1/150  Poseidon OSA II
by Patrizio Carlucci

1/150  Poseidon OSA II

Armed with four SS-N-2 "Styx" missiles and two 2X30 mm, the "OSA" (Komar) classes  represented during the cold war and to some extents until few years ago one of the most exported Russian littoral warfare fast-attack boats (Algeria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Egypt, India, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Syria, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia....please correct if wrong) and built or modified under license in China (Huangfeng class).

I ran across this wonderful kit  in a shop in Rome were it laid unsold for years.

It was produced by the defunct company "Poseidon" from the Czech republic, also makers of the 1/150 Nanuchka class guided missile corvette (bought as well). The kit came with PE details from Eduard and, although looking fairly simple once assembled, the incredible amount of parts and their minuscule size represented a real challenge for its completion. I have used Model Masters' enamels, in a variety of combinations, for the main color scheme, oil colors for washes and pastels for weathering. MM enamels are my favorite choice for too many reasons and mainly because, in my instance, they resist well to turpentine (Flat only) during washes. Rigging and antennas are black stretched sprues. For the sailors I started with a set of Preisers 1/144 air crew figures, detailed with Milliput and hand painted with acrylics. The finished model measures ca. 25 cm (about 9.8 inches).