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Typhoon Class Submarine

I loved The Hunt for Red October: so, once I checked for some pictures on the web I discovered that the original sub was not exactly the one which Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery) defected to US.
The Typhoon Class (Project 941) subs are the largest SSBN vessels ever built so far; I really was impressed by the sub's shape, so I decided to model it as best as I could.
I used the available blueprints/drawings on the web - some of them are probably originated in Russia - and modelled it in Blender.
The giant 'shark' (Akula in Russian) is 175 m long, with a Displacement of more than 23000 long tons when surfaced, a Beam of 23 m, and a Draught of 12 m; equipped with 2 × OK-650 pressurized-water nuclear reactors, 190 MWt each, the Typhoon makes 22 knots when submerged and 27 knots when submerged.
The 3d Model is very detailed, with moving stern and aft Hydroplanes, Top and bottom rudder, periscope, antennas; also, the 20 missiles' silos are modelled with opening deck doors holding.

Project Layout - on actual blueprints

Project Layout - on actual blueprints

Overall View

Overall View

Atlantic Crossing - Experimenting 3d Ocean Simulation in Blender

Atlantic Crossing - Experimenting 3d Ocean Simulation in Blender

Murmansk Den

Murmansk Den

Cold and Misty dawn - Playing with water and air

Cold and Misty dawn - Playing with water and air

The Breakfast's shot

The Breakfast's shot

Entering NYC

Entering NYC

The Northern Hide-Out

The Northern Hide-Out

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