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Polish destroyer Grom
Scale: 1/400
Skill Level: medium
Length: 283 mm (11.14 inch)
A complete redesign of the popular JSC classic: A well-balanced, approachable kit that delivers great building pleasure while packing convincing, museum-grade detail. Lasercut parts for hull construction included.
This new edition of the well-known JSC classic has been designed entirely from scratch. The model strikes an ideal balance: it is straightforward and rewarding to build without being overly complex, yet provides enough fine detail to stand out in any scale collection.
A standout visual highlight is the authentic paint scheme. The hull sides feature a stepped two-tone grey pattern complemented by a painted bow wave - a historic camouflage technique that gives the hull a striking sense of motion even on display. A fantastic kit for intermediate builders as well as experienced scale modelers looking for a compact, richly detailed project.
| Product type | Papermodel |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | JSC |
| Scale | 1/400 |
| Designer | Bartosz Czolcynski |
| Difficulty | medium |
| Sheet size | DIN A4 |
| Sheets | 3 |
| Parts | 470 |
| Parts without alternative parts | 294 |
| Length | 283 mm (11.14 inch) |
| Bauanleitung | English, Polish, Pictures |
Technical data:
- Class: Grom class (Destroyer)
- Shipyard: J. Samuel White & Co., Cowes (Isle of Wight), United Kingdom
- Laid down: 4 December 1935
- Launched: 20 July 1936
- Commissioned: 11 May 1937
- Displacement: 2,144 t (standard) / 2,400 t (full load)
- Length overall: 114.0 m
- Beam: 11.3 m
- Draught: 3.3 m
- Propulsion: 3 water-tube boilers, 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 shafts
- Power output: 54,000 shp
- Top speed: 39.6 knots
- Complement: 192 officers and crew
- 7 × 120 mm L/50 Bofors guns (3 × twin mounts, 1 × single mount)
- 4 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (2 × twin mounts)
- 8 × 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine guns (4 × twin mounts)
- 6 × 550 mm torpedo tubes (2 × triple mounts)
- Depth charge throwers and minelaying gear (up to 44 mines)
ORP Grom was one of the most modern and heavily armed destroyers in the Polish Navy prior to World War II. Built alongside her sister ship ORP Błyskawica by J. Samuel White & Co. in Cowes, United Kingdom, she was commissioned in 1937. With a top speed exceeding 39 knots and an exceptionally potent main battery, the Grom class ranked among the fastest and most formidable destroyers of its era.
In late August 1939, under Operation Peking, Grom evacuated the Baltic to Great Britain to join forces with the Royal Navy. Her most famous and tragic deployment came during the Norwegian campaign in the spring of 1940. Operating in the fjords near Narvik, she provided fierce naval artillery support against German shore positions, earning deep respect from Allied soldiers and becoming a priority target for the Luftwaffe. On May 4, 1940, while stationed in the Rombakken fjord, Grom was struck by German bombers. Sinking in mere minutes, over 50 of her brave crew members were lost.