„Buinyj“ and „Boikij“ – the Russian destroyers typ „Buinyj“

"Buinyj" and "Boikij" - ships of the Russian Imperial Navy of the early 20th century. "Buinyj" type destroyers, built in 1901-1902 at the shipyard of the "Neva Shipbuilding and Mechanics Plant" in St. Petersburg. Both started service in 1902. "Buinyj" left the Baltic Sea on August 29, 1904 and sailed to the Far East as part of the II Pacific Escadre. In the battle of Cusima he fought in the 1st destroyer escadre and defended the left, non-firing flank of the Russian fleet, he was assigned to the protection of the battleship "Osliabya", when it began to sink, the destroyer's crew began rescue operations under Japanese fire. In total, he saved 204 sailors, the ship was heavily damaged by enemy fire and the wreckage of "Osliabja", which it collided with several times during the rescue operation. In the later phase of the battle he rescued Vice-Admiral Z. Rozhdestvensky and his staff from the sinking flagship battleship "Kniazj Suvorov". The next day, due to damage to the hull and lack of coal, it was decided to sink the destroyer, that had joined the remnants of the escadre. However, the prepared explosion did not work and the cruiser "Dmitrij Donskoj" finished off "Buinyj" with its artillery fire.

"Boikij" left the Baltic Sea on October 16, 1902 and sailed to the Far East to Port Arthur. In the Baltic sea the ships got into a severe storm and were damaged, after the storm they sailed to Liepaja for repairs. Due to malfunctions, the journey took quite a long time and only on May 14, 1903 the destroyer was towed by the cruiser "Bogatyrj" to Port Arthur, where it was immediately placed for a long repair, where it met the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war. The entire period of the war, after the suspended repair, he spent on marches: he fired at enemy positions, built mine barriers, trawled them, fought with enemy "destroyers" (miners). Before the surrender of Port Arthur, "Boikij" broke through to Chifa and was interned there until the end of hostilities. In the spring of 1918 the destroyer was taken over by the French and raised the flag of the French Navy, was renamed "Quventin Rooswelt" and stood in Vladivostok as a training ship. When Vladivostok was recaptured by Soviet Russia, it was returned to its original name, but the service did not last long - it was struck off the lists on November 21, 1925 and later scrapped.

Moderately complex, well-designed and detailed models of two ships, varying in camouflage and detail. Two complete models of ships from the time of service in the Far East can be made from the publication. The models are not so complex, that they cannot be glued together under the supervision of a more experienced colleague, even by a novice modeler, who has made several models. Of course, there is no room for haste here.