Brickie's Polish Lightning
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Brickie
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Brickie's Polish Lightning
OK, for the first time I dip my toe into the waters of ship building. I've acquired this Mirage kit of a Polish destroyer of World War 2, ORP Błyskawica ("Lightning"). Błyskawica (bwiska-vitsa) had an excellent war record including, in one famous incident, defending the shipyard where she was built, Cowes, from a German air raid in 1943. She's now retired, the oldest preserved destroyer in the world, and tied up at Gdynia.
"If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything!"
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Any plans for a research trip? 
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Re: Brickie's Polish Lightning
Mirage ship kits aren't bad; they make a great effort at finely detailed parts - I have built several. Problem is the thick sprue attachments place a lot of stress on those finely detailed parts. Take care when cutting them off, perhaps gently saw rather than snip/cut .... then repair.
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Brickie
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Re: Brickie's Polish Lightning
No, sadly, we were in Poland on holiday last summer and stayed a few days in Gdansk but we didn't have a lot of time and I didn't think the missus and the nipper would appreciate being dragged away from the beach in Sopot to go look at a rusty old ship.Dazzled wrote:Any plans for a research trip?
"If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything!"
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Brickie
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The sprues don't actually look too bad on this one, but I will take your warning under advisement...jRatz wrote:Mirage ship kits aren't bad; they make a great effort at finely detailed parts - I have built several. Problem is the thick sprue attachments place a lot of stress on those finely detailed parts. Take care when cutting them off, perhaps gently saw rather than snip/cut .... then repair.
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Woooowwww ..... 
I paste three pictures ORP "Błyskawica" from 2009, and if Brickie will have nothing against it, then later a few others.
I read the memories of sailors from the "Błyskawica" - for the British name "Błyskawica" was extremely difficult to pronounce. So sometimes our ship was called simply ... "Whisky-Whiska", or "Bottle whisky" ;)
Regards!
Przemek
I paste three pictures ORP "Błyskawica" from 2009, and if Brickie will have nothing against it, then later a few others.
I read the memories of sailors from the "Błyskawica" - for the British name "Błyskawica" was extremely difficult to pronounce. So sometimes our ship was called simply ... "Whisky-Whiska", or "Bottle whisky" ;)
Regards!
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Re: Brickie's Polish Lightning
Handsome looking ship.
Ego no habeo consilium.
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Great pictures Przemek. It's nice of you to share them 
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Re: Brickie's Polish Lightning
If the kit lives up to the original, this should be a really nice build.
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Brickie
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Re: Brickie's Polish Lightning
Er, yes.
Suddenly it's the 21st and I haven't even started yet. Better get on with it, hadn't I?
Suddenly it's the 21st and I haven't even started yet. Better get on with it, hadn't I?
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Brickie
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Cheers for the pics by the way. I'm determined to go back to Gdansk one day, maybe I'll get to see her next time.
"If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything!"
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Brickie
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So, some sprues...
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Brickie
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Re: Brickie's Polish Lightning
And a couple of hours later, the main assemblies are complete...
"If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything!"
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Brickie
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Re: Brickie's Polish Lightning
Anyone know what colour the deck should be? The colour callouts in the instructions are a bit ... vague.
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http://www.mojehobby.pl/products/ORP-BL ... z.-44.html; <--- it's your Błyskawica? In this colours?