Useful warship in 1/150 scale for intrewar period

[Sunray]

My Latin American adventure - waged about the same era as the VBCW - requires gunboats for the Rio Brava delta.

I have sourced a very nice cheap and cheerful £9.99 plastic model from Trumpeter, the Zhong Shan gunboat. 836 tons, built 1911.  The real thrill is that it is in 1/150 scale (British N gauge)  so fits very well with Pendraken, and no work needed a to blodging the superstructure to accomodate 10mm figures.


The Zhong Shan (also spelt Chung Shan) and also known as the Yong Feng was sunk by the Japs (ww2), so has a long service and would be useful in any Jap-Chinese war scenario, Chinese warlords or with as in my adapation as the 'General Lopez' .  Its a nice size for gaming, and with a tweak to the guns etc might even fit well into VBCW.   The quality of a costal game is always so much better when you have off shore heavy guns !

The ship has been raised and restored by Chinese government as a means to inspire a tradition of  Chinese naval heritage- hence the model of a relatively obscure vessel.

Photos will follow when built and painted

Sunray out

[Maenoferren]

Oooooh where did you get it?

[Sunray]

Best UK deal was www.creativemodels.co.uk - they also do a "1/160" US Higgins boat (Testor kit) - which is close to 1/148 in parts details

The Zhong Shan superstructure/hull and deck  scale is true, but much of the detail - fittings/weapons  etc stray up to 1/100, so a bit of work needed to look right, but hey, at under £10 ....what do you want !  Its good bang for the buck, might well buy another for parts.

I kid you not, the kit comes with motorised options !!!- so needs cut down to waterline.

I will ask Leon for some generic sailor figures as crew types.

Sunray Out

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi Sunray et al

Unfortunately Creative models is now sold out  . Will have a look around to see what's available.

Here is a small pic of the box top (complete with Polijarpov  ):-



And photos from the manufacturers page









I must say it looks very tempting, waiting on your report and pictures.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Sunray]

Great pics, hope my waterline model turns out as neat.  Vic, where you live you might do well to go to Trumpeter outlets in SE Asia and US. When I was sourcing the kit I did note quite a few US based retail suppliers.

Being an obscure Chinese vessel,  it is not a popular kit in the west, hence the deal on the price and the 'hard to find' tag.

Good luck and I will keep my eyes peeled- and thanks for the heads up on the Pendraken East Africa German sailors !

Sunray out