Trumpeter 1/150 Zhongshan / Chung Shan / Yongfeng Gunship, 03503

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Trumpeter 1/150 Zhongshan / Chung Shan / Yongfeng Gunship, 03503 plastic model kit

1/150 03503 Trumpeter Zhongshan / Chung Shan / Yongfeng Gunship

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

Large scale, full-hull model that can be motorized for R/C operation. Features full deck fittings and even complete railings. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. The brass prop shaft tubes are installed in the hull, but I believe that was done at the factory. The quality of the work is 'professional.' This version does not include the motor but still contains the driveline parts. The Zhongshan/Yongfeng was the class leader of four 780-ton coastal defense ships ordered from Mitsubishi in Japan by the Chinese Qing Empire in 1910. In the agreement6 between the naval minister Prince Rui, Admiral Sa Zhenbing and the Japanese, the first two ships were built in Japan and the second pair at Jiangnan Shipyard in China with Japanese technical help. All four ships differed slightly from one another. Due to their small size (less than 1000 tons displacement), these ships are also frequently called gunboats. She lead a very active career. In the Second Sino-Japanese War, the ship was in the Battle of Wuhan. She was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze River by the Japanese on 24 October 1938. But the story does not end there. The cultural department of Hubei received permission recover the Zhongshan in 1986. She was finally salvaged from the Yangtze on January 28th, 1997. By 2001, Zhongshan was restored to her 1925 appearance except for some of the damage which sank her in 1938. The gunboat is now on display in its own museum in Wuhan. I believe this is the only remaining example of a gunboat from this time.

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