1/700 Anshan by Mikegr

[mikegr]

Another model of a less popular ship on my bench, Anshan the first destroyer of the PLA Navy.
Ex Russian ships, converted with Chinese missiles replacing some torpedo tubes. This ship today is a museum


The model
I bought it from EBay. The manufacturer is Chinese but I can't see the name. There are two PE sets with lots of big and small parts and few resin pieces. In fact most are PEs even some big parts of the superstructure.
Finally the instructions are a 3 page photo copy, showing each part assembly, them fitting them all together to the hull. Not sure how helpful will that be.

The first I did is to straighten the banana shaped resin hull

 

[mikegr]

had issues how to permanently straighten the hull. A wooden base was made, model was placed on the center and a small amount of resin was poured. It was left dry overnight.

Hull sides were painted gray already. Looks like I have to cover the base before future painting. t
Upon my first look at the model it was noticable how many PE pieces exists, comparing to the few resin ones.
First trouble came when I start to make the missile launchers. Apart from the base the others are metal ones, a frame and the "skin", mini parts than must be folder in oval shaped and attached over the frame


After struggling for 2 hours it was pretty obvious that there's not a chance I accomplish this task and even if I do result will be mediocre.
So once again standars parts were used as a reference for size and I made my own launchers pack after 3 attempts. Then I only add the enchancing PEs. Since there was an option for the hatches to be left open, I made also a few missile heads.
Finally the funnel was added with bit extra detailing according to pics I studied