This is the Tamiya kit of Kursk in 1/700 built straight out of the box and finished with a mix of TAMIYA silver, black and gunmetal acrylic paint, decals are applied using micro set and micro sol setting solutions.The sea is acrylic wall compound, acrylic paint and future floor polish. The base is an old wooden picture frame. The decorations and name plates are fabricated from bits of styrene sheet.