[Covert Shores]

Agree, really fascinating boats. Do you have photos of the completed build?

Here's my attempt at a cutaway of the Project 865 Piranha with Sirena-UM SDVs. Drawn in MS Paint and rendered in GIMP.


Much higher resolution at http://www.hisutton.com/Piranha%20Sp...submarine.html

KEY:
1. Aft (rear) light
2. Rudder
3. Steerable shrouded propeller
4. Hydroplanes
5. Recesses for folding masts
6. Electronic Warfare mast (folding, port side)
7. Snort mast for diesel engine (folding, center)
8. Communication antenna (folding, starboard side)
9. 21” (533mm) torpedo tubes (4 in total)
10. Navigation light (green = starboard, red = port)
11. Main access hatch
12. Fair weather conning tower for surface use
13. Folding watershield
14. Radar antenna
15. Periscope
16. Forward light
17. Torpedo tube doors
18. Sirena-UM 2-man Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (x2 in torpedo tubes)
19. Latouche 400mm active-passive anti-ship torpedo (x2)
20. Bow hydroplanes (fold aft)
21. Diver lock-out chamber with ‘moon pool’ hatch in floor
22. Flooded outer hull
23. Passive sonar array
24. Fiberglass sonar dome
25. Sonar dome for active sonar array
26. Diver access hatch in outer hull
27. Spetsnaz diver
28. APS underwater assault rifle
29. IDA-71 rebreather
30. Command center
31. Habitation space
32. Batteries


There are rumors that Russia will restart the Piranha program. Maybe the Piranha-2 design.

[bwi]

Attempt?......that looks realy good.....congrats.

grtz,
Bart

[southern or]

Agree, really fascinating boats. Do you have photos of the completed build?

Here's my attempt at a cutaway of the Project 865 Piranha with Sirena-UM SDVs. Drawn in MS Paint and rendered in GIMP.


Much higher resolution at http://www.hisutton.com/Piranha%20Sp...submarine.html


There are rumors that Russia will restart the Piranha program. Maybe the Piranha-2 design.

Alas, no, I haven't built the kit yet. I picked my Romeo and Kilo kits to do between working on my 1/96 Oscar. The Kilo has been a problem child but it is 98% complete. NOTE to RC SUB WORKSHOP-if you're going to make a RC conversion "kit" for the Kilo you should include instructions.

Good job on the cutaway though. That looks really good.