May 2020 Meeting - cancelled

Due to the ongoing health crisis the 05 May 2020 meeting of the Capital Marine Modellers' Guild has been cancelled. Meetings will resume when the City of Ottawa re-opens all public facilities.

Keep working in your home shipyard, and let's see a lot of finished models when this is all over.

The First Shot of the Revolution - the Cruiser AURORA

Here are a selection of photographs of the museum ship Cruiser AURORA in Petrograd, and some models of the ship as well as art.

The ship fired the blank shot which signalled the start of the final phase of the armed uprising in November 1917. Interesting fact: during the Great Patriotic War the ship was sunk to prevent it from being damaged by nazi scum invaders. After the war it was refloated and restored.

The ship is beautifully maintained and well worth a visit.

http://navalmuseum.ru/filials/cruiser_aurora

Enjoy
John Clearwater

Cruiser AURORA

Cruiser AURORA

Cruiser AURORA

Cruiser AURORA

Cruiser AURORA

Cruiser AURORA

Cruiser AURORA

Cruiser AURORA

Cruiser AURORA

Ship Models in the Central Naval Museum

This is a selection of naval ship and submarine models on display in the Central Naval Museum in St. Petersburg.

It is worth a visit to their new location at 2 Naberezhnaya Kryukova Kanala, St Petersburg 190000
http://navalmuseum.ru

Enjpy
John Clearwater

Kirov-class nuclear powered missile cruiser.

Sovetsky-Soyuz class battleship design model (ships never built due to war)

Project 949 Granit cruise missile launching nuclear submarine

667BDRM Dolphin SSBN

Project 941 тайфун (Typhoon) SSBM

Note the lower hull has been extended down to accommodate the long missile tubes which run up through the tower.

Aurora

Heavy aircraft cruiser KIEV

Large naval gun mounted on a railroad car with massive  sway braces