"Kerch" - the USSR/ Russian large anti-submarine defense ship

"Kerch" ("Керчь") is a "Kara"-class missile cruiser of the USSR and later of the Russian Navy, also classified as a large anti-submarine defense ship. She served in the Black Sea Fleet. In 2020, after a big fire in 2014 on November 4, the ship was scrapped. "Kerch's" keel was laid in the USSR in 30 April 1971, launched in 21 July 1972, in 25 December 1974 included in service in Black Sea Fleet of the USSR. He served in the Soviet Navy until 1991, before joining its successor, the Russian Navy. In 4 November 2014 a fire broke out on board during routine maintenance in Sevastopol. According to officials, no one was injured and the fire was extinguished by the ship's crew. In 24 April 2020 the ship was towed from the dock to the scrapyard. Satellite images, posted to "Google Earth", show several stages of the shipwreck at Inkerman (44.608°N 33.599°E) as of 2020 in May until the end.

Unusual scale (1 : 150), large model of a large ship. It is well designed and quite richly detailed (although, according to some reviews - not enough for this scale), it is intended for intermediate and advanced modelers. The parts are double-sided printed, where necessary, the propellers and some parts are printed with bronze metallic paint, there is a good color reserve. The graphic instruction is excellent, the textual one is small and not very informative in Ukrainian, Polish, English and German languages.