I’ve seen these new models heavily advertised recently but know little about their origin and history…
They look very cool but what role in history, if any, did they play?
Guess I should stick to aircraft, i was looking at the Chen Yuen, not the Chih Yuen…
German built Chinese sister ship to the German built Chinese ship described as the most potent naval vessel of the time. Captured & by the Japanese & used against the Russians…
Not, not!
It’s an incredibly interesting subject because this particular model is just one branch of a much bigger story. I’m not one for repeating facts that are online, but she was an “Elswick” cruiser built by Armstrong Whitworth as an export ship, one of many sold to a lot of different countries. in the 1890’s early 1900’s.
It’s the earliest dated plastic model of a pre dreadnaught that I’m aware of, accurate too. Along with Hase’s Mikasa and the Zvezda Borodinos, a gem.
Because no two ships in a “class” were alike in that era, there’s always a little tweaking involved but this model could be the basis of a lot of countries ships, including the USS New Orleans.
RE:Interesting subject…or not?
Yes.
Here’s why:
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1890’s warship, enough said
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Sank in the Battle of the Yalu River in 1894 while trying to ram a Japanese cruiser
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Great quote from the post-battle report: “the braves were too rash, while the cowards were too cowardly”
If you are interested in the topic, I recommend the following book - a bit try in writing style, but chock of information.
The Chinese Steam Navy 1862-1945, Richard N. J. Wright
Manstein’s revenge is more interested in long pointless threads. My [2cnts]
And you’re interested in things I cannot post in open forum…[+o(]…
I think its kinda neat looking…
Psst… Fellas… place nice. or the Judge will come with his big stick…[whstl]
I’m already here with my BIG FIST 'O RAGE…bring it on…haven’t had a good dust-up in several weeks…I’ve got a lot of pent up rage right now ready to be unleashed…
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Quite right, p38jl. I chalk it up to too much back to the grind hoo-ha at work after a nice long weekend off.
It would have been better to say, “Manstein’s revenge is more interested in long threads. My [2cnts]” and let his numbers speak for themselves.
Sometimes its better just not to post anything…thanks for stopping by though—you seem to be a regular in many of my threads with nothing really to say…boring, sorta like your avatar…
i have 2 of these. will build one in 1880s and one in 1890s. also have a CHEN YUEN withTING YUEN on order. can do the same with these two ships. it is also a diffferent colour scheme though all the ships were medium gray at the battle of the yalu river.
the chinese have built a 1-1 repkica of TING YUEN at Wei Hai. http://hksw.org/Ting%20Yuen.htm
I like it.I’m happy to see anything off the beaten path put into production.
Don’t forget Zvezda’s Varyag and Revell’s SMS Emden
True! I have the Emden on the ways (launch date to be 1908)
And the Varyag is a lovely model, I would like to build her. Thanks, Tracy.
But that wraps it up, I think and there may be a few more. There’s of course the Glencoe and Pyro stuff as well, but 1/350 is the theme here.
There’s been some discussion here relating to various “Yuen” ships., where language translation becomes difficult. There are four models available AFAIK, the Chih 致遠, the Ching 靖遠 ,the Ting 定远 and the Chen 鎮遠. These were all counties in China.
The first two were single stack cruisers built by Armstrong Whitworth at the Elswick yard and are the same as Manstein’s kit.
The latter two were twin stack cruisers built by Stettiner Vulcan in Stettin Germany and are also sold by Bronco.
The USS New Orleans belongs to the latter two. If anyone makes the effort to do a little research, there are at least two dozen ships that are derivatives of these hulls.
I’ve been really interested in the Spanish Navy because my great grandfather served in the US Army in the Philippines from 1905 to 1908. West Point 1903 with MacArthur. I think that there’s potential in these Bronco kits for a few ships.
Very nice Bondo!
I Like odd stuff to… ships… not so much… but X planes, Y planes… weird stuff… I’m building a YF-1a Airacuda at the moment… ( its a PITA )…
Interesting info Bondo! Just to clarify, for the “Ting Yeun”, the Chinese character you have is simplified Chinese, hence different fro the 3 ships which is in traditional Chinese. But it’s the same word.
I’m impressed that a company would do such a nice job on a kit of a fairly obscure ship. [Y][Y]