Russian Oscar II SSGN in 1/350 scale

FORBIN said:

Damn your the man ! Merci

Oscar wide ! Seawolf seem little but have same number of weapons however SS-N-19 is a very long range supersonic missile with a very big warhead but no sea skimming

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The Sea Wolf is a really exceptional sub...like the F-22 of the undersea world.

They have a large weapon capability and with the larger torpedo tubes are able to launch numerous Tomahawk cruise missiles from those tubes without having to have all of the additional worries of VLS.

Also VERY quiet. The best of all worlds for an SSN IMHO...the class of three boats is probably the best SSN ever built.

I started this session by painting the propellers. Each Oscar II SSGN submarine has two shafts and two propellers. I then painted all of the various antennae, sensors, and periscopes for the sail. I then added all of these to the vessel.

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At this point it was time to add the decals. There are not too many of them, but they make a big difference in the look and autheticity of the model. Hatch covers, insignia, outlines for the sail windows, and depth markings.


With that, I just needed to add the stand, and also do touch up work. Then it was time for the two finish coats of flat, dull coat and the model was completed,

...and a couple of close ups:


Those SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles are massive. They and their compartments on ech side is what makes this vessel so wide, and have such a heavy displacement (in addition to the two reactos and the double hull).

So, there you have it, the Russian Oscar II SSGN nuclear guided-missile submarine, Tomsk, K150. She is now offically a part of my Russian aircraft carrier strike group

Jeff Head said:

The Sea Wolf is a really exceptional sub...like the F-22 of the undersea world.

Also VERY quiet. The best of all worlds for an SSN IMHO...the class of three boats is probably the best SSN ever built.

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Perhaps in a few years time you can also call it the Zumwalt of the undersea world. I think a lot of things that were developed for the Sea Wolf found their way into the "scaled back" Virginia, which by itself has become a very successfull program, I believe.
Maybe the DDG-1000s can be the same thing for a scaled-back DDG(X) Burke follow on. An 8 to 10.000t DDG, with, again, 96x VLS, maybe one "light" railgun, or 155mm + 5" conventional setup, and so on ...

Scratch said:

Perhaps in a few years time you can also call it the Zumwalt of the undersea world. I think a lot of things that were developed for the Sea Wolf found their way into the "scaled back" Virginia, which by itself has become a very successfull program, I believe.
Maybe the DDG-1000s can be the same thing for a scaled-back DDG(X) Burke follow on. An 8 to 10.000t DDG, with, again, 96x VLS, maybe one "light" railgun, or 155mm + 5" conventional setup, and so on ...

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I agree.

I was able to work on the NSSN program, which became the Virginia sub and what you say is true about the three Sea wolf vessels projecting technology and capabilities onto the Virginia. The Virginia then took those outstanding qualities and added more, albeit in a smaller package with less torpedo tubes and overall weapons at the time.

But, by the time the SSGN hybrid capability comes along with the Block V boats and thereafter, those Virginias will then carry more weapons that the sea Wolf boats..

I agree 100% that the DDG-1000 class will produce similar results in the future.

As it is, the discussion of the SSNs would fit nicely into the SSN threads...in this case specifically the Sea Wolf and the Virginia threads. I will copy these posts there.

Great job once again Jeff! I like this pic the best because it shows the details painted upon the interiors and used of various colors for the antennae, communication, and periscope towers.

Equation said:

Great job once again Jeff! I like this pic the best because it shows the details painted upon the interiors and used of various colors for the antennae, communication, and periscope towers.

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These are very powerful subs. Those 24 Shipwreck SS-N-19 missiles would give anyone a very bad hair day,

I think if Jeff's collection of model fleets of ships, subs and fighter jets were real, he can take over half of the world by himself now.