1/144 Imperial Chinese Navy Peiyang Squadron ship "Ping Yuen" - BRONCO
Updated 13/04/2021
Released: 2021 | First edition - a new tool
Topic: Ironclad coastal battleship Pingyuan » Battleships (Ships)
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No further details have surfaces so far, though previous releases in this range have also included decals and photoetched parts,.
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Scale : 1/144
Release Date : May(Apr. 9, 2021 Pre-order start.)
List Price : 4,620yen about 42.29USD
Sales Price : 3,570ye nabout 32.68USD
Full length: approx 41cm.
-Handrails and ladders on the mast are reproduced with etched parts.
--Decals for the Imperial Chinese Navy flag are included
--Heien is the first domestically built warship in the Qing dynasty.
-Armor was imported from France and armor was imported from Germany.
--It was captured by the Japanese Army in 1895 and incorporated into the Japanese Navy under the same ship name.
--On the way back from the patrol during the Russo-Japanese War's Siege of Port Arthur (September 18, 1905), it sank due to a mine.
--The main gun is a Krupp 26 cm gun mounted on a single turret. It was a large caliber gun for the time.
--Overall length 60m, displacement 2100 tons
--Two reciprocating engines, speed 10.5 knots
--Armor up to 229mm
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